LONG BEACH (Interstat) — Reede Searcy scored 26 points and Laney used a dominant start to rout Long Beach 100-36 in a women’s junior college basketball game Sunday. Laney, the visiting Eagles, improved to 1-2. Long Beach, the Vikings, fell to 0-3.

Laney took command immediately. Mialani Talalele opened the scoring with a jump shot, Simdi Chukwu added a jumper and Heaven Payton made a layup as the Eagles grabbed a 7-0 lead. Long Beach did not score until Reniya Walker’s layup with 7:16 left in the first quarter. Sa’Rye Starks hit two 3-pointers and Searcy added a 3-pointer and a free throw as Laney built a 23-6 lead after one quarter. The Eagles forced turnovers and turned them into quick baskets throughout the opening period. Long Beach managed only three field goals in the opening quarter and trailed by 17 after the first 10 minutes.

The Eagles kept pulling away in the second quarter. Searcy and Payton converted inside, and Chukwu scored in transition as Laney took a 46-20 lead into halftime. Long Beach got a 3-pointer from Hannah Fuentes and a late 3-pointer from Saniya Keyes, but the Vikings could not sustain offense against Laney’s pressure. Laney stretched its lead to 75-32 by the end of the third quarter after Starks made six free throws in the period and Chukwu and Jennalyn Apodaca hit 3-pointers. Laney closed the quarter with a steady run and kept Long Beach without a field goal for long stretches. Long Beach never trimmed the deficit below 40 in the final quarter.

Searcy finished with 26 points, nine rebounds and seven assists in 38 minutes. She had scored 18 points against Orange Coast and 21 against Mount San Antonio in Laney’s first two games. Starks added 26 points, four rebounds and three assists in 31 minutes. Chukwu posted 20 points, eight rebounds, three assists and one block in 39 minutes, while Payton had 12 points, nine rebounds and five assists in 23 minutes. Talalele added nine points, six rebounds and one block, and Apodaca had seven points, four rebounds, three assists and two blocks. Searcy scored consistently near the basket and helped Laney control the glass.

Laney shot 36 of 73 from the floor, 8 of 18 from 3-point range and 20 of 29 from the free-throw line. The Eagles held a 51-41 rebounding advantage, including a 9-8 edge on the offensive glass, and finished with 22 assists, four blocks, 17 turnovers and 12 fouls. Laney scored 100 points from 95 possessions for an offensive rating of 105.5. The Eagles also benefited from Long Beach’s turnovers and scored consistently in transition while building the lead. Laney’s 22 assists came on 36 made field goals.

Long Beach shot 11 of 57 from the floor, 4 of 21 from 3-point range and 10 of 18 from the free-throw line. The Vikings had 41 rebounds, six assists, three blocks, 36 turnovers and 20 fouls. Riyah West led Long Beach with seven points, seven rebounds and one block in 20 minutes. Keyes added five points, three rebounds, one assist and two blocks, Walker had four points and five rebounds, and Zariha Smith finished with four rebounds and one assist. Long Beach scored 36 points from 94 possessions for an offensive rating of 38.5. The Vikings struggled to find rhythm against Laney’s defense and could not recover after the early deficit. Long Beach’s 36 turnovers exceeded its 11 made field goals.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Laney 77, Long Beach 59, and Interstat’s ELO system had projected Long Beach with a 60.8 percent probability to win.