AVC NOTEBOOK: AVC RIDES DEFENSE TO TITLE.Byline: Sean Ceglinsky Staff Writer The old saying that defense wins championships applies to 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. 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, which clinched the Foothill Conference title outright last week for the first time in the program's 21-year history. The Marauders (23-9, 15-0) did so with a disciplined defensive scheme, one that limited opponents to fewer than 49 points a game and allowed just four teams to score more than 53 points in a game. ``We're a dangerous team,'' 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 coach John Taylor John Taylor, or Johnny Taylor may refer to: Academic figures
The good defense has led to better offense for AVC, which has scored more than 69 points in every conference game, highlighted by a streak of three consecutive games in which the Marauders scored at least 90 points. On a 15-game winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" , the Marauders enter Saturday's 5 p.m. regular-season finale against visiting Barstow with an opportunity to go undefeated in conference play for the first time. ``Since we already won (the conference title), there hasn't been too much on the line, yet we're still playing with intensity,'' Taylor said. ``(The players) never rest on their laurels. They want to do their best every night. ``It makes me real proud, and I haven't been able to say that much this season because you want to save that stuff for the end-of-the-season banquet. We have this chemistry, and it's great.'' --Injury update: According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Taylor, Kristel Jones is recovering slowly after landing awkwardly during the fourth quarter of Saturday's game against host San Bernardino Valley The San Bernardino Valley is the hub of Southern California's Inland Empire. It is drained by the Santa Ana River. It is bordered on the north by the San Bernardino Mountains and the eastern San Gabriel Mountains, on the east by the San Jacinto Mountains, and on the south and west . Initially it was thought Jones might have injured her medial collateral ligament The medial collateral ligament or MCL (or tibial collateral ligament) is one of the four major ligaments of the knee. It is on the medial or inner side of the joint. . But the Marauders' leading scorer visited the team physician Monday, who ruled out that possibility. ``It looks like she's going to be OK,'' Taylor said of Jones, who received treatment for the leg before practice Monday and will continue to do so throughout the week. Jones is listed as questionable for Saturday's game but is expected to be ready for the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Regional playoffs, which begin Feb. 28. --In the driver's seat driv·er's seat n. A position of control or authority. : With Saturday's 77-71 victory over host San Bernardino Valley, the men's basketball team moved into sole possession of first place in the Foothill Conference standings. Ranked No. 12 in the state, AVC (27-6, 10-3) can win its first conference title in four years with a victory in Saturday's regular-season finale against visiting Barstow. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. at Marauder MARAUDER. One who, while employed in the army as a soldier, commits a larceny or robbery in the neighborhood of the camp, or while wandering away from the army. Merl. Repert. h.t. Gym. ``This is the position we want to be in,'' AVC coach Newton Chelette said. ``I don't have any doubt that we'll come out and play hard.'' The Marauders have been the top-ranked team in Southern California and were as high as No. 2 in the state for several weeks this season. But a recent slump in which AVC lost 3 of 5 games left doubts about the team's focus, and forced it into a tight conference race with San Bernardino Valley and Chaffey - both just a half-game behind with two games remaining. Fortunately for AVC, it owns the tiebreak tie·break n. See tiebreaker. advantage over both teams, so a victory Saturday would secure the title and the conference's top seed in the Southern California Regional playoffs, which begin Feb. 28. ``Like I've always said, junior-college basketball is a marathon. You just have to keep going,'' Chelette said. ``We've been resilient.'' --Play ball: The baseball team finished 1-2-1 in nonconference play and now turns its attention to the Foothill Conference this week. The Marauders begin with today's game at Barstow, followed by a home game Thursday against Desert and Saturday's game at Mt. San Jacinto. --Turnaround in order: After losing four consecutive games in the Visalia tournament, the women's softball team has all week to think about went wrong. Its next game is Feb. 28 at home against Cerro Coso in the Foothill Conference opener. --Impact Player: One of the reasons for AVC's success this season has been the play of freshman point guard Mike Webb, who's averaging 13 points, three rebounds and two asists per game. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: MIKE WEBB AVC freshman point guard has been a big part of AVC's 27-6, 10-3 record this season. |
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