Freshman Bree Johansen scored a season-high 13 points while sophomore Mercy Montgomery poured in 12 points for Taft College in an 83-37 loss to visiting College of the Sequoias on Thursday. The contest wrapped up a two-game series between the squads.
The Cougars opened the scoring, getting a jumper from Morgan Pulido to take an early 2-0 lead. But Sequoias responded with a 13-0 run and held a commanding 15-6 advantage after the first quarter.
Taft put up 19 points in the fourth quarter, including nine from Montgomery and eight by Johansen. The duo accounted for 7 of the Cougars 8 three-pointers in the game. Montgomery shot 4 for 11 while Johansen nailed 3 of 8 shots from long distance.
Pulido also had a good game, contributing 9 points, 4 rebounds, and 2 assists.
TC fell to 0-9 overall this season with just two games left to play. The Cougars open their final two-game series of the spring against Mission College next week. Taft hosts the Saints on Thursday (Apr. 8) at 3 p.m. and then travels to Santa Clara for its season-finale on Friday (Apr. 9), also at 3 p.m.