The Bakersfield College men’s basketball team has started off the season with a 4-0 record, which included winning the Ventura Tournament.
The Renegades won the Ventura Tournament for the first time since Rich Hughes was hired as head coach four years ago.
“It’s exciting that we were finally able to start off with a tournament win. Hopefully, we can keep contending for conference championships,” Hughes said.
The Renegades won the tournament championship by defeating Pasadena College 78-72, Nov. 9.
In the victory over Pasadena, tournament MVP Darrin Dorsey had 21 points and 8 rebounds, while Jamar Harrison added 12 points and three rebounds.
In other tournament action, the Renegades forced 33 turnovers to beat Orange Coast College 103-81 on Nov. 7.
In the victory against Orange Coast, Harrison had 19 points four rebounds and 2 steals while tournament MVP Darrin Dorsey added 16 points with 3 rebounds and 3 steals.
The Renegades used 18 points and 1 rebound by sophomore Luis Gomez to defeat Ventura College 102-95 on Nov. 8.
Also in the victory over Ventura, Harrison added 17 points and 5 rebounds, while Dorsey had 15 points and 8 rebounds.
Harrison had a game high of 25 points and 4 rebounds to lead the Renegades to an 85-48 over Hancock on Nov. 12.
Rich Hughes said that while his team played well in the victory against Hancock, they could have done better.
“We played hard in spurts tonight, the second half we really got after it. We have to learn to play 40 minutes of intense pressure,” Hughes said.
“We definitely didn’t show that we are the No. 5 team in the state tonight. We’ll take the win any way we can get it,” said Hughes.
Also in victory, Gomez had 11 points and one rebound, while Nick Young had 8 points and two rebounds.
In the Hancock game, the Renegades had a total of 35 rebounds, 18 assists and forced 26 turnovers.
The Renegades next action will be Nov. 21-23 in the Fresno City Tournament.
Women’s basketball
Women’s Basketball scores:
San Diego Mesa Tournament Nov. 7-9
Nov. 7 Fullerton 69-53 L
Nov. 8 San Diego Mesa 108- 81 W
Nov. 9 Cerritos 74-45 L
Nov. 12 at Reedley 63-57 L
Allan Hancock Cross over
Nov. 14 Cuesta 62-57 W
Nov. 15 Allan Hancock 86-72 W
Overall record: 3-3, next game at Santa Barbara Nov. 19.
Next game at home against Rio Hondo on Nov. 21 at 5 p.m.