Fresno City College men’s basketball has been dominant all season with an overall record of 23-1, sitting at 6-0 in the Central Valley Conference, No. 1 in the NorCal and No. 1 overall in the state. After an early season loss to Sierra College (7-12), FCC has ripped off 20 straight wins, one of the longest streaks in FCC history, averaging 72.4 points per game, and giving up 59 points per game. Of the 20 wins, 16 have been by 10 points or more. The Rams have been led by sophomore guard Chris Ashanti, who is averaging 15.4 ppg- good for fourth in the conference. Freshman guard Dejon Burdeaux is second on the team with 10.4 ppg
On Jan. 4 FCC battled No.10 Saddleback (17-4) and dominated the Gauchos winning 64-54. FCC was able to get to the rim all night, getting to the line 34 times and converting 27 of them. They dominated on the glass, out-rebounding them 28-18. FCC also forced 17 turnovers.
“We continue to play as a team, and we hang our hat on our defense,” said head coach Ed Madec.
Three Rams got into double figures with freshman guard Brian Chambers scoring 10 points and Ashanti and Burdeaux scoring 19 and 13 points respectively.
FCC Rams are dominating their competition with 11 freshman and only 3 sophomores. For the freshman they’ve had to mature really fast. “Hard work and practice, coach pushing us everyday. The sophomores have been big-time leaders for us, because they had been through this last season, and we learn from them about what to do,” said freshman point guard Chris Russell.
“I just feel like, yes there is inexperience on the team with 11 freshman, but be have the urge to win, win bad enough that we’ve stepped up and matured early in the season like coach [Madec] has asked us to, and we’ve been winning,” said freshman Shooting Guard Brian Chambers.