ECC Women’s Basketball team grabbed their first win of the season as they beat 84-75 to College of DuPage at the Spartans Events Center on Thursday. 

The Spartans got off to a good start as guard Mazaiah Marc scored the team’s first basket of the game. 

As the 1st quarter goes on, the team is maintaining their momentum to score more points to increase their lead during the game. 

The Spartans ended the 1st quarter 24-17 with a 7 point lead as they head to the second quarter of the game. 

In the 2nd quarter, they manage to keep the momentum going as the team is trying to keep playing good offense. 

Guard Abigail Esparza scored 11 points in the 2nd quarter. The Spartans ended the 1st half with a score of 46-30 with a 16 point lead. 

Second year student Antonio Alanis gave his thoughts on the game so far. 

“It’s pretty entertaining. It’s nice seeing our girls play well. They’re attacking the inside well, and they’re making good shots.” 

According to Alanis, he commented if the team will get better in the second half. 

“I think they’re gonna pick up their momentum. I assume they’re gonna build off of that into the second half.” 

The second year student stated the team’s performance in the first half. 

“I think they did well. They didn’t really miss that many shots. They seem to pass the ball well.” 

Alanis predicted that the team would have a chance to win tonight. 

“I think they have a good gap to win the scores, and if they keep riding that momentum, I think they’ll come out on top.” 

Beginning in the 2nd half of the game, the Spartans are playing good offense as they find ways to keep the lead more than 5 points. 

As the 3rd quarter goes on, the team puts time and effort to put more points on the scoreboard. 

Guard Mazaiah Marc scored 8 points in the 3rd quarter. The Spartans ended the 3rd quarter on a 13 point lead with a score of 64-51. 

In the 4th quarter, they maintained their momentum throughout the game but they managed to win the game 84-75 Spartans. 

Coach Eumeka Aguado gave her thoughts on the team’s win tonight. 

“I’m proud that we got a win. We played really great basketball.” Aguado said. 

She explains her takeaways on this game. 

“We just got to take care of the basketball a lot better. Takeaways is getting in the gym and kind of working on making better decisions, getting more confident with the balls that we can enable the press better.” 

Aguado mentioned that the team has a chance of playing better than last season. 

“Last year, we had a lot of injuries, and there was only so much we can do with the bodies that we have. This year, even though we do have a few injuries, I feel like we’ll be fine in a week, and we have girls that are skilled and that they really want to win, so I think we’re going to do a lot better than last year. That was always the goal.” 

Guard Mazaiah Marc is proud of the team’s performance tonight. 

“Yes, I’m very happy. It’s our first home game. It felt very good to win. We came together as a team, and we finally put all our pieces together.” she said. 

According to Marc, she explains how the team plays well offensively. 

“Just basically running our kicks all the way through, staying together as a team, making it out for some bad shots and hitting the high.” 

Marc mentions the improvements that the team needs to work on moving forward. 

“Basically staying disciplined on offense and defense, and just listening to what the coach has to say throughout the game and making sure we put our foot to the gas the whole time.” she explained. 

The team’s next game will be against Joliet Junior College at the Spartans Events Center on Friday. 

See photo gallery of images from this game here.