SANTA ANA, Calif. - The Santa Ana Men's Basketball team led from start to finish and walked away with its first win of the 2021-22 season after defeating the El Camino Warriors (0-4) by a score of 77-65 in Wednesday's non-conference matchup. 

SAC came out firing as they went on a 14-2 run led by the play of sophomore forward Jordan Williams, who scored eight straight including two three pointers during the run. . 

But the Warriors worked their way back into the game to cut the lead to seven as they went into the halftime break with the score at 37-30.

In the second half, El Camino continued their attempts to come back and stayed within striking distance for much of the half. With 16:40 remaining, Santa Ana saw its lead dwindle to four (41-37)  after the Warrior's Massimo D'Amato hit a three.

With a little more experience under their belt follwing week one, the Dons didn't seem bothered by the Warrior run and responded with their own spurt to push the lead back up to 11 about three minutes later. 

From there, it was smooth sailing for the Dons as the young group picked up their first win. 

Freshman guard Dejon Brown scored the team high with 17 on 6-14 shooting and four threes while Brandon Green and Williams added 10 apiece for the Dons. 

Next up for SAC is another home game against Chaffey College (0-2) on Wednesday Nov. 17th at 2:00 p.m. Chaffey was defeated by Glendale 74-73 in their first game and lost to Santiago Canyon in their most recent game by a score of 86-68.