The LBCC Vikings men's basketball team dominated the El Camino Warriors, 94-69, improving the Vikings season record to 7-11.
The Vikings were led by all-league guards Raynard Tyler with 15 points and Jared Garber with 12 points and 8 rebounds. Cameron Gray who had 30 points and 8 rebounds led the Warriors at LBCC.
The Vikings are still in the hunt to become conference champions with a 3-1-conference record and with nine games left in the season. The Warriors are 10-6 overall for the season but are only 1-2 in the conference. The Vikings next conferences opponents are the Los Angeles Harbor Seahawks on Wednesday, Jan. 18.
When talking about what the big win meant to the team, coach Barry Barnes of the Vikings said, "A lot of confidence in the world man. Because we started off the season zero and eight, got rid of a couple of the guys on the team that played for us last year, and as a coaching staff and players we did a good job staying together."
The Vikings started the game strong, leading by double digits for most of the first half. The Warriors fought their way back to cut the Vikings lead to five by the end of the first half. Barnes and the Vikings made the necessary adjustments to shift momentum and jump out to a large lead during the second half.
Freshman guards Kristien Owens and Ashton Edwards also played important roles in the win. Coach Barnes said, "Ash the backup point guard to Raynard did a great job running the show. They're the future so I pulled them over and told them you're the future, so let's clean it up."
Tyler, the Viking's top scorer is a 6-foot, 2-inch, 70-pound sophomore guard. Tyler played his high school basketball at Long Beach Jordan. The second leading scorer for the Vikings was Jared Garber who is a 6-foot, 4-inch, 180-pound sophomore guard and forward from Lakewood High.
This is Barnes third season as the head coach. Last season, Barnes led the Vikings to a 15-2 record and the second round of the Southern California Regional playoffs. Before becoming the head coach, he was an assistant coach at LBCC for six seasons. During those six seasons, he helped lead the Vikings to three consecutive conference championships.
More information on the Vikings men's basketball team is found at lbccvikings.com/sports/mbkb/index.
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