AVC BEAT: AVC HOPES TO CONTINUE ITS WINNING WAYS.Byline: Sean Ceglinsky Staff Writer Approaching the midway point of the season, the Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. men's basketball team finds itself on yet another streak. After losing three consecutive games to end November, the Marauders (6-6) have won their last three - the most recent an 83-69 victory Dec. 6 against College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. - and enter this weekend's Ventura tournament with hopes of extending their recent good fortune. The season has resembled a rollercoaster ride for the Marauders, who open first-round play Friday against West L.A. A strong showing against the eight-team field would give AVC (1) (Advanced Video Coding) The video compression techniques used in the H.264 standard, jointly developed by ISO and the ITU-T. See H.264. (2) (Audio Visual C the confidence it's lacked during their mediocre start. The Marauders have received solid individual performances throughout the year from their trio of experienced sophomores - Brady Chelette, Bo Segeberg and Jimmy White. Chelette, a Quartz Hill graduate, is averaging 14 points per game, including 24 per outing in the last two. The 6-foot-3 guard leads the team in 3-pointers (31) and has also been effective from the free-throw line free-throw line n. See foul line. , hitting 34 of 40 attempts (85 percent). The 6-9, 250-pound Segeberg has been a force inside, collecting a team-high 98 rebounds (8.0 per game). Though his performance at the free-throw line (67 percent) leaves something to be desired, no one can argue with his success from the field. He's made 66 of 101 field goals (65 percent), tops on the team. White leads the Marauders in five categories - points per game (22), total points (269), field goals made (98), field goals attempted (189) and steals (11). --Final-ly: With fall semester's exams completed and a week away from the court, the women's basketball Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. team resumes play this week in the Monterey Peninsula The Monterey Peninsula in central California comprises the cities of Monterey, Carmel, Pacific Grove, some unincorporated area of Monterey County and the private community of Pebble Beach. tournament. Thursday's opening-round game against Napa Valley Napa Valley, Calif.: see under Napa. Napa Valley greatest wine-producing region of the United States. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2990] See : Wine will give the Marauders (6-5), led by Kristel Jones and Jameka Taylor, an early indication of the talent level among the 10-team field. Jones, a Littlerock graduate, is averaging 14 points per game and leads the team in rebounds with 73. Taylor's nine points per game have been a bonus for the Marauders, but the freshman's ballhandling skills and unselfish play has been key for AVC under first-year coach John Taylor John Taylor, or Johnny Taylor may refer to: Academic figures
At 5-4, Jameka Taylor has led the Marauders in assists in nine of 11 games and has averaged eight per game in four of the last five. |
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