The Cerritos Men’s Basketball season ended with nine wins out of 18 games.                                                 

Darius Williams one of The Falcons freshman forward said, “I’ve never won such a few number of games before, so it’s kind of new to me. All the games that we lost, we actually could have won and it was actually a learning experience for us.”

The Falcons had a great distance between there game and meeting the playoffs.

Sophomore Forward Addaryll Thomas said, “This is very unexpected, very disappointing numbers. With the talent we had, and the potential we had, we should have done way better.”

The Falcons failed to catch up and make up for their lack of harmony in the beginning of the season.  

Coach Russ May believes this season has been a growing term for the Falcons. “We did compete extremely hard. I thought all of us improved, inspire of the obstacles we had. Being in the gym, no experience, no returning players. We’re not happy with the record either, the guys won 9 games, but I lost the rest.”

The team averaged 71 points for the season. Freshman Guard Keith Wiltz was the seasons highest scorer for 12 games, totally 202 points.

“Coach May always makes makes me feel appreciated and I just go out and do my job as hard as I can for him every game,” He said.

Most upsetting to the team was against Los Angeles Southwest Jaguars closing the game with (74) overpowering the Falcons 57 points.

The most disappointing game of the season was losing to Long Beach City College.  “Long Beach City had a core of guys that played last year, and some very talented freshmen,”  Coach May said.

Struggling to keep up with the Vikings, the Falcons only had two points that separated them from winning but fell short and took the loss.

“Were ‘gelin’ now” Wiltz said, “if the season was still on, we’d be on a roll.”

The team averaged 38.1 rebounds. With Anthony Scott having the highest total rebounds of 120 for the season.  

The Falcons averaged 12.4 assists per game, ending the season with a total of 459.

Overall the team had standard of 17.0 turnovers. 

“We’re preparing for an explosive and exciting season next spring.” May said.

“With that being said, well be looking forward to next year. We’ll be back, that’s definitely for sure. With more discipline, I think our players are ready for their shot.”