NORWALK, Calif. (Interstat) — The Cerritos Falcons used a dominant second-half performance to overcome a halftime deficit and defeat the Ventura Pirates 69-62 in a men’s junior college basketball game Friday.

Ventura led 62-60 at halftime, but was outscored 42-29 after the break. Kamaury Washington and Dorian Tate each scored 16 points for Cerritos, with Tate adding 10 rebounds. Snookey Wigington led Ventura with 13 points.

Cerritos forced 22 turnovers and recorded 14 steals to improve to 2-1. Ventura, despite a 41-32 rebounding advantage, fell to 3-1.