The second-seeded Ventura College women's basketball team (29-1) will host No. 15 Pasadena City (17-12) in the Southern California regional quarterfinals Saturday at 7 p.m.

Freshman guard Stella Ghazarian hit a 3-pointer with 12.7 seconds to play as Pasadena City came from 26 points down to knock off No. 18 Antelope Valley, 67-65, Wednesday night in the first round.

Ghazarian had 27 points, including seven 3-pointers, as the Lancers incredibly won their 17th straight playoff game at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium despite falling behind 28-2 to start the game.

Pasadena has eliminated Ventura from the postseason in three of the last five years, 2007, 2009 and last spring, when Anna Shahinian's decisive 3-pointer with 33 seconds to play was allowed to stand, despite being released after the shot clock had expired.

Southern California regional women's basketball playoffs
First round, Wednesday
No. 15 Pasadena City 67, No. 18 Antelope Valley 65
No. 16 San Diego Mesa 80, No. 17 Barstow 61

Quarterfinals, Friday
No. 14 Moorpark (18-9) at No. 3 San Bernardino Valley (26-3)
No. 13 Irvine Valley (18-12) at No. 4 East L.A (22-6)
No. 10 Cypress (20-9) at No. 7 Long Beach (19-6)
No. 9 Saddleback (19-9) at No. 8 Chaffey (23-6)

Quarterfinals, Saturday
No. 16 San Diego Mesa (21-7) at No. 1 Mount SAC (26-3)
No. 15 Pasadena City (17-12) at No. 2 Ventura (29-1)
No. 12 Canyons (19-10) at No. 5 Cerritos (22-7)
No. 11 Mount San Jacinto (22-7) at No. 6 Fullerton (21-8)

Semifinals, Feb. 29 at higher seeds
Finals, March 3 at higher seeds
CCCAA Final Four, March 9-11 at Consumnes River College, Sacramento

It looks like Ventura will open SCFA Northern Conference play Saturday against visiting Cerritos (2-3) with a new starting quarterback.

Buena High product Chase Smith, who came off the bench to lead Ventura to a 31-19 win over Pasadena City Oct. 1, is set for his first collegiate start.

"I've given Chase more of the first-team reps," said Mooshagian. "I'm going to use them both, but Chase may start the game."

At the season's midpoint, Koman is 64-for-152 passing for 572 yards, five touchdowns and five interceptions. Smith, who is 24 for 51 with 270 yards and two touchdowns, has yet to throw an interception.

Smith, who started the season at receiver, may have a new target, as Koman is now splitting his time at wideout.

"I'm giving Matt a lot of reps at receiver, too," said Mooshagian. "Matt may start the game at receiver."

Koman played both quarterback and receiver at College of the Charleston before playing basketball at Northern Kentucky.

"He's a very good athlete," said Mooshagian. "He's a very good wide receiver. He can definitely help us there, too."

The Moorpark College football team's first two scrimmages have been one-sided affairs.

"The first scrimmage, the offense looked really good," said head coach Jim Bittner. "The second scrimmage, the defense looked really good."

Which makes tonight's finale the rubber match.

Surprisingly, Bittner has already settled on a quarterback to take over for the graduated Zach Shultis, who has transferred to Cal Lutheran.

Former Westlake High quarterback Nick Owens, who led Pasadena City to a 4-0 start last fall, has taken over the reins, despite five other quarterbacks on the roster.

"He's a person that's key to our offense," said Bittner. "He's going to be our guy.

"The other guys are good too. If something happens, we should be all right. But (Owens) just adds another dimension. He can run and pass, he's as fast as any of our running backs."

We're here at one of the state's finest venues, Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium, as the No. 11-seeded Ventura College women's basketball team opens its state championship defense against No. 6 Pasadena City. The game is being broadcasted on Homefieldsports.com and 1400 AM KKZZ Fillmore. I'll also be updating the game, plus as many scores as we can find here on Twitter.

