The Fresno City College women’s basketball team rumbled passed Skyline 78 to 53 as they hosted the Northern California regional playoffs.

The Rams made some major accomplishments this season. They had the most single wins in the school history; the last time the team won a conference championship was 1999.

Lina Gipson scored 42 points in on game to break the schools single game scoring record. She also holds the record for most rebounds in game (29).

A few days before the game, many of the players had a chance to reflect back on their season. They know they have a chance to make history at FCC.

“We got a new coach, different players were coming over from Reedley and, of course, the new freshmen were coming in… I figured that we would go pretty far but I didn’t expect us to get this far,” is what Cierra Coffman said. She is a sophomore medical student.

Coffman has two goals for this semester.

One, is to further her medical career by passing her classes and,” getting to the State tournament. “If we win these two playoff games, we get to go to Stockton,” she described.

Coffman considers this playoff season to be a final chapter to her basketball experience. “I want to be a doctor, so I am getting ready for medical school,” Coffman explained.

Kim Trevino is a majoring in physical therapy. Being that she is a freshman starting Trevino definitely recognized the differences between college & high school basketball.

Trevino said that they went into mini-camp not knowing what to do and the coach was looking for “the people who worked the hardest.”

She came into the season only looking to get playing time and she became the starter for the season.

Even though they are a team, Trevino knows that she is competing with her team mates for playing time& and she is going to bring her best game, to keep her edge.

“Our goal is to prevent the other team from scoring”

One of the more memorable moments during the season for Trevino was in a game when her team mate, Vanessa, got tripped up and… explicit. You possibly want to get Vanessa or Trevino to tell you that story.

Ty Johnson is in her second year, she is a social worker student. Going undefeated in conference and actually winning conference was a big goal for her.

The sophomore, Allison Patterson, majoring in Criminology noticed that the team chemistry is better this year. But, it would be just another trip down memory lane if they lose one game.

During the game, it was as if each one of the women had a little ram blood in them, as they harassed their opponents from on end of her court to the other.

Players like Courtney Crosson, Natasha Brown attacked the ball at on both ends of the court; while players like Vanessa House and Lena Gipson hit tome shots on a regular basis.

“Our goal is to prevent the other team from scoring. The means that I will guard a little tiny point guard… they cannot score,” Gibson said.

The Rams tempo is so high paced that House didn’t even realize the beautiful cross over she used to elude two defenders.

She then passed the ball and it made its way back to her as she zeroed in like a sniper and fired off a three point shot to help lead her team to a 78 to 53 thrashing.

With that said, it would be just another undesirable trip down memory lane if they lose one game.