FAIRFIELD – A week earlier, the Solano College women's basketball team pulled off one of its tightest wins of the season, a heart-stopping, two-point victory over Laney.
The final game of the 2023 portion of the schedule Friday was quite the opposite as the Falcons popped the corks well before midnight – or more specifically before 6 p.m.
Solano led 27-3 after a quarter against visiting Gavilan of Gilroy and raced to a 95-17 nonleague win. Gavilan had just one bench player, and the Falcons might have made Robin Hood blush with 19 total steals.
Sophomore Jade Dickson, a guard from Fairfield High, finished with a game-high 18 points on 8 of 9 shooting and added eight steals and eight assists for the Falcons.
Freshman forward Amari Mason added 16 points and 15 boards. Sophomore Julia Wright chipped in 12 points while sophomore Macie Wilcox and freshman Jhaidyn Reed each chipped in 10 points. Wilcox added six boards and three assists. Kimani Wilburn added eight points and 10 boards.
Maybe hard to believe, but the Falcons (9-6) got off to an ice-cold start from the field, leading just 6-3 with about 5 minutes into the contest.
"Overall it got better; the beginning was a little rough," said Solano head coach Matt Borchert. "I thought our spacing got better and our energy after the first few minutes was good."
Wright knocked down a jumper from just outside the key, and Reed hit a runner to spark a 21-0 blitz for the remaining of the quarter. Dickson had three steals in that run as the defense and transition offense got Solano rolling.
The drought continued for Gavilan (0-13) in the second quarter. Mason had a steal and layup in the opening minutes to lead a 19-0 run as Solano upped the lead to 46-3. The Rams finally ended their scoring drought at the 2:46 mark, but Solano led 54-8 heading into the locker room.
The blowout allowed Borchert to use his bench frequently throughout all four quarters.
"I thought Kimani and Reed did really well," Borchert said. "It was good to get Reed a start today. It gave the players some minutes to work on their stamina. I thought we balanced it really well."
The Bay Valley Conference slate returns next week in the first week of the 2024 calendar with home games against Merritt and Mendocino. The Falcons are 2-0 in the BVC.
"Hopefully, we're hitting a nice groove, but we have to keep getting better," Borchert said. "That was a nice win over Laney, but we learned a lot from the film. We learned we can do a lot better things. We were fortunate to win that game. We did some good things, but we had some fortune go our way as well. We're definitely staying humble."
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