A dominating performance started off the Sacramento Metro League season for the Valley Christian Academy boys basketball team.

“In baseball terms, it was as close to a perfect game or no-hitter as you can get in basketball,” said Valley Christian coach Brad Gunter. “All 14 players played incredibly well.”

The Lions scored early and often, delivering a 36-point first quarter on the way to a 96-29 victory over Sacramento Adventist. Only a low-scoring nine-point final quarter kept VCA from reaching triple digits in the game as the Lions put up 64 points before the break.

“We controlled every aspect of the game and every loose ball, rebound, and lucky break seemed to go in our advantage,” Gunter said. “We scored within two seconds of the opening tip and the rest of the night went according to plan. Sac Adventist is a solid basketball team and deserving of their record (7-1) coming into the night, but everything went our way. Our starters played less then half the game and we took off the full court pressure in the first quarter, but our bench played just as hard an efficient as the starters. It is a great start to the league season.”

Ryan Cordell led four Valley Christian players in double figures with 22 points Tuesday night. Stanley Winters had 14, Rob Frank scored 13 and Jason Gish added 13 as well.

The Lions visit Global Youth Charter in a key league game Friday night in Antelope. VCA lost a pair of games to GYC twice a year ago by a total of three points.