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Ventura 110,
Reedley 55
November 29, 2007 1st
Round, Gilcrest Invitational
@ Sequoias
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Score
Basketball
is a team game, and the Pirates experienced a team win in
their 110-55 victory over Reedley College in the opening
round of the Gilcrest
Invitational Tournament at the College of the Sequoias
in Visalia. All 10 players scored at least seven
points, and six scored in double-figures as VC posted its
highest point total in five seasons, eclipsing the century
mark for the second time in the last four contests.
With the win, Ventura advances to the tournament
quarterfinals against San Jose City College, who advanced
with a 74-67 victory over Riverside.
Reedley (3-5) connected on six of its first ten
shots to take a 14-12 lead with 15:00 remaining
in the first half. Julie
Heurung started a 15-0 Pirate run
over the next three minutes with an
old-fashioned 3-point play, and Michelle
Santizo closed it with a modern
trifecta at the 11:57 mark to put VC ahead
27-14. Eja Wong tallied a team-high 15
points in the half, as every Pirate scored with
the exception of leading scorer Indira
Kaljo (who would open the second half
with a 3-point shot, rallying with 13 second
half points). Ventura (6-2) closed the
final minute of the stanza with a 6-0 run to
make the halftime score 53-31.
VC opened the second half with a 9-2 run over a
three minute span, stretching the advantage to
62-33, closing the run on two Sara
Nicholson buckets. Six minutes
into the period, the Pirates led 68-41 when Donielle
Griggs connected on a 3-pointer from
the left wing to begin the decisive VC
run. The Pirates would outscore the Tigers
15-2 over the next four minutes, taking a
commanding 83-43 lead on Santizo's free throw
with 10:25 on the clock. The only question
remaining was if Ventura could reach 100 points,
which they did at the 4:11 mark on Jessica
Jameson's basket off of a Kaljo
assist. VC would score the game's final 11
points to set the final 110-55 margin.
All 10 Pirates who played scored at least seven
points with six of them netting
double-figures. Eja
Wong, playing her best game in the
orange and black, scored 17 points to go along
with seven assists and four steals.
Santizo completed the point guard dynamic duo
with 15 points, including four 3-pointers to go
along with three steals and three assists.
Kaljo finished with her 13 second-half points
and seven rebounds while Nicholson tallied an
even dozen for the Pirates. Heurung and
Jameson each scored 10 points, respectively with
Heurung grabbing eight rebounds, and Jameson
pulling down seven boards. Randi
Hicks had eight rebounds for Ventura
while Jenelle
Conklin had six boards with three
steals. Lindsay
Trout also pulled down six caroms in
the win.
Ventura's 110 points are the most a Pirate team
has scored since February of 2003 when VC
defeated LA Pierce 118-32. It is tied for
the eighth-most points scored by a Pirate team
during the Ned
Mircetic era (1990-present), tied with VC's
110 points coincidentally scored against King's
River College (Reedley's former name) in a
110-29 win almost 12 years to-the-day ago on
Nov. 30, 1995 at the Gilcrest Invitational.
The Pirates will play the San Jose City College
Lady Jaguars in a tournament quarterfinal on
Friday at 4:00 pm. Last year VC lost to
the Lady Jags 59-57 in the same quarterfinal
game.
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