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@ Ventura 83, Los Angeles Pierce 57

January 31, 2007

Box Score

 

     Everyone played, everyone scored.  Lindsay Trout had a career-high 16 points, including three 3-pointers, and four Pirates scored in double-figures in VC's 83-57 team victory over visiting L.A. Pierce.  The Pirates move to 7-1 in WSC play and remain tied for the top spot in the conference with Santa Barbara.  The Brahmas are now 5-3 and the closest competition to the two front-runners with four games remaining in the season.

    After Jessi Selleh hit a bucket on the Pirates' first possession, the Brahmas caught fire early.  Pierce (5-3, 21-6) connected on their first five shots, while Ventura (7-1, 21-6) misfired on eight of its next 10 shot attempts.  The Brahmas had a 10-6 lead with 15:24 left in the first half when they mysteriously called a time-out and lost all of their momentum.  In the meantime VC found their groove, scoring the game's next eight points.  The run started with a Selleh 3-pointer and continued with a Danielle Chupp lay-up and a Trout long-range bomb.  Following two Pierce free throws, Trout hit another bomb and Selleh connect on a once-but no longer-rare 4-point play.  When the dust settled, the Pirates completed a 26-4 run with Samantha Hinde's post spin move at the 7:47 point of the half, making the score 32-15 in favor of VC.  The Brahmas had a little fight left in them, bringing the Pirate lead back to eight, 37-29 with 2:56 on the clock, but Trout's old-fashioned 3-point play with 1:42 remaining ignited a 7-3 run for Ventura to close the half.  VC led at intermission 44-32.

     In the second period, Ventura slowly pulled away with contributions from the entire team.  The Pirates had the advantage at 14 points, 60-46, with 10:49 left in the game when Sara Arciniega hit a 3-pointer.  13 seconds later, following a blocked shot by Veronica Williams, Arciniega took a pass from Eja Wong and connected on an old-fashioned 3-point play, essentially putting the game away.  The Pirates led by as many as 28 points in the final minutes and brought home the 83-57 victory.

     Selleh led the Pirate scorers with 18 points to go along with four steals from the defensive end.  Trout had 16 points while Williams and Sandy Perry netted 11 and 10 points, respectively.  Williams grabbed seven rebounds and had two blocks and Perry also dished out five assists.  Wong had six assists and six boards and Arciniega scored eight points with four steals.  Misty Alvarado took two charges for VC in the game.

     The Pirates will continue their final march of the season on Saturday Feb. 3 at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria.  Game time is slated for 7:30 pm following the Pirate men's game at 5:30.  VC returns home on Wednesday Feb. 7 against Oxnard.