We're here live at the VC Athletic Event Center for tonight's Southern California regional semifinal between No. 13 Los Angeles Valley and No. 4 Ventura.
The matchup pits the last two Ventura College men's basketball coaches who actually coached the Pirates on the floor, Virgil Watson and Greg Winslow.
Tipoff is at 7 p.m.
Ventura 90, Valley 79 FINAL
OVERTIME
0:30 — Abidoye hits one free throw, 89-79.
0:43 — Riney scores, but Dixon is alone down the court to dunk in Malone's face, plus the foul, 88-79.
1:02 — After a Valley miss, Menner makes both free throws, 86-77
1:09 — Menner makes both free throws. He's got 31 points, 84-77
1:38 — Wright make sa free throw, Malone makes a layup, 82-77.
2:06 — Robert Wright slides across the floor to grab a loose ball. VC ball. Valley timeout.
2:25 — Menner is fouled in the back court and makes both free throws, 81-75.
2:27 — Menner throws the ball away but Riney steps on the end line.
2:59 — Dixon is fouled on the right block. Makes both free throws, 79-75.
3:31 — Johnson scores on the left block, 77-75
3:59 — Abidoye drive, 77-73
4:46 — Dixon scores off the tip, 75-73
SECOND HALF
0:13 — Abidoye buries an off-balanced 3 from the left wing to tie the game, 73-73
0:31 — Riney makes both free throws, 70-73.
0:33 — After a Valley timeout, Makes them both, 70-71.
0:33 — Abidoye steals the ball and is fouled, he'll go to the line.
1:00 — Johnson missed a wide open dunk, but the Pirates turn it over.
1:18 — Abidoye, 68-71.
1:35 — horstman makes two free throws off an offensive rebound, 66-71.
1:58 — Gray hits a 3-point in transition to pull Ventura within 69-66. Timeout Pirates.
3:13 — Riney misses and Menner is fouled on the rebound. He misses the front end.
3:28 — Wright in transition, 63-69
3:50 — Menner, 61-69
4:04 — riney hits a tough, tough shot along the baseline, 59-69.
4:37 — Menner looks like he's fouled taking a 3-pointer, no call. Winslow goes crazy when Dixon looks to have thrown the ball off a Monarch but the referees blow it the other way. Still 59-67
5:08 — Menner follows Holden's jumper with a 3-pointer, 59-67.
5:45 — Dixon and Riney trade buckets, 56-65.
7:33 — Menner hits a bunny, he's 2 of 7 from the field in the second half, 54-61.
8:00 — Horstman is fouled while taking a 3, makes one, but Riney gets the rebound and gets two free throws out of it, 52-61.
8:57 — Holden puts back an arcobatic rebound. Riney scores in trans, 52-58.
9:24 — Shooting one and one, Dixon makes both, 52-54.
10:32 — Riney drains a runner in transition, 50-54.
11:14 — Horstman drills a 3-point from the corner and is whistled for taunting Dixon. Menner makes one of the free throws, 50-52.
11:35 — Dixon is killing Johnson on the right block, again he scores to tie the game. He's got 11 points in the past seven minutes, 49-49.
12:12 — Menner gets his own rebound and his fouled. Misses both free throws.
12:35 — Johnson scores inside to give Valley the lead back, 47-49.
12:54 — Dixon heating up on the right block, 47-47.
13:34 — Dixon rolls in another inside, Ventura has a 9-0 run, 45-47.
— Timeout L.A. Valley
14:31 — Wright misses a breakaway layup, but Dixon gets the rebound for a bucket. Menner gets the rebound and scores off the free throw, 43-47.
15:12 — Horstman misses a 15-footer and Abidoye takes the ball the length of the court for a layup but misses the free throw, 39-47.
15:33 — Dixon makes one of two free throws, 37-47.
16:22 — Dixon gets his first field goal spinning on the right block, 36-47
16:43 — Holden scores in transition, 34-47.
17:43 — Menner finds Gray underneath for a layup, 34-45.
18:05 — Johnson pulls up for a swish, 32-45.
18:15 — Gray gets a jumper to bounced in, 32-43
19:25 — Menner misses to start the second half. Coleman then misses two foul shots.