2011 Southern California regional quarterfinals

WOMEN
No. 6 Pasadena City 67, Ventura 56 FINAL Destinee LaFountain, a Royal High product, completed a standout freshman season with 24 points and 15 rebounds against All-State opposition. Rebecca Griffin added 14 points and Ja'Lisa Gatlin added 10 rebounds as Ventura (23-7) saw its season ended by Pasadena for the third time in five seasons.With 13 points and nine rebounds, Destinee LaFountain had a near-double double in the first half. Griffin and Ramirez added 9 and 6 points, respectively. Dominique Scott had 11 points and eight rebounds.
No. 2 San Bernardino Valley 51, No. 15 Santa Barbara City 46 FINAL
No. 1 Fullerton 69, No. 16 Chaffey 60 FINAL
No. 12 Southwestern (20-5) at No. 5 Orange Coast (22-8)

MEN
No. 1 Mount San Antonio 86, No. 8 Irvine Valley 68
No. 18 L.A. Southwest (17-12) at No. 2 Southwestern (23-2)
No. 16 L.A. Harbor 71, No. 3 Santa Monica 66
No. 4 Citrus 88, No. 13 Antelope Valley 63

Community College women's basketball
No. 11 Ventura (23-6) at No. 6 Pasadena City (23-4)
Southern California regional quarterfinal, Bracket II
Hutto-Patterson Gym, Pasadena, 7 p.m.
Radio: KKZZ 1400 AM, HomefieldSports.com.
League finish: Ventura, WSC North champion; Pasadena City, South Coast runner-up.
Head to head: Pasadena won 72-53 Dec. 19 in the final of the Rose City Classic.
Team Offense: Ventura 71.1 ppg (15th), Pasadena City 75.9 (5th).
Team Defense: Ventura 54.3 ppg (8th); Pasadena City 51.3 (4th).
Vs. Playoff teams: Ventura 7-6; Pasadena City, 8-3.
RPI: Ventura, 22nd; Pasadena City, 14th
Leading scorer: Ventura, Rebecca Griffin 15.6 ppg; Pasadena City, Dominque Scott 14.2.
Leading rebounder: Ventura, Destinee LaFountain 11.3 ppg; Pasadena City, Dominque Scott 10.3.

HomefieldSports.com will be broadcasting the locals three road Southern California regional playoff games this week.

Those interested can listen live to the No. 20 Oxnard College men's basketball team face No. 13 Antelope Valley tonight at 7 p.m., the No. 14 Moorpark College women's basketball team face No. 3 Mount SAC Friday at 7 p.m. and the No. 11 Ventura College women's basketball team face No. 6 Pasadena City Saturday at 7 p.m. on HomefieldSports.com and 1400 AM KKZZ Fillmore.

Eric Evelhoch will have the call.

A glance at the Southern California poll is all it takes to get excited about the on-coming WSC North women's basketball race, which will feature No. 9 Santa Barbara City, No. 12 Moorpark, No. 13 Ventura and No. 15 Los Angeles Pierce when it tips off next month.

But before that, Ventura (6-4) will visit No. 1 Pasadena City (7-1) Sunday. The Lancers were the only team to beat the Pirates during the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons.

Click the jump for the full polls.

With its first win of the season over National Division opposition Saturday, the Ventura College football team approaches this week's bye with renewed vigor.

"You can see that the kids have some newfound swagger," said Ventura coach Steve Mooshagian. "They understand that if they play together, good things can happen."

The Pirates' scored 20 straight second-half points to dig out of a 23-13 hole at previously unbeaten Pasadena City.

"A couple of the kids have come to me and said, 'Last year I don't know if we could come back like that, A lot of us would be arguing with each other,' " said Mooshagian. "This team, they don't let that bother them.

"That's one of the signs that you've arrived, when you fight back through adversity and you do it together."

Ventura College quarterback Antavius Sims was honored as the Northern Conference's offensive Player of the Week Tuesday.

The sophomore from Sumter High in Americus, Ga. had 280 yards of total offense, completing 13-of-21 passing for 121 yards and running 22 times for 159 yards and two touchdowns, in Saturday's 33-29 win over Pasadena City.

