2024-25 SMCC Women's Basketball News
SMCC Women's Basketball Falls to Scottsdale CC
January 30, 2025
The South Mountain Community College women's basketball team (5-16, 0-10 ACCAC) lost 66-48 to Scottsdale CC in an ACCAC home game at the SMCC Gym on Wednesday, Jan. 29. Freshman guard Sadie Gardner led SMCC with 14 points and freshman guard Destiny Dixon added 10 off the bench, but the Cougars could not complete the comeback against the Fighting Artichokes.
SMCC Women's Basketball Falls to Air Force Prep
January 27, 2025
The South Mountain Community College women's basketball team (5-15) lost 83-38 to Air Force Prep in a non-conference contest at the SMCC Gym on Jan. 25. SMCC jumped out to an 18-13 lead after 10 minutes, but the Huskies clamped down and limited the Cougars to 20 points over the next three quarters.
SMCC Women's Basketball Falls to Pima CC
January 23, 2025
The South Mountain Community College women's basketball team (5-14, 0-9 ACCAC) lost 85-44 to Pima CC in an ACCAC home game at the SMCC Gym on Jan. 22. Sophomore forward Rahimeh Salaam finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds to record her fourth double-double of the season for the Cougars.
SMCC Women's Basketball Falls to Glendale CC, Phoenix College
January 21, 2025
The South Mountain Community College women's basketball team (5-13, 0-8 ACCAC) lost 64-37 to Glendale CC on Jan. 15 and 77-51 to Phoenix College on Jan. 18 in a pair of ACCAC contests. Sophomore forward Auak Jok scored a season-high 19 points, freshman DeeDee Medlock scored 11, and sophomore forward Nei'Shae Clegg grabbed 10 rebounds in the contest with the Bears.
SMCC Women's Basketball Falls to Chandler-Gilbert CC
January 13, 2025
The South Mountain Community College women's basketball team (5-11, 0-6 ACCAC) lost 61-33 to Chandler-Gilbert CC in an ACCAC home game on Saturday, Jan. 11, at the SMCC Gym. Freshman Destiny Dixon led SMCC with 12 points, and freshman DeeDee Medlock grabbed a team-high 12 rebounds in the loss.
SMCC Women's Hoops Falls to Mesa CC
January 09, 2025
The South Mountain Community College women's basketball team (5-10, 0-5 ACCAC) lost 103-34 to Mesa CC in an ACCAC home game on Jan. 8 at the SMCC Gym. Freshman guard Sadie Gardner scored a season-high 15 points, including three 3-pointers, and added four rebounds in the loss to the Thunderbirds.
SMCC Women's Basketball Falls to Williston State College
January 02, 2025
The South Mountain Community College women's basketball (5-9) lost 102-48 to Williston State College in a non-conference home contest on Friday, Dec. 20. Sophomore Valery Velazquez led SMCC with a season-high 17 points and added five rebounds and three steals for the Cougars.
SMCC Women's Basketball Defeats Community Christian College
December 16, 2024
The South Mountain Community College women's basketball team defeated Community Christian 116-20 in a non-conference contest at the SMCC Gym on Dec. 13. Freshman Destiny Dixon scored a season-high 28 points, and five other Cougars finished in double-figures as SMCC defeated the Saints.
SMCC Women's Basketball Falls at Scottsdale CC
December 13, 2024
The South Mountain Community College women's basketball team (3-8, 0-4 ACCAC) lost 75-44 to Scottsdale CC in an ACCAC road game on Dec. 11. Freshman guard Destiny Dixon led SMCC with 12 points and added three steals while sophomore guard Leslie Aguirre totaled eight points, four rebounds, five steals, and two assists. However, the Artichokes took a 35-17 halftime lead and posted a 40-27 victory in the second half to secure the victory.
Cougar Women's Basketball Falls at Pima CC
December 05, 2024
The South Mountain Community College women's basketball team (3-7, 0-3 ACCAC) lost 90-27 in an ACCAC game at Pima CC on Dec. 4. Sophomore Leslie Aguirre led SMCC with 11 points and sophomore Mualyia Green grabbed 10 rebounds, but the Aztecs led early and pulled away in the second half for the win.
SMCC Women's Hoops Falls to Phoenix College
November 25, 2024
The South Mountain Community College women's basketball team (3-6, 0-2 ACCAC) lost 86-32 to Phoenix College in an ACCAC road contest on Nov. 23 at the SMCC Gym. Sophomore Leslie Aguirre had eight points, four rebounds, and four assists and freshman Destiny Dixon had eight points and three rebounds for the Cougars.
SMCC Women's Basketball Falls to Glendale CC in ACCAC Opener
November 21, 2024
The South Mountain Community College women's basketball team (3-5, 0-1 ACCAC) fell 56-46 to Glendale CC in both teams' conference opener on Nov. 20 at the SMCC Gym. Sophomore Rahimeh Salaam led SMCC with 16 points and freshman Destiny Dixon added 10 points for the Cougars in the defeat.
SMCC Women's Basketball Splits with GCU Club Team, Southern Nevada
November 18, 2024
The South Mountain Community College women's basketball team (3-4) defeated the GCU Club Team 64-54 on Nov. 15 and lost 127-83 to the College of Southern Nevada in a pair of non-conference contests. Sophomore Leslie Aguirre led the Cougars with 19 points and seven assists, and sophomore Nei'Shae Clegg posted 10 points and 16 rebounds in the win over the Antelopes. The next day, Aguirre scored a season-high 23 and freshman Destiny Dixon finished with 20 points in a loss to the Coyotes.
SMCC Women's Hoops Falls to Southern Nevada, Valley Prep
November 13, 2024
The South Mountain Community College women's basketball team (2-3) lost 91-45 to the College of Southern Nevada on Nov. 9 and 88-68 to Valley Prep on Nov. 12 in a pair of non-conference home games at the SMCC Gym. Sophomore Auak Jok led SMCC with 12 points, and sophomore Leslie Aguirre added 11 against the Coyotes. Three days later, sophomore Mualyia Green posted a double-double with 17 points and 17 rebounds, sophomore Destiny Dixon scored 16, and Aguirre added 15 in the loss to Valley Prep.
SMCC Women's Basketball Finishes 2-1 on Opening Weekend
November 04, 2024
The South Mountain Community College women's basketball team (2-1) posted a pair of victories at the Phoenix College Juco/JV Invitational from Nov. 1-3 at Phoenix College. On Nov. 1, the Cougars defeated the Arizona Christian University JV team 69-39 as Destiny Dixon led SMCC with 25 points. The next day, SMCC posted a 70-52 victory over the Park University-Gilbert JV Team 70-52 as Rahimeh Salaam and Valery Velazquez led the Cougars with 16 points. Finally, SMCC fell 67-62 to the Grand Canyon University Club Team on Nov. 3 despite 18 points from Salaam.