The Cerritos College Men’s Basketball team will officially start its season on November 9 against Santa Monica College.

Falcons head basketball coach Russ May talked about how he feels about his team going into the next season, “We’re much more talented, very good players, very good student athletes.”

“They learned really well so far, I think our talent level is much better than last year overall and I’m looking forward to watching them play.”

May also went over this upcoming season and how it’s different from last season, “We did a better job recruiting, getting some guys that have a little better understanding of basketball, we’ve just been more demanding this year, we’ve just really emphasized on the little things.”

May then went over what he expected from his team in its first game, “We want to go out and execute our fundamentals and if we focus on what we have been practicing we will be fine.”

“Just focusing on what we have been practicing on we will be fine and not worrying about opponents or the score, just focus on executing.”

Falcons shooting guard Anthony Holliday talks about how he feels about his team, “I feel confident because we have so many people that are about playing basketball, this group of guys are like family, we have more camaraderie this year than we did last year and i feel more comfortable with this team.”

Holiday then talked about what his team is trying to establish, “We are here, we are going to get after you guys, we are going to give it our all, we’ve got people ready.”

“People are hungry this year, we’ve got one goal and that is to get a ring, no personal goals or anything like that.”

Falcons point guard, Manny Garcia, talks about how this team is different from last year’s, “This team, this year, everyone just contributes, everyone passes, everyone wants to look at the other person to shoot the shot, it’s not whoever makes the shot, we celebrate whoever makes the pass, whoever makes the assist, that’s what we look for.”

The Falcons’ first game of the season will be played at Biola University against Santa Monica College, on November 9.