Averaging 304.0 yards per game, Sims is No. 5 in the state in total offense.

Ventura 33, Pasadena City 29
Non-conference
Ventura 13 0 13 6 -- 33
Pasadena City 0 17 6 6 -- 29
First quarter
VC -- Davis 18 run (Brown kick), 4:06.
VC -- Miller fumble recovery in the end zone (pass failed), 3:49.
Second quarter
PCC -- McMillian 2 run (Gonzalez kick) 13:17.
PCC -- Thomas 22 pass from Owens (Gonzalez kick), 7:03.
PCC -- FG 39 Gonzalez, 0:00.
Third quarter
PCC -- Harrison 24 pass from Owens (kick failed), 13:34.
VC -- Sims 1 run (Brown kick), 9:30.
VC -- Sims 17 run (kick failed), 3:28.
Fourth quarter
VC -- Anderson 4 blocked punt return (Brown kick), 10:42.
PCC -- Bateman 21 pass from Owens (kick failed), 4:44.
VC PCC
First downs 22 26
Rushes-yards 52-258 21-38
Passing yards 121 299
Comp-Att-Int 13-21-1 29-58-2
Sacked-yards lost 4-20 3-14
Punts-avg. 6-32.3 6-35.2
Fumbles-lost 2-2 1-1
Penalties-yards 11-107 7-68
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING -- Ventura: Sims 22-134, Davis 27-121, Nixon 1-7, Team 1-(-1), Reed 1-(-3). Pasadena: McMillian 7-28, Robinson 5-20, Thomas 2-10, Owens 7-(-20).
PASSING -- Ventura: Sims 13-21-1-121. Pasadena: Owens 29-57-2-299.
RECEIVING -- Ventura: Scissom 5-59, Davis 3-2, Anderson 2-22, Jonwell 2-14, Kirkwood 1-24. Pasadena: Harrison 11-96, Thomas 9-104, Robinson 4-44, Harris 2-14, Bateman 1-21, Waiters 1-14, McMillian 1-6.
MISSED FIELD GOALS -- Ventura: Brown 44.
TEAM RECORDS -- Ventura 3-2; Pasadena 4-1.

Moorpark 39, Compton 7
Non-conference
Moorpark 22 17 0 0 --39
Compton 0 0 7 0--7
First quarter
MC -- Pelupessy 34 interception return (Padden run), 13:40.
MC -- Shultis 9 run (Shultis kick), 10:47.
MC -- Padden 23 interception return (Shultis kick), 2:09.
Second quarter
MC -- Shultis 22 FG, 13:54.
MC -- Henderson 25 pass from Botts (Shultis kick), 8:24.
MC -- Abraham 24 fumble return (Shultis kick), :09.
Third quarter
CC -- Looney 25 interception return (Sandoval kick), 13:37.
Moorpark Compton
First downs 17 7
Rushes-yards 41-146 38-(minus)25
Passing yards 293 78
Comp-Att-Int 17-37-1 8-27-6
Sacked-yards lost 0-00 1-14
Punts-avg. 5-39.2 10-31.4
Fumbles-lost 5-3 3-2
Penalties-yards 12-120 9-75
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING ‹ Moorpark: Gentle 15-65, Franklin 12-61, Holt 6-23, Botts 1-8, Shultis 2-3, Morris 4-1,Team 1-(minus) 15. Compton: Malone 16-44, Brown 3-2, Dovolis 1-1, Byrd 8-0, Williams 1-0, Brynant 1-(minus)1, Edwards 4-(minus)2, Johnson 2-(minus)16, Team 2-(minus) 53.
PASSING ‹ Moorpark: Shultis 11-25-0-189, Botts 5-9-1-79, Arias 1-3-0-25. Compton: Edwards 6-13-1-61, Green 1-8-2-12, Brynant 1-5-2-5, Johnson 0-1-1-0.
RECEIVING ‹ Moorpark: Henderson 6-99, Gant 5-77, Gentle 3-87, Garcia 1-14, Markham 1-13, Morris 1-3. Compton: Malone 3-12, Williams 2-44, Lockley 2-17, Byrd 1-5.
MISSED FIELD GOALS ‹ None
TEAM RECORDS ‹ Moorpark 3-2; Compton 1-4.

