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Women’s Basketball Takes CVC

For the third time in four years, the Fresno City College women’s basketball team has clinched a Central Valley Conference title.

The Rams defeated College of the Sequoias, 82-63, on Feb. 17 to secure the conference championship outright and earn a berth in the NorCal playoffs. The team ended its regular season with a 107-60 win at Porterville on Feb. 19.

FCC, which finished with a 10-0 record in the CVC and holds a 23-6 record overall, will face the winner of a play-in game in the first round of the NorCal playoffs. The home game is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 27 at 7 p.m.

Head coach Brian Tessler pointed to his team balance for this season’s success, noting the success of offensive players Sumiya Darden, Blakely Glodberg and Lacey Gibbons, as well as defenders Janine Nolden and Corin Macias, whom Tessler called “two of the best defensive players in the state.”

Darden scored 34 points and grabbed 20 rebounds in the CVC-clinching victory over COS. On Feb. 22, Darden earned Most Valuable Player honors in the Central Valley Conference and was named a first-team MVP for the NorCal section.

Also earning all-CVC first-team honors were Goldberg and Gibbons. Earning second team honors were Nolden, Macias and Clement.

“The key to our success,” Tessler said, “is that we utilize the talents of all of our players.”

The team must now win two playoff games in order to qualify for the State Championship tournament in early March.

Tessler said bringing home a state title would be “a culmination of a lot of hard work paying off and a lot of pride from within our team. It would be a nice memory to have.”

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