Bellevue Sweeps SCC Basketball on Saturday

The Bellevue College basketball teams sweep Shoreline CC on Saturday at Bellevue College. The SCC men's teams dropped a 86-83 game to the Bulldogs while the BC women dominated the Shoreline women's team, 70-40.

The SCC men's squad was up by two at half-time, 46-44, but Bellevue was able to pull out the game in the second half using their bench scoring as the BC bench outscored the SCC bench, 22-4 in the game. Sean Jones, playing with a dislocated finger on his shooting hand, led SCC with 22 points, Jesse Vaughan added 21. Alfie Miller and Shawn West added 17 and 15 respectively to round out the Dolphins double-figure scoring.

The SCC men fall to 13-4 overall, 7-2 in the NWAACC Northern Region. Both region losses are to Bellevue. Shoreline still leads the region by 1 game over Bellevue and North Seattle who are 5-3 in the region. SCC plays again on Saturday, February 6 against Olympic College in the SCC Gym.

The Shoreline women's basketball team could not overcome turnovers against the Lady Bulldogs. Bellevue scored 47 of their points off turnovers as SCC could only muster 17 first half points. Ana Haberman led Shoreline with 17 points, while Lynsey Sandum added 15.

The Lady Dolphins are 1-16 on the year, 0-9 in the region. Bellevue is tied for the lead in the region, with a 13-6 overall record, 8-1 in the region. SCC hosts Olympic College on Saturday, February 6, at 2 pm in the SCC Gym.