{"id":455875,"date":"2026-02-03T14:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/455875\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T14:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:52:08","slug":"srjc-womens-basketball-overwhelms-diablo-valley-73-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/455875\/","title":{"rendered":"SRJC women\u2019s basketball overwhelms Diablo Valley 73-17"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Santa Rosa Junior College women\u2019s basketball team leaned on defensive pressure, ball movement and depth to overwhelm Diablo Valley College 73-17 Friday.<\/p>\n

Santa Rosa set the tone immediately by scoring quickly and forcing a string of early turnovers to jump out to a 20-6 lead after the first quarter. The Bear Cubs continued to build momentum in the second quarter by holding Diablo Valley to just 13 points in the first half and never allowing the Vikings to find rhythm.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a hard loss last game, so our big thing was to be strong on defense and to talk a lot,\u201d forward Jordan Washington said. \u201cI think that gave us a lot of energy to start the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Washington led Santa Rosa with a game-high 14 points on 7-for-9 shooting, adding seven rebounds, three assists, a steal and a block in just 12 minutes. Her presence in the paint anchored both ends of the floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Offensively, Santa Rosa emphasized movement and cutting rather than settling for static possessions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were working on cutting more and moving more, not just staying in one spot,\u201d Washington said. \u201cThat worked a lot for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Bear Cubs\u2019 defensive communication proved just as impactful. Santa Rosa forced 12 turnovers and limited Diablo Valley to just four field goals for the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the first quarter we got a whole bunch of steals,\u201d Washington said. \u201cThat gave us a lot of energy and really helped the momentum.\u201d<\/p>\n

Santa Rosa maintained its intensity in the fourth quarter, continuing to rotate players and control the pace as the Bear Cubs closed out the lopsided win.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Bear Cub Bennett Gaylord high fives her fellow freshman guard Elle Picard after getting fouled by Diablo during the game on Friday, Jan. 30 at home. (Yna Bollock<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Head coach Lacey Campbell credited the team\u2019s focus on sustaining pressure throughout the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s the depth of our team,\u201d Campbell said. \u201cNot everybody gets a chance to play, so they took their moment and kept playing. We talked about having toughness and making sure we were playing every play, no matter what the score was.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guard Elle Picard added 12 points on a perfect 4-for-4 shooting performance, including three 3-pointers and four steals. Picard said early confidence helped fuel the blowout.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI was just trying to get more shots up,\u201d Picard said. \u201cHaving momentum from the start really helped our confidence and execution.\u201d<\/p>\n

Santa Rosa finished with 18 assists on 32 field goals and outscored Diablo Valley 22-2 in the third quarter. Thirteen players logged minutes for the Bear Cubs during the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to make sure we\u2019re getting the best shot available,\u201d Campbell said. \u201cAgainst zones, it\u2019s about being aggressive and finding the extra pass.\u201d<\/p>\n

Santa Rosa returns to action Tuesday, Feb. 3, at Folsom Lake College with a 7:30 p.m. tipoff.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrom left to right, freshman forward Jordan Washington, sophomore forward Kaia Eubanks, sophomore guard Abigail Tacla, freshman guard Elle Picard and sophomore guard Caitlin Baldwin sit at the sidelines waiting for lineup to be read before their game against Diablo Valley College on Friday, Jan. 30 at home.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Santa Rosa Junior College women\u2019s basketball team leaned on defensive pressure, ball movement and depth to overwhelm…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455877,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-455875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}