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Mountie Women Lose in Triple Overtime to Long Beach City College, 82-75 in Mt. SAC’s Linda G. Smith Tip-Off Classic Championship Game

Mt. SAC’s Dominique McLaughlin, 17 points, 9 rebounds and 3 steals
Mt. SAC’s Dominique McLaughlin, 17 points, 9 rebounds and 3 steals

Game Leaders

Long Beach
Pts: Jada Haynes - 28
Reb: Kendria Rendon - 15
Ast: Kendria Rendon - 3
Mt. SAC
Pts: Dominique McLaughlin - 17
Reb: Tianna Burrell - 15
Ast: 2 Players (#21, #35) - 3

Team Stats

Long Beach
Mt. SAC

Field Goals

(26-76)
(24-85)

Field Goal %

34.2%
28.2%

Rebounds

51
60

Assists

11
11

Turnovers

30
34

Pts off Turnovers

38
17

2nd Chance Pts

13
15

Pts in the Paint

32
36

Fastbreak Pts

10
4

Bench Pts

19
35
full stats
Posted: Nov 05, 2017

By John M. Sherrard

(Walnut, CA) In a thriller of a championship game, the Long Beach City College Vikings defeated the host Mounties in the 22nd Annual Linda G. Smith Memorial Tip-Off Classic, 82-75, Sunday afternoon.

Before a large and very boisterous crowd at the Mt. SAC Gymnasium, it took three overtimes to knock off the eight-time tourney champion Mounties.

Mt. SAC's Dominique McLaughlin (9 REB, 3 STL) and Tiana Douglas (11 for 14 FT, 8 REB) led the Mounties with 17 and 15 points respectively.

McLaughlin, who led the Mounties to their eighth CCCAA State Championship last season, was named to the All-Tournament Team, along with Jonnae Vermillion.

Long Beach City College (LBCC) was led by tournament MVP Jada Haynes with a game-high 28 points.

Mt. SAC built up its largest lead early in the third quarter, 42-28, but the Vikings crawled back into the game.  With :10 left in regulation, they tied the game at 59-59.

LBCC took its first lead of the game with only three seconds left, 61-59, but McLaughlin was fouled on a desperation three-point attempt with :01 left in the game.

McLaughlin missed the first but sank the remaining two free throws to send the game into overtime.

Each team scored a mere four points in the first OT, with Douglas and Deja Siaki (7 PTS, 5 REB) scoring layups for the Mounties to tie the game at 65 points.

The Vikings took a seven-point lead in the second overtime, 72-65, but Mt. SAC went on a 7-0 run to tie the game behind two free throws from Douglas, a basket and a free throw by Siaki.  Celeste Brown added a layup (11 pts., 5 of 6 FT, 5 REB, 3 STL) with 1:23 left in the second OT.

LBCC opened the third OT on a 9-2 run and Mt. SAC couldn't recover as the Vikings took the nearly three-hour long championship game.

Tianna Burrell (15 REB) and MyJoi Adams (4 REB, 2 STL) had seven points each for the Mounties.

Mt. SAC will next travel to the annual Ventura Kiwanis Tourney, which begins on Friday, November 24th and is the first of four tournaments through the end of the year before South Coast Conference play begins in January.

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