With both community college football teams on the road today for their final non-conference tests, you can follow along to our live updates on our Twitter page.

Ventura 13 0 13 7 -- 33
Pasadena City 0 17 6 6 -- 29
FINAL
Q1: Michael Davis' 18-yard TD run and DE Daniel Miller's fumble recovery in the end zone give VC a 13-0 lead.
Q2: PCC took a 14-13 lead on a 2-yard Telvin McMillian run and a 22-yard TD pass from Nick Owens to Reuben Thomas III. A roughing the passer flag set up Brian Gonzalez's 37-yard FG to end the first half.
Q3: Owens' 24-yard TD pass to Michael Harrison, Sims' 1-yard TD keeper, Sims' 17-yard scramble
Q4: Art Gilbreath's blocked punt and Jordan Anderson's recovery for a TD provided the winning points for VC.

Moorpark 22 17 0 0 -- 39
Compton 0 0 7 0 -- 7
FINAL

With 32-year head coach Jim Bittner's 199th career win, Moorpark (3-2) has its first three-game win streak since beating defending state champions El Camino in the 2007 Southern California regional playoffs for its sixth straight win. Anthony Pelupessy and Niall Padden returned interceptions for touchdowns and QB Zach Shultis scored on a 9-yard run as the Raiders took a 22-0 lead after one quarter. Shultis kicked a 22-yard FG, QB Dalton Botts threw a 25-yard TD pass to Stephen Henderson and Clint Abraham returned a 24-yard fumble return for a TD as Moorpark took a 39-0 halftime lead. The Raiders allowed just 5 yards of total offense in the first half and had six interceptions, which tied the school record set against West LA in 1972.

No. 16 Ventura (2-2) at No. 5 Pasadena City (4-0)
Jackie Robinson Stadium, 6 p.m.
LAST WEEK: Chaffey 12, Ventura 10; Pasadena 34, Desert 14
SERIES HISTORY: Pasadena leads 24-9-2 since 1931. Ventura won 26-20 last season.
GAME FACTS: Ventura opens one of the toughest runs in school history at a historic bogey team. The next three teams, and four of the remaining six, on the Pirates' schedule are among the last five unbeaten teams in SoCal. Behind QB Nick Owens (36-of-57 passing, 573 yards, 4 TDs), who earned Southern Conference Player of the Week honors by throwing for 334 yards and three TDs last week in just his second start, and a group that is No. 4 in scoring defense (16.2 ppg), Pasadena is off to its best start since 2007. RB Telvin McMillian (68 att., 305 yards, 8 TDs) is No. 2 in scoring. The Lancers are also No. 1 in net punting (37.8) and fourth-down conversions (10 of 11), No. 2 in sacks against (4) and No. 3 in kickoff coverage. Behind QB Antavius Sims (73-of-117 passing, 843 yards, 5 TDs, 91 att., 422 yards, 4 TDs), who leads SoCal in total offense with 1,265 yards, Ventura is No. 1 in first downs (98). RB Michael Davis (276 rush, 223 receiving, 308 returns) leads SoCal in all-purpose yardage. LBs Kenny Breaux and Brendan Daley are No. 3 (41) and No. 8 (38) in total tackles. Fifteen different Pirates have combined for 44 tackles for losses, led by Daley's 6.5.

