2018-19 Pasadena City College Women's Basketball News
The accolades for Pasadena City College redshirt freshman Dariel Johnson continued with her selection to the 2018-19 All-State Women's Basketball First Team. Johnson, a 6-2 center, was one of six players in the South Region chosen to the first of the three teams.
For the third time in four years, the Pasadena City College women's basketball team's potential trip to a state tournament was derailed by the same opponent and at the same location--East Los Angeles College. A third meeting this season between the two teams was controlled by the Huskies, 78-53, in Round 3 of the Southern California Regional Playoffs Saturday evening.
Pasadena City College's Dariel Johnson was selected as the 2018-2019 All-South Coast Conference North Division Women's Basketball Freshman of the Year. She was one of four Lancers chosen to the 25-player conference team.
For three quarters, it was all #6 seed Pasadena City College in the women's basketball team's SoCal Regional Playoff, Round 2 game against Palomar Friday night. The Lancers bombed in eight 3-point baskets and led 45-28 at halftime, then 56-41 after three quarters. But in the fourth quarter, PCC went cold on offense as the #11 Comets mounted a furious rally to cut it to two points.
For the 22nd time in 23 seasons under head coach Joe Peron, the Pasadena City College women's basketball team qualified for the postseason. Despite tying for fourth place in the ultra-strong South Coast Conference North Division, the Lancers earned the No. 6 seed and will host No. 11 Palomar in Round 2 of the Southern California Regional Playoffs on Friday, March 1. Tip-off is 7 p.m. at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Redshirt freshman Dariel Johnson, who has helped the Pasadena City College women's basketball team to be ranked No. 17 in the state, was named California Community College Sports Information Association/CCCAA State Athlete of the Month for January.
The fun came back for at least one game for the state No. 17-ranked Pasadena City College women's basketball team Friday night. The Lancers snapped a 4-game losing streak, the longest since 1995-96, the year before Coach Joe Peron started directing the program by defeating host Chaffey, 70-26, in the South Coast Conference North Division finale.
The Pasadena City College women's basketball team continues to tumble down the state rankings and the standings of the state's most powerful conference--the South Coast North Division. On Friday night, #3 rated LA Trade Tech posted a season high in points against the visiting #14 Lancers and dropped PCC into fifth place in the 6-team division, 89-66.
The state No. 12-ranked Pasadena City College women's basketball team matched fellow South Coast Conference North Division opponent and unranked Rio Hondo in field goals made, 22-22, in their Friday night meeting. Problem was that the Roadrunners accomplished their total with just 22 misses for a solid 50 percent mark while the Lancers missed, and missed and missed some more, finishing with 75 failed attempts.
After a grind of facing state top 20-ranked teams in seven of its last eight games, the Pasadena City College women's basketball team needed some respite from the brutal schedule. The No. 12-ranked Lancers found it Wednesday night as they scored a season-high and ended a 3-game losing streak in an 81-52 rout over South Coast Conference North Division last-place Chaffey at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Only in the South Coast Conference North Division can a team face three state top 10 opponents in a week's span. For the No. 7-rated Pasadena City College women's basketball team, its trip through the division has been a rocky one. On Friday night, the Lancers lost their third straight to a high-ranked team as Mt. San Antonio continued its home mastery over PCC, 55-51, and extended their home winning streak v. Pasadena teams to now 11 in a row.
Los Angeles Trade Tech had a simple plan to frustrate the Pasadena City College women's basketball team Wednesday night. The Beavers put all their efforts in stopping Lancers center Dariel Johnson and their punishing post defense was the story as the state No. 7-ranked Lancers were held to a season-low in points in a 55-41 loss to No. 6 Trade Tech.
Going into the game with the state's top defense at only 50.6 points allowed per game, the Pasadena City College women's basketball team had no answers to stop rival and state No. 4-ranked East Los Angeles Friday night. ELAC led by as much as 20 points in the second quarter and ran the floor past the Lancers, 69-57, at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Playing in the toughest conference in the state, the Pasadena City College women's basketball continued its theme of strong defense to beat host Rio Hondo, 57-53, in the South Coast Conference North Division opener for both teams Wednesday evening.
Dariel Johnson did two things never done before in Pasadena City College women's basketball history Friday night. She performed the program's first points-rebounds-blocks triple-double and set new school record for blocked shots in a game with 12 as icing on the cake, helping PCC win the Crossover Challenge Tournament championship over LA Trade Tech, 65-58. The final was played at Cerritos College.
No women's basketball program has had more success against the state's all-time winningest head coach Ned Mircetic and his Ventura College Pirates than Pasadena City College. Lancers head coach Joe Peron continued his mastery in head-to-head meetings between the two schools with a 62-41 rout over Ventura at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium on Wednesday.
