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Falcons extend their winning streak to 7 with win over El Camino College

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Freshman guard No. 15 Isaiah Tyler makes a three point attempt. The Falcons won the game 104-79.

The Falcons’ men’s basketball team blew out the El Camino College Warriors with a score of 104-79, extending their win streak to seven.

The Falcons began the game with a made jump shot by guard No. 4 Riley Hamilton, breaking the ice right away with two points.

Hamilton finished the game with 15 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

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Sophomore, Guard No. 4 Riley Hamilton runs past the defender for the easy 2 points. Hamilton finished with 15 points. Photo credit: Carlos Ruiz

Associate head coach Tito Ortiz spoke on how he motivates players during the game, “I always tell them that they have a big target on their back, our record is 21-4 now, teams are going to play their best, no matter what,” said Ortiz.

Ortiz spoke on what he believes the best strategies to winning games are, “Our strategies in the game are you gotta play defense on the ball, you have to play hard, you have to play tough, and [the one] which we haven’t been working on, is controlling our emotions.

He continued , “Sharing the ball, making the extra pass, and look for others, the more passes we make, the more shots we can get,” said Ortiz.

Guard No. 14 Keshaun Mack suffered an ankle sprain in the Falcons’ previous game versus Long Beach City College in a close conference matchup, during the second half of that game.

The injury rendered Mack unable to play against El Camino College, a team he previously scored 26 points against on Jan 17.

Ortiz commented on adapting from not having Mack in the starting rotation due to the injury, “The thing we tell our guys is they now have the opportunity to step up, one guy goes down and it’s an opportunity for another guy to step up.”

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Freshman guard No. 12 Christian Alvis shoots a jumper with nine seconds left on the shot clock.
Alvis finished with 11 points. Photo credit: Carlos Ruiz

No. 12 Christian Alvis accumulated five steals throughout the game, which helped the team widen the lead.

He spoke on racking up those steals, “Right place at the right time, I was watching the point guard–he gave it away and I was able to steal the ball,” said Alvis.

Alvis shared his personal thoughts on the team performance, “As a team we did well. We controlled the pace of the game and did pretty well defensively.”

Alvis finished the game with 11 points, 5 steals, and 3 assists.

The team was able use their defense to steal the ball many times, which lead to numerous turnovers for El Camino.

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Freshman guard No. 15 Isaiah Tyler with a mid-range jumper. Tyler finished with 13 points. Photo credit: Carlos Ruiz

Guard No. 15 Isaiah Tyler believes the team had certain areas that needed a lot of attention, “We really had to focus on not giving up the baseline, we shutdown the corner and it put us in a good spot.”

Tyler says that the team was able to gain momentum during the match by, “Toning in on our defensive efforts–by the second quarter we decided we really needed to lock in and defend the basket.”

In the last couple seconds of the half Tyler was able to steal the ball and make a 3-point jumper, beating the shot clock buzzer.

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Freshman center No. 32 Austin Freeman jumps up for the layup. Freeman put up 10 points. Photo credit: Carlos Ruiz

Center No. 32 Austin Freeman, spoke on his mentality going into the every game, Freeman said he comes onto the court and brings what he learned in practice with him.

Freeman finished the game with 10 points and two rebounds, in nine minutes of action.

The Falcons had El Camino pressured with a lead of 25 points towards the end of the game, as the Falcons tallied 56 points in the final half.

The Cerritos College men’s basketball team has its next conference matchup against Compton College at home on Feb. 7.

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About the Contributors
Jackie Mena, Staff Writer
Jackie Mena Is a staff writer at talon marks in cerritos college, She goes by the nickname Jaxx.  Jackie is a Fashion/ beauty photographer in hopes of working for Fox or ABC news one day as a field journalist or a Photojournalist and sees herself opening up her own studio in the near future.
Carlos Ruiz, Managing Editor
Carlos Ruiz is the Managing Editor for Talon Marks. He admires photography, and even launched his own website and has dedicated his Instagram to his work. His dream job is always changing, but most recently, he would like to travel the world taking photos, or something having to do with photojournalism. He’s hopeful to continue working on a newspaper staff at the CSU he decides to attend.  
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Falcons extend their winning streak to 7 with win over El Camino College