The Mountain Lions carried a final win of the season defeating the Skyline College Trojans 91-48 at the De Anza College Main Gym on Feb. 20.
The team started the game strong, dominating the Trojans, scoring multiple two-pointers only allowing a couple points to get through. By the end of the first half, De Anza was up 43-28.
Minutes into the second half, Guard-Forward Dasan Poston, 19, psychology major (De Anza No. 15), laid up the ball into Skyline’s hoop then guard Mehki Thomas, 20, political science major (De Anza No. 2), followed suit with a 2-pointer.
The Mountain Lions kept the pressure going and scored more on the Trojans, with Theo McDowell, 19, business administration major (De Anza No. 24) scoring both of his free throws in minute 15 and rebounding the ball in minute 14.
Before the Trojans could call a timeout, forward Isaac Sisay, 18, kinesiology major (De Anza No. 40) and Thomas both laid up the ball into the hoop, marking 13:28 minutes with De Anza widening its lead to 59-35.
A timeout gave both teams the opportunity to switch out its starting players for the benched team.
The Mountain Lions ended their season on a high note with this 40-point blowout.
“The main ones (challenges) were focusing on the little things. Not just scoring, but boxing out and defense, playing together as a team, extra passes,” McDowell said. “In this game, we did it all and that’s why we won by 40 points.”
Assistant coach Parick Gallmann said he is “very pleased” with the final win for De Anza and that the team had to fight through the season.
“The goal was to get 6 kills, that’s 3 stops in a row and we got 8 kills,” Gallmann said “That leads to fast breaks and that’s where we are the best, on open court.”
The team ended its conference with a 5-9 conference record, 11-17 overall, going 5-7 at home and 6-9 away.
It will not be heading to the California Community College Athletic Association playoffs, which have already started. Foothill College will face off with City College of San Francisco away on Saturday, Feb. 28.