FIRST HALF
Ventura has shot 8 of 30 in the first half, including 1 of 7 from 3-point land. The Pirates have made 13 of 20 free throws. Kevin Menner has a game-high 17 points, but fellow star Brandon Dixon has been limited to two free throws on 0 of 6 shooting. Valley is 18 of 30 from the field and 5 of 9 from 3-point land.
0:00 — Abidoye scores off of Wright's steal at the buzzer, 30-43.
0:16 — Menner is blown for a charge.
0:28 — Horstman buries a 3 from the top of the key, 28-43.
1:07 — Holden makes two free throws, 28-40.
1:10 — Menner makes one of two free throws, 28-38.
1:19 — Holden strokes a jumper.
1:43 — Dixon is on the board. He makes two fre throws, 27-36.
2:01 — Coleman scores in transition. The run is now 17-4. Timeout Ventura down 36-25.
2:25 — Johnson dunks home, 25-34.
— Dixon remains scoreless.
2:39 — In the resulting transition, Menner is fouled going to the basket. He makes both, 25-32.
2:48 — Riney steals the ball from Wright twice in a row. The first is a travel and the second is a enormous block from Wright. He's called for body contact but Riney misses both free throws.
3:12 — Johnson spins on Faiivae for a 3-point play, It's a 13-2 run for Valley, 23-32.
3:30 — Riney rips Abidoye for a breakaway layup, 23-29.
3:50 — Holden responds, 23-27.
3:56 — Menner puts back his own miss, 23-25.
4:30 — Coleman buries a 3-pointer, 21-25.
— Timeout L.A. Valley leading 22-21.
6:03 — Riney fouls Menner and he misses both free throws. He's 6-10 from the line.
6:20 — Horstman buries another long 3, 21-22.
6:42 — Fouled on his way to the basket, Menner makes one of two free throws, 21-19
7:33 — Menner buries a runner off the window in transition, 20-19.
7:47 — Chris Horstman responds with a long 3-pointer, 18-19.
8:05 — Abidoye buries a left wing 3, 18-16.
8:20 — Bennett hits a runner, 15-16.
9:24 — Fouled off the ball by Michael Nmvoya, Menner makes another two free throws, 15-14.
9:34 — Malone is fouled inside by Will Faiivae. He makes both, 13-14.
10:04 — Menner two free throws, 13-12 VC.
10:11 — Menner makes one of two free throws, 11-12.
10:22 — Johnson scores inside off Riney's pass, 10-12.
11:20 — Menner scores off the window in transition, 10-10.
12:55 — Holden scores from another second chance for the Monarchs, 8-10.
13:40 — Menner scores off the window, 8-8.
14:25 — Timeout, LA Valley. Ventura is 2-13, including 0-7 from stars Menner and Dixon.
15:20 — Wright puts back a miss on the third attempt, 6-8
16:06 — Gray splashes a wing jumper, 4-8.
16:20 — riney pulls up for a jumper, 2-8
16:33 — Ventura is 0 for 7 from the field.
16:59 — Gray is fouled going to the basket after Dixon's offensive rebound. Yes. Yes. 2-6.
17:24 — Malone scores, 0-6.
18:01 — Gray called for Ventura's second straight offensive foul.
18:29 — Menner is called for charging.
18:57 — Dixon misses two free throws.
19:20 — Malone puts back the Monarch's second offensive rebound, 0-4.
19:40 — Valley wins the tip. Holden scores on a drive, 0-2.
— Kevin Menner, Prince Abidoye, Eric Gray, Robert Wright and Brandon Dixon start for Ventura.
— Demetrius Malone, Germel Coleman, Shaun Johnson, Gino Riney and Ron Holden start for Valley.
— Tobias just presented Winslow with a plague commemerating his nine years in Ventura. Winslow's youngest daughter, Tori, sang the national anthem and, when she was finished, hugged her dad.
— Winslow, dean Steve Tobias and Santizo owner Chuck Rowland are welcoming Watson in front of his bench.
— There is less than 10 minutes before tipoff. The teams are warming up.









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