Girls BB: Valencia Beats Pacifica
Valencia 66, Pacifica 34By Dave Rogahn
Sandra Ikeora scored 24 points and Jasmin Dimson added 11 to lead Valencia to a 66-34 first-round victory over Oxnard Pacifica Saturday evening in girls' Division 1AA playoff action. Valencia led most of the way but broke the game open with a 16-0 run to start the fourth quarter.
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Valencia (21-7) took a 10-4 lead midway through the first quarter and led, 13-7, at the end of the first quarter. But Pacifica (14-11) stayed close throughout the first half, drawing within two points at 19-17 with 2:36 left in the second quarter. Ikeora pushed Valencia's lead to eight points with a basket in the final seconds of the first half, making it 27-19 at the halftime break.
Valencia pulled away in the second half, however, with a 10-0 run early in the third quarter to take command of the game. Ikeora converted a 3-point play with 5:39 left in the quarter to push Valencia's lead to double figures for the first time at 33-21. Kalia Summerlin scored off an inbounds pass to make it 35-21, and Ikeora scored on a putback to finish the run and made it 37-21.
Valencia pushed its lead to 20 points when Talia Roth scored off a pass from Dimson and was fouled. She missed the free throw, but Ikeora scored on a putback to make it 43-23 with just over three minutes left in the third quarter.
Pacifica cut the deficit to 17 points at the end of the third quarter to trail, 44-27. But then Valencia started the fourth quarter with a 16-0 run to put the game out of reach. A 3-point play by Roth started the run and restored Valencia's 20-point lead at 47-27. Ikeora scored the last two baskets of the run to make it 60-27, at which point she and the other starters left the game, their work complete.
Ikeora finished 11 of 13 from the floor for her game-high 24 points, and she also had 9 rebounds and 3 blocked shots. Dimson had 11 points plus 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals. Roth had 5 points, 8 rebounds and a game-high 6 assists. Preea Johnson came off the bench for 6 points and a game-high 11 rebounds.
For Pacifica, Morales finished with 18 points, including 3 three-pointers, and 2 steals. But she was the only Triton to score more than 4 points. Cassandra Luna had 3 points plus a team-high 10 rebounds, as well as 2 blocks and 3 steals.
Box scoreSaturday, February 16, 2013 - 5 pm
At Valencia HS
Division 1AA Playoffs - First Round
Pacifica 34:2-Darla Morales, PG - 6/13 fg, 3/4 ft, 2 stl, 4 pf, 18 pts
4-Darlene Morris, SG - 2/10 fg, 3 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl, 1 pf, 4 pts
11-Thiana Martinez, PF - 1/2 ft, 5 reb, 2 ast, 2 pf, 1 pt
15-Andrea Morales, SF - 0/9 fg, 2 reb, 1 stl, 2 pf, 0 pts
25-Cassandra Luna, C - 0/2 fg, 3/6 ft, 10 reb, 2 blk, 3 stl, 4 pf, 3 pts
0-Jessica Gonzales, G - 0/4 fg, 1/3 ft, 1 reb, 1 ast, 3 stl, 1 pt
5-Christina Gonzales, C - 0/1 fg, 2/2 ft, 2 pf, 2 pts
21-Yvette Prado, F - 1 ast, 3 stl, 0 pts
23-Jari Davis, F - 1/6 fg, 2 pf, 2 pts
20-Jazmin Cortes, G - 1/2 fg, 1 stl, 1 pf, 3 pts
3-Arlene Piniac, G - 0/1 fg, 0 pts
1-Hannah Licudine, G - 0 pts
10-Celeste Salazar, F - 0 pts
12-Maxine Holguin, G - 0/1 fg, 0 pts
22-Elizabeth Lopez, F - 0/1 ft, 1 reb, 0 pts
team rebounds: 6
Totals: 10/49 fg (.204), 10/18 ft (.556), 28 reb, 5 ast, 2 blk, 15 stl, 18 pf, 34 pts
3-pt fg (4): D. Morales 3, Cortes
Turnovers (19): Martinez 7, D. Morales 4, Luna 3, A. Morales, Davis, Cortes, Licudine, Holguin
Valencia 66:4-Jasmin Dimson, PG - 5/10 fg, 5 reb, 4 ast, 3 stl, 1 pf, 11 pts
11-Kalia Summerlin, SG - 3/14 fg, 2 reb, 1 stl, 1 pf, 7 pts
20-Talia Roth, SF - 2/7 fg, 1/4 ft, 8 reb, 6 ast, 2 pf, 5 pts
25-Jennifer Anumba, PF - 1/4 fg, 2/2 ft, 8 reb, 4 ast, 1 stl, 2 pf, 4 pts
32-Sandra Ikeora, C - 11/13 fg, 2/5 ft, 9 reb, 1 ast, 3 blk, 3 pf, 24 pts
23-Preea Johnson, F - 2/3 fg, 2/7 ft, 11 reb, 1 stl, 6 pts
2-Sabrina Thompson, G - 1/1 fg, 1/1 ft, 3 ast, 1 stl, 3 pts
22-Kristie Dolan, G - 1/2 fg, 2 reb, 1 ast, 1 pf, 2 pts
30-Paige Nealy, C - 1/3 fg, 3 reb, 1 blk, 3 pf, 2 pts
3-Bobbie Locke, G - 1 reb, 1 ast, 0 pts
24-Kristina Brackpool, F - 1/1 fg, 1 reb, 1 ast, 2 pf, 2 pts
team rebounds: 3
Totals: 28/58 fg (.483), 8/19 ft (.421), 53 reb, 21 ast, 5 blk, 7 stl, 15 pf, 66 pts
3-pt fg (2): Dimson, Summerlin
Turnovers (19): Anumba 5, Dimson 3, Summerlin 3, Nealy 3, Locke 2, Roth, Ikeora, Brackpool
Score by Quarters:
Pacifica----07-12-08-07 = 34
Valencia---13-14-27-22 = 66
Updated Records: Valencia 21-7, Pacifica (Oxnard) 14-11
Valencia led by 6 before going on a 10-0 run to lead 37-21 and led by 10+ the rest of the way.
Valencia started the 4th quarter with a 16-0 run to break it wide open.