No. 19 Moorpark (2-2) at Compton (1-3)
Tay Brown Stadium, 1 p.m.
LAST WEEK: Moorpark 35, Santa Barbara City 29; Compton 13, Antelope Valley 7
SERIES HISTORY: Moorpark leads, 22-4, in a series dating back to 1968. Moorpark won the last meeting, 58-21, in 2007, to clinch the WSC title.
GAME FACTS: Moorpark has a long history of success against its former WSC rival. The two teams played in the Raiders' first 13 seasons. The question is whether this Compton team will be able to generate enough offense to top the Raiders, who are back in the regional poll for the first time in nearly two years. Compton is in the Bottom 6 in scoring (34th, 12.8 ppg), total offense (34th, 211.5 ypg), passing (33rd, 136.0 ypg), rushing (32nd, 75.5 ypg). The Tartars have only completed 39.4 percent of passes. But the defense, led by DE Artkiest Jones (4 sacks, 7 tackles for loss), has been stout, especially in the red zone (No. 2, 36.8 percent), where opponents have only scored six TDs in 19 trips. It should be a challenge for a Moorpark offense centered around WR Chris Gant, who leads the state in receptions (39), receiving yards (554) and touchdowns (10). The question is whether Zach Shultis (68-of-113 passing, 687 yards, 7 TDs) or Dalton Botts (22-of-42 passing, 229 yards, 5 TDs) will be throwing him the majority of the passes.

Guard Marlee Rice had 17 points and the frontcourt piled up 32 offensive rebounds as the City College of San Francisco women's basketball team knocked out defending state champion Pasadena City College in the opening game of the Great Eight Thursday afternoon at Cal Lutheran's Gilbert Center.

The Rams (28-3), the top seed from Northern California, gained a measure of revenge for the victory, having lost to the Lancers (25-5) in the same game in overtime a year ago.

San Francisco overcame spendthrift finishing, shooting just 31.6 percent from the field, by dominating the offensive glass.

The Rams' vaunted three-headed backcourt of Rice, Mone Peoples and Brittney Allen combined for 45 points and 10 assists, but it was the frontcourt tandem of Shawnte Taylor and Ciera Foster, who piled up for 28 rebounds, that made the difference.

"We talked about the importance of possessions and they took it to heart," said CCSF coach Jamie Hayes.

Pasadena 29-19 with 5:27 to play in the first half, but San Francisco scored 40 of the next 54 points to take a 18-point lead with nine minutes to play.

Foul trouble limited Pasadena star center Dominique Scott to 13 points and nine rebounds.

"They're definitely used to scoring," said Hayes.

San Francisco moves on to face the winner of tonight's Ventura-Laney game in Saturday's 3 p.m. semifinal.

"I'm excited to see Ventura because I haven't seen them yet," said Hayes.

Pasadena is the only team to beat Ventura over the past two seasons. The Pirates are 65-0 against the rest of the state.

Fullerton (30-1)
No. 1 South
Nickname: Hornets
Head coach: Debi Woelke (13th year)
How it got here: Seeded No. 1 in regional, def. No. 16 Santa Barbara City 82-64, def. No. 8 Grossmont 54-45.
Conference finish: Orange Empire, champion (12-0)
Winning streak (Last loss): 25 (Nov. 22 vs. Ventura, 64-47)
RPI: First
Vs. Great Eight: 3-1
Team offense: 12th, 70.5
Team defense: Seventh, 53.9
Leading scorers: G Taiyande Husky 13.2 ppg, G Jhakia McDonald 10.5
Leading rebounders: F Ashleigh Adams 5.4 rpg, F Danielle Ekno 4.5.
Great Eight history: Eighth appearance. State champs in 1978 and SoCal champs in 1980 and 1983.
Note: Ten different Hornets have scored in double figures.
Woelke says: "We're deep and we're doing the best job we can with what we've got. We'll see what happens."

Ventura (31-1)
No. 2 South
Nickname: Pirates
Head coach: Ned Mircetic (20th year)
How it got here: Seeded No. 2 in regional, def. No. 18 Cypress 83-63, def. No. 7 San Bernardino Valley 61-53.
Conference finish: Western State North, champion (12-0)
Winning streak (Last loss): 19 (Dec. 12 at Pasadena City, 81-72)
RPI: Third
Vs. Great Eight: 3-1
Team offense: 16th, 69.3
Team defense: First, 47.7
Leading scorers: F Chanelle Brennan 18.9 ppg, C Kris King 13.2.
Leading rebounders: F Gabrielle Conn 6.1 rpg, King 5.7.
Great Eight history: Record 14th appearance. Holds the record for state titles (five), finalists (seven), and Final Fours (10).
Note: Second in the state in field goal shooting at 47 percent.
Mircetic says: "This has been a very difficult team for me to understand. When we're good, we've very good, but we can't depend on raw talent. We are dependant on one another."

