Giants go 2-1 at Bulldog Classic

College of the Sequoias has a 17-day hiatus from competition on tap after concluding their non-conference schedule with a 2-1 run at the Bulldog Classic tournament in San Mateo,

The state No. 16-ranked Giants (11-5) dropped their last game before the break, 67-61 to No. 18 Butte (14-4) on Dec. 21.

Felicia Ramirez (Caruthers) led COS with 15 points and five assists. Alaysia Reed (Las Vegas) contributed 11 points, four rebounds and four assists; McKenna Hsiung (Bakersfield) had 14 points and Serena Ybarra (Coalinga) added nine points, seven assists and four rebounds for the Giants.

COS opened the Bulldog Classic with a pair of routes over unranked opponents: 75-46 over Gavilan (3-9) on Dec. 19 and 91-58 over Shasta (10-5) on Dec. 20.

Against Gavilan, Ramirez had 15 points and four rebounds, Ybarra had 10 points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals and Hsiung added nine points and four rebounds.

The Giants also received six points and 10 rebounds from Aubrey Nunes (El Diamante), 10 points and three rebounds from Elyssa Brumfield (Golden Valley-Bakersfield) and eight points from Sapphire Jones (Hanford).

Jones had 14 points, eight rebounds and four steals, while Brumfield added 14 points and five rebounds for COS against Shasta.

Ramirez added 13 points and five steals, Reed had 10 points and three assists and Hsiung chipped in 12 points in a game the Giants led 55-32 at halftime.

COS is set to open Central Valley Conference play at 5 p.m. Jan. 8 against Taft (2-10) at Porter Field House.