Freshman point guard Marissa Rendon led the Cerritos College women’s basketball team in its 63-33 win over Los Angeles Southwest College in its seventh South Coast Conference game on Jan 14.

“Though we got the win, we had some fault, but we worked through it. We played as a team and got the win,” Rendon said.

Rendon was able to score two three-pointers to start off the scoring for the Falcons.

The Falcons (16-4) were able to get a 16-0 run, and prevented the Cougars from scoring until eight minutes into the half.

LA Southwest was able to score a few shots, cutting the Cerritos lead to 12 by the half.

Cerritos’ defense and the fact that eight of the players had at least one basket helped the team maintain the lead.

“[The mixture of shots by Cerritos] is just good, unselfish basketball on its part. We did a great job defensively; [LA Southwest] had a big forward in the game, and I thought Dershawna Staves, Deenesha Bee, and Regina English did a good job defending her,” Cerritos College head coach Karen Welliver said.

LA Southwest was unable to come back during the second half, losing the game by 30 points.

Rendon lead the Falcons in points with 11, with Staves and Bee getting eight points a piece, and guard Kimberly Morris finishing with seven.

“It feels good being able to score and having many of my teammates involved,” Rendon said.

The win helped the Falcons gain their sixth win in conference, and let them remain ranked No. 5 in the state, and No. 2 in the South Coast Conference, behind only Mount San Antonio College.

“We have a few days to prepare for El Camino, so we will be ready for that game,” Rendon said.

The Falcons’ next game will be away against El Camino on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.