Mount San Antonio (24-6)
No. 3 South
Location: Walnut
Nickname: Mounties
Head coach: Laura Beeman (15th year)
How it got here: Seeded No. 3 in regional, def. No. 14 Mount San Jacinto 76-65, def. No. 6 Los Angeles Trade-Tech 60-47.
Conference finish: South Coast North, champion (7-1)
Winning streak (Last loss): 3 (Feb. 17 at Pasadena City, 64-62)
RPI: Second
Vs. Great Eight: 1-3
Team offense: 11th, 70.6
Team defense: 10th, 54.7
Leading scorers: G Brittney Lewis 11.7 ppg, F Ashley Adams 10.2.
Leading rebounders: Adams 6.6 rpg, F Kimiere Hawkins 5.5.
Great Eight history: Ninth appearance in 10 years. Four state titles in last six years,
Beeman says: "Our freshmen are starting to play a little bit better and sophomores have been there before."

Pasadena City (24-4)
No. 4 South
Nickname: Lancers
Head coach: Joe Peron (14th year)
How it got here: Seeded No. 4 in regional, def. No. 13 Irvine Valley 76-55, def. No. 5 Riverside 65-56.
Conference finish: South Coast North, runner-up (6-2)
Winning streak (Last loss): 4 (Feb. 10 vs. Los Angeles Trade-Tech, 80-73)
RPI: Fourth
Vs. Great Eight: 3-2
Team offense: Eighth, 72.4
Team defense: 20th, 57.2
Leading scorers: G Kim Smith 17.6 ppg, C Danielle Scott 14.8
Leading rebounders: Scott 11.0 rpg, C Cherisa Sellers 6.8.
Great Eight history: Seventh straight appearance. Defending state champion and finalists in '04, '05.
Note: Pasadena has handed Ventura its only two losses of the past two seasons.
Peron says: "I guess I have to defend it... I wasn't trying to defend it all year."

San Francisco (27-3)
No. 1 North
Nickname: Rams
Head coach: Jamie Wong (9th year)
How it got here: Seeded No. 1 in regional, def. No. 16 American River 87-55, def. No. 8 Ohlone 74-63.
Conference finish: Coast North champion (10-0)
Winning streak (Last loss): 13 (Dec. 30 vs. Solano, 64-57)
RPI: Sixth
Vs. Great Eight: 4-2
Team offense: Fifth, 74.2
Team defense: 16th, 56.6
Leading scorers: G Brittney Allen 15.0 ppg, Mone Peoples 14.9.
Leading rebounders: C Ciera Foster 10.0 rpg, F Shawnte Taylor 9.7.
Great Eight history: Third trip in five years.
Wong says: "It's a relatively new team... and they've been doing a really good job."

Santa Rosa (25-6)
No. 2 North
Nickname: Bearcats
Head coach: Lacey Campbell (4th year)
How it got here: Seeded No. 3 in regional, def. No. 14 Foothill 75-58, def. No. 6 Solano 70-60.
Conference finish: Big 8 champion (13-1)
Winning streak (Last loss): 11 (Jan. 19 at San Joaquin Delta, 71-53)
RPI: Ninth
Vs. Great Eight: 1-2
Team offense: 26th, 67.2
Team defense: 24th, 58.2
Leading scorers: C Charlene Popoff 13.7 ppg, F Jeanette DeWitt 13.0.
Leading rebounders: Popoff 8.5 rpg, DeWitt 7.5.
Great Eight history: Second trip in four years. NorCal champ in 1982 and state champion in 1988.
Note: Nine of the 13 players on the roster are sophomores.
Campbell says: "We have a great group of sophomores who have made this year a lot of fun. They really committed to each other."

