SBCC grabbed a season-high 65 rebounds on Friday and Destinee King recorded her fourth straight double-double as SBCC downed Victor Valley 73-56 in the first round of the Knights' Colbert Classic women's basketball tournament at San Diego City College.
The Vaqueros (5-6), who snapped a two-game losing streak, erased an 11-5 first-quarter deficit by opening the second period on a 15-2 run. That gave them a 20-13 lead and they made it 33-23 at the half.
King had 21 points, a season-best 16 rebounds and seven steals Jeanie Pattison also had a double-double with 15 points, 12 rebounds and four assists. Former Santa Barbara High standout Jocelin Petatan had eight points, 12 rebounds and three steals.
King, Pattison and Petatan all grabbed seven offensive rebounds. The Vaqueros won the board battle 65-48 with a season-high 31 offensive rebounds.
SBCC outscored the Rams 28-12 in the second quarter, thanks to 50 percent shooting. The defense held the Rams to 4-20 shooting in the quarter.
"It was a great defensive effort against a very fast and athletic team," said coach Sandrine Krul. "We struggled with our shooting in the first quarter (2-25) but we'll get it together."
The Vaqueros hit 41.5 percent in the last three quarters.
Santa Barbara opened the third with another run, this time 14-4, and took its biggest lead at 47-27 on a layup by Pattison and a jumper from King.
Tennia Hill and Tanika Stephenson scored 22 apiece for the Rams (1-8).
The Vaqueros will take on the Glendale Vaqueros in the championship semifinals on Saturday at 1 p.m.
