Women's basketball

WSC North

No. 1 Ventura 79, Los Angeles Pierce 69 FINAL
Updates by cub reporter Jordan Clegg:
-- Santizo had a team-high 18 points, with Selleh and Brennan adding 17 and 15, respectively.
-- Ward drives right to push Ventura ahead, 74-63, with a minute left.
-- Ward buries a floater to keep Ventura ahead, 71-60, with three minutes to play.
-- Santizo finds Brennan up the court for a transition layup and a 64-53 Ventura lead with 6:45 to play. The Pirates' run is now 15-4.
-- Heurung's jumper pushes Ventura ahead, 60-53, with eight left.
-- King finishes inside sweetly to push the Pirates ahead 54-49 with 10:30 to play.
-- Chanelle Brennan's steal and layup ties the game, 44-44, with 13:50 to play.
-- Pierce rips off a 12-4 run to take a 41-38 lead with 16:02 to go.
-- Heurung scores inside to open the second half and give Ventura a 5-point lead.
-- Selleh has 13 points and Santizo has 11 points to lead Ventura at the half.
-- Julie Heurung, Padilla and Selleh share the ball for a fast break to give Ventura a 32-29 halftime lead.
-- A flurry of Pierce 3-pointers pull the Brahmas within 26-25 with 2:25 left in the half.
-- Selleh's put back gives Ventura a 24-17 lead with 5:45 left first half.
-- A steal and breakaway layup by Ward pushes Ventura ahead 18-11 at the seven-minute mark.
-- Amanda Padilla drives and dishes for a Santizo layup and a 16-9 lead midway through the first half.
-- Jessi Selleh got her own rebound and made a right corner 3-pointer to give Ventura a 9-8 lead at 13:21.
-- Down 6-2, Erika Ward and Michelle Santizo both made a pair of free throws to pull Ventura even, 6-6, at 14:51.
-- Pierce opened up on top, 6-3.

Moorpark 57, Cuesta 37 FINAL
-- Carson's fifth 3-pointer pushes Moorpark ahead 51-31 with seven minutes to play.
-- Carson's fourth 3-pointer of the first half gave Moorpark a 25-17 lead in the final minute of the first half. The Moorpark High product is 4 of 5 from 3-point land this half.
-- Back-to-back 3-pointers by Molly Carson gives Moorpark a 15-8 lead with eight minutes left in the half. She added another to halt a Cuesta run.

Santa Barbara City 89