Laney (25-6)
No. 3 North
Location: Oakland
Nickname: Eagles
Head coach: Ron Williams (2nd year)
How it got here: Seeded No. 4 in regional, def. No. 13 San Jose City 52-49, def. No. 5 San Joaquin Delta 56-54.
Conference finish: Bay Valley co-champion (15-1)
Winning streak (Last loss): 20 (Dec. 18 vs. Solano 66-56)
RPI: 17th
Vs. Great Eight: 1-2
Team offense: 24th, 67.5
Team defense: Eighth, 54.0
Leading scorers: F Shonetta Crain-Williams 14.4 ppg.
Leading rebounders: Williams 9.5 rpg
Great Eight history: First trip in just the program's second year.
Note: The school did not have a program two years ago.
Williams says: "My kids don't really have the sense enough to know where they're not supposed to be."

Chabot (17-11)
No. 4 North
Location: Hayward
Nickname: Gladiators
Head coach: Don Queyrel (13th year)
How it got here: Seeded No. 10 in regional, def. No. 7 Shasta 45-40, def. No. 18 Sierra 77-71.
Conference finish: Coast North, tied for third place (5-5)
Winning streak (Last loss): 3 (Feb. 17 at Foothill, 66-63)
RPI: 28th
Vs. Great Eight: 0-3
Team offense: 49th, 61.4
Team defense: 27th, 58.5
Leading scorers: G Monica Garcia 17.3 ppg, G Charney Bell 14.3.
Leading rebounders: F Jarita Riley 9.1 rpg, C Rebecca Taylor 8.3
Great Eight history: First trip.
Note: Chabot is the lowest seed to reach the state quarterfinals since No. 10 Cypress in 2004.

Should both teams win in Thursday's state quarterfinals, the Ventura College women's basketball team would face Pasadena City, which has handed the Pirates their only two losses of the past two seasons, in Saturday's 3 p.m. semifinal.

Both teams have rematches on their hands in the quarterfinals.

Pasadena knocked out its quarterfinal foe, San Francisco, with a 95-93 win in last year's quarterfinals. The teams' seeding and the 1 p.m. tipoff is a mirror image of a year ago.

The Ventura College women's basketball team received 14 of 15 first-place votes in this week's California state coaches poll to hold the top spot for the third straight week entering the Rose City Classic this weekend in Pasadena.

The Pirates, ranked No. 3 in the state preseason poll, rose to No. 1 after its upset of previous No. 4 Fullerton in the Glendale tournament Nov. 22., won a No. 1-versus-No. 2 showdown with Mount San Antonio in the final of the VC-Kiwanis Tournament of Champions Nov. 29 and blitzed Cerritos, which had beaten No. 2 Mount SAC and No. 8 Antelope Valley in the previous two days,in the final of the 16-team Gilcrest Invitational in Visalia.

After beating No. 7 San Bernardino Valley Thursday, the Pirates, by this week's poll have now beaten No. 4 (Mount SAC), No. 5 (Fullerton), No. 7 (SBVC), No. 11 (Cerritos), No. 13 (San Joaquin Delta) and No. 14 (Riverside),

And another No. 1-versus-No. 2 showdown may be in the offing against No. 2 Pasadena City, which ended Ventura's 34-game winning streak in last year's state semifinals, Saturday night.

Meanwhile, unbeaten Mount San Jacinto (7-0), which has the other first-place vote, may just be the best team in Southern California.

Click the jump for the official box score from Ventura's 26-20 win at Pasadena City College.

On fourth and 5, backup quarterback Jonathan Troast finds DeMonte Bell for a 15-yard touchdown pass that pulls Pasadena within 26-13 Saturday afternoon at Robinson Stadium.

Dominic Morris' 56-yard twisting, turning, spinning touchdown run pushes the VC lead out to 17 points, 23-6, with 3:41 left in the third quarter at Robinson Stadium.

And VC free safety Chad Kurz's interception gets the Pirates the ball back on the PCC 22.