San Jose City College men’s basketball team suffered a disappointing loss to Cabrillo College on sophomore night Feb. 8.

With the excitement of the women’s basketball team’s win over Cabrillo earlier that night, the crowd was pumped up and ready to watch the men’s team play against Cabrillo.

With a shot in the first minute of the game, the Jaguars started with a hard-going run and in the lead by five points in the first part of the game.

The Jags made it through the first quarter with many runs. Coming into the second half of the game, the offensive players did not fully complete their shots against their opponents.

Coming back at the Jag’s defensive players, Cabrillo’s team was able to get more rebounds. It was the middle of the evening, and we were now at the ending of the second half.

Finally, the men’s team were  down by 40 points and just a minute left on the clock. Even with the score difference, the men’s team kept playing until the buzzer went off.

The night ended with a score of 31-71. It was a big loss for the team, but the Jags walked away with their heads up as the crowd continued cheering the team.

Twenty-year-old Fabian Sebastian, who plays small forward on the team, with 11 years of experience, said that he was nervous and excited for this game because of the fact it was his last home game here at SJCC.

His inspiration for that night’s game, and also for his basketball career itself, comes not only from professional player Carmelo Anthony, but also his mother. Sebastian plans on playing in the NBA so that he can help support his family.

After moving to the United States from Africa at age 4, twenty-year-old Moses Kinnah, point guard, decided at age 6 that he wanted to play basketball because of the inspiration of a close family member.

“My inspiration? My brother,” said Kinnah. He wanted to do what his older brother was doing, playing basketball. Trying to follow in his older brothers’ footsteps to become a great basketball player was his motivation.

According to Kinnah, this season did not turn out the way he expected it to be. He thought it would have been better.

“It was just the little mistakes, not executing for some plays and also falling short,” said Kinnah, “but in the end, everyone did play their best in the season.”