@
Ventura
103,
Moorpark
57
Chanelle
Brennan hit fast break lay-ups, she
scored on drives to the basket, she nailed
pull-up jumpers, and she hit a
3-pointer. She hit almost everything
Saturday night, shooting 13-14 from the
floor as she racked up a career-high 29
points against the Moorpark Raiders. Donielle
Griggs played the game of her career,
scoring 20 points and holding the Raiders'
leading scorer 11 points under her average
on the defensive end ( 9 points Saturday,
five in the last 3:36 of the game).
Together they led the Pirates to a 103-57
victory over their cross-county rival, the
40th consecutive win over the Raiders since
1991, before a large crowd at the Athletic
Event Center on the Pirates' annual barbeque
night.
The two teams traded turnovers to open play
before Julie
Heurung scored the Pirates' first four
points, the second off of an assist from Michelle
Santizo. A Santizo steal that led
to a transition bucket by Griggs put Ventura
(22-0, 3-0) ahead 6-2 with 18:07 left in the
opening period. Moorpark (10-11, 2-2)
turned the ball over on six of their first
eight possessions as VC built a quick 12-3
lead four-and-a-half minutes into the
contest.At the 8:40 mark, Erika
Ward had a steal and a long pass to
Brennan for another fast break lay up making
the score 28-9. On the very next
possession it was Ward to Brennan again,
like Montana to Rice, making the lead 21
points. The Pirates would connect on
21 of their 33 first half shot attempts (63
percent), many off of Raider turnovers, en
route to building a 53-22 halftime lead.
In the second half, Moorpark tried to hang
tough, but eventually succumbed to the
Pirates' depth. Heurung's
old-fashioned 3-point play at the 8:54 mark
gave VC a 79-42 advantage and the Pirates
led 81-46 with 7:47 on the clock. VC
went on a 12-0 run over the next three
minutes to help the Jell-O start to
jiggle. Ventura pulled away in the end
as Griggs put the Pirates into triple-digits
with a drive down the left side with 1:06
remaining. VC won the contest 103-57.
Brennan's 29 and Griggs' 20 points led five
Pirates in double-figures. Jessi
Selleh quietly had 16 points for VC
while Heurung and Ward added 14 and 12
points, respectively. Heurung grabbed
six rebounds to lead the Pirates on the
glass and Santizo pulled down five
boards. Ward handed out eight assists,
Santizo had five, and Heurung and Griggs
each dished out four dimes. Brennan
had four steals to lead the VC defense while
Santizo and Ward each had three
thefts.
The Pirates, ranked #1 in the state, will
put that ranking on the line on Wednesday
Jan. 21 at Santa Barbara City College.
The Vaqueros are 4-0 in Western State
Conference play, 1/2 game ahead of VC.
Ventura has only one one game at the Sports
Pavilion over the past three years, and look
to be tested by the Vaqueros in the
contest. Every play of that game can
be heard live and in living color online at www.HomeFieldSports.com.
The women's game will begin at 7:00 pm,
immediately preceded by the VC men's game at
5:00 pm.
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