Vikings pull away from Jaguars behind Walker and Hewitt

Ryan Hewitt goes up for two of his 15 points against San Jose City
Ryan Hewitt goes up for two of his 15 points against San Jose City

The West Valley men's basketball team enhanced its postseason possibilities with a methodical 78-60 win over San Jose City Friday night in Saratoga. The teams waged a close battle in the first half before the Vikings (13-13, 7-3 Coast-South) pulled away for a 32-30 lead at the break and a 46-30 second half advantage over the Jaguars (0-26, 0-10). Jacquez Walker scored 16 points to lead WVC, while Ryan Hewitt had 15 and Derrik Lawrence added 13. West Valley closes out its conference road schedule Wednesday (2/20) at league leader Gavilan (24-2, 10-0) and then finishes up the regular season Friday (2/22) at home against Cabrillo (19-6, 8-2). Both games tip off at 7:00pm.