Quarterfinals,
VC-Kiwanis
Tournament
of
Champions
VC
freshman
Amanda
Padilla
has
been
hampered
by
illness
and
injury
for
the
first
three
weeks
of
her
Pirate
career.
Friday
night
she
had
a
breakout
performance,
dishing
out
10
assists
to
go
along
with
10
points
and
five
rebounds
in
leading
Ventura
to
an
87-51
win
over
Taft
College
in
the
first
round
of
the
VC-Kiwanis
Tournament
of
Champions
at
the
Athletic
Event
Center.
Padilla's
passing
performance
was
the
highest
single-game
output
of
dimes
since
November,
2003
for
the
Pirates.
Ventura
will
take
on
San
Jose
in
the
tournament
semifinals
Saturday
at
7:00
pm.
Julie
Heurung dominated the paint early,
scoring six of Ventura's (6-0) first 10
points. When Christine
McPherson hit a free throw with 15:16
remaining in the first half, the Pirates
had built an 11-0 lead before the Lady
Cougars hit their own charity toss a
minute later. Back-to-back
3-pointers from Padilla at the 13:07 and
12:07 marks, respectively, stretched the
Pirate advantage to 18-2 and the score was
25-4 before Taft (2-6) hit their first
field goal past the halfway mark of the
opening period. The teams played the
remainder of the stanza even, as VC took a
48-29 lead into intermission.
Erika
Ward took the game over as the second
half began, scoring eight of VC's first 10
points, and 12 of their first 20, helping
stretch the Pirate lead to 66-37 with
12:40 left in the contest. Ventura
led 74-48 with just over six minutes
remaining before they ended the game with
a 13-3 run, making the final count 87-51.
Chanelle
Brennan led the Pirates offensively
with 19 points on 8-9 shooting.
Heurung finished with a double-double of
17 points and 13 rebounds, while Ward
finished with 16 points and two
steals. Padilla's double-double of
10 points and 10 rebounds were augmented
with five boards and two steals and Donielle
Griggs also added 10 points on the
evening. Kris
King contributed eight points and
eight rebounds while Brenda
Van Someren dished out four assists.
Other games in the tournament saw #1 and
three-time defending state champion Mt.
San Antonio defeat Porterville 78-42 while
#11 College of the Canyons beat Contra
Costa 92-34. #17 San Jose City
College won the nightcap 67-31 over
Imperial Valley. Saturday's games
begin with Contra Costa and Porterville at
1:00 pm followed by Taft and Imperial
Valley at 3:00. Canyons and
Mt. SAC will face off in one semifinal at
5:00 pm with the second-ranked Pirates and
Lady Jags squaring off in the finale at
7:00. Sunday's game times are 12:00,
2:00, and 4:00 at the Athletic Event
Center.
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