College of the Desert

COD Women’s Basketball grabs OT win over Fighting Cacti, 64-57 February 15, 2020 COD (4-22; 1-10) snapped a 13-game losing streak and avenged an earlier season loss to their Conference rivals, defeating the Copper Mountain Fighting Cacti of Joshua Tree (3-21; 2-9) in overtime,... Full Story

COD Women’s Basketball gets close, falls short in loss to Panthers, 64-56 January 20, 2020 COD (3-17; 0-6) received a fantastic performance from Geraldine Padua, scoring a season high 22 points, but the visitors would go on an 14-2 run to close out the game and the Roadrunners would fall... Full Story

COD Women’s Basketball has rough 2nd quarter, loses to Vikings, 62-56 January 11, 2020 COD (3-14; 0-3) took a lead in the first quarter, but a seven minute scoring drought to wrap up the first half really put the Roadrunners in a tough spot as they fell to the Barstow Vikings (2-12;... Full Story

COD Women’s Basketball falls to the Vikings, 51-42 January 8, 2020 COD (3-13) could smell victory, as Anastasia Reagins grabbed her 9th double-double of the season, but the team fell just short and the Barstow Vikings (1-12) walked away with their first win in 11... Full Story

COD Women’s Basketball opens Winter Classic with win over Porterville, 52-48 December 13, 2019 COD (3-9) took one point deficit at halftime and turned it into a 21 point third quarter effort as the home side would hold on late against the Porterville Pirates (2-11), 52-48. Full Story

COD Women’s Basketball pushes past Griffins, 71-54 November 15, 2019 COD (2-4) grabbed their second win of the season, dominating from the beginning and not looking back as Anastasia Reagins grabbed her fourth double-double and the Roadrunners defeated the Grossmont... Full Story

COD Women’s Basketball splits at Pasadena Tourney November 8, 2019 COD (1-4) grabbed their first win of 2019, by splitting a back-to-back at the Chick fil-A Classic at Pasadena City College, knocking off the Imperial Valley Arabs (0-1), 57-48. Full Story

COD Women’s Basketball welcomes Rizea as new head coach August 16, 2019 College of the Desert Women’s Basketball officially has a new head coach, as former Roadrunners assistant coach, Kendyl Rizea now helms the program. Full Story

COD Women’s Basketball: Munayco signs with Dakota State July 24, 2019 COD Women’s Basketball sophomore Alissa Munayco (Indio Shadow Hills) has signed with the Dakota State University Trojans. Full Story

COD Women’s Basketball celebrates sophomore night, falls to #13 Comets, 83-49 February 8, 2019 COD (1-21; 1-4) honored 7 of their 8 players on Sophomore Night as the team hosted the #13 team in the state, the Palomar Comets of San Marcos (20-6; 4-1), falling to the Comets, 83-49. Full Story

COD Women’s Basketball gets close in hard fought loss to Jaguars, 89-73 February 6, 2019 COD (1-20) received some good contributions from their starters, but the Southwestern Jaguars of Chula Vista (14-8) used a big first half and the Roadrunners fell, 89-73. Full Story

COD Women’s Basketball has a tough 3rd quarter, falls to Eagles, 82-46 February 1, 2019 COD (1-19; 1-3) played a strong first half against a strong Mt. San Jacinto Eagles (19-6; 4-0) squad, but the Eagles would use a big third quarter to sink the Roadrunners, 82-46. Full Story

COD Women’s Basketball busts up 26-game losing streak, rolls past Wolverines, 51-36 January 25, 2019 COD (1-17; 1-2) turned a corner under first year coach Timi Brown and received her first win helming the Roadrunners program as they turned back the San Bernardino Valley Wolverines (4-13; 0-2),... Full Story

COD Women’s Basketball gets behind early, struggles to catch-up in loss to Spartans, 60-35 January 23, 2019 COD (0-17; 0-2) struggled from beyond the arc (0-7) and from the free throw line (9-19), but dominated in the paint, winning the rebounding war 57 to 46. Unfortunately, the Roadrunners stopped scoring... Full Story

COD Women’s Basketball falls short to the Griffins, 80-63 January 16, 2019 COD (0-15) played a strong first half of basketball, but losing “The Battle of the Boards” and “The Battle in the Paint,” as well as a late push by the Grossmont Griffins... Full Story

COD Women’s Basketball plays a strong first quarter vs. Tartars, falls 65-46 January 4, 2019 COD (0-12) started 2019 with a bang as they opened up the New Year at home, taking an early 18-15 lead at the end of the first quarter, but turnovers and second chance points proved to be a problem,... Full Story

COD Women’s Basketball hosts another successful Winter Classic December 16, 2018 COD (0-11) welcomed into the friendly confines five teams, facing Copper Mountain, then Mission and then Fullerton on the final day to wrap up another successful Winter Classic. Full Story

COD Women’s Basketball participates in Irvine Valley Tournament December 7, 2018 COD (0-8) rolled onto their third tournament of the season, traveling to Irvine Valley to take on Santa Monica and Rio Hondo. Full Story

COD Women’s Basketball participates in Santa Ana Tournament November 29, 2018 COD (0-6) traveled to participate in the Santa Ana Tournament, Kaitlyn Cox collected a double-double and Alissa Munayco totaled 28 points for the tournament. Full Story

COD Women’s Basketball participates in Pasadena City Classic, Cox named All-Tourney November 10, 2018 COD (0-4) travelled to Pasadena City College to participate in the Lancer Classic, facing Sequoias, San Diego City and Imperial Valley. Full Story

COD Women’s Basketball welcomes new head coach June 7, 2018 COD will officially welcome in their new Women’s Basketball coach, Dr. Timi Brown, on June 11, she is looking to get the program back into the post season for the first time since 1999. Full Story

COD Women’s Basketball: Toland signs letter with ULV May 2, 2018 COD Women’s Basketball sophomore starting guard Jada Toland (Indio Shadow Hills) has signed a letter of intent with the University of La Verne. Full Story

Alumni Update: COD Women’s Basketball player Bianca Gutierrez May 4, 2018 COD alumnus Bianca Gutierrez stopped by for a brief interview right before her senior season at the University of Maine at Fort Kent (UMFK). Full Story

COD student athletes awarded Foundation scholarships February 28, 2018 COD multi-sport student athletes Celeste Padilla and Vanessa Madera were awarded scholarships from the College of the Desert Foundation. Full Story

2017-18 Season in Review - COD Women's Basketball February 18, 2018 COD Women's Basketball sophomores, forward Mercades Young (Moreno Valley Vista Del Lago) and guard Jada Toland (Indio Shadow Hills) were named second team and honorable mention All-Pacific Coast... Full Story