Playing in their third tournament of the season, the Cerritos College women's basketball team reached the consolation championship game at the Orange Coast Tournament. The Falcons (3-8) opened with a 75-52 loss at the hands of the host Pirates, but came back to defeat College of the Canyons (60-40) to reach the consolation championship game. Facing Irvine Valley College, the team was defeated, 64-42. The Lasers ended the season for Cerritos the last two years in the playoffs. The team will now play in the Fullerton Tournament and will open at 5:00 p.m. against Santa Monica College next Tuesday.

Cerritos vs. Orange Coast: The game started well for the Falcons, as freshman Crystal Rodriguez (El Rancho HS) drained a three-pointer for a quick lead. The Pirates then scored the next nine points and slowly began building their lead, which was a 30-17 advantage at the end of the first quarter. Cerritos was unable to get any closer than nine points in the second half. They shot just 31% from the field and connected on 7-of-30 three-pointers, with sophomore guard Kaylyn James (Lakewood HS) accounting for three of them on her way to a team-high 15 points. The Falcons had 50 of their 52 points from the starting lineup, as Rodriguez finished with 12 points and seven rebounds, with Alexis Clark (Mayfair HS) and Angie Ferreira (Long Beach Millikan HS) posting 110 and 10 points, respectively.

Cerritos vs. College of the Canyons: Leading most of the game, the Falcons saw their lead slip away by the end of the third quarter (40-37). But a 26-8 fourth quarter allowed the team to pull ahead and record the victory. A 10-0 run to start the fourth quarter started on a James tip-in, while Rodriguez gave Cerritos the lead when she hit a jump shot with 8:17 remaining. Ferreira followed with a three-pointer, with Julia Ochoa (Whittier HS) converting a pair of free throws to give the team a 47-40 advantage with 6:49 left. Ochoa and James hit consecutive three-pointers to put the team up by nine points with 1:29 left. Ochoa finished with 18 points and seven rebounds off the bench, with Ferreira (15 points, five rebounds), Rodriguez (14 points, 16 rebounds) and James (11 points, five rebounds) all making key contributions.

Cerritos vs. Irvine Valley: Against the Lasers, the Falcons led early (8-6) on a Rodriguez layup. But once Irvine Valley regained the lead, the never relinquished it. Trailing just 12-8 after the first quarter, Cerritos shot only 6-of-19 (32%) in the second quarter and found themselves behind, 35-23. By then end of the game, the Falcons converted only 18-of-62 field goals (29%) and were out-rebounded, 55-32. Rodriguez led the team with 12 points, while  Clark posted 11 points. The duo, along with James, who scored nine points, all pulled down eight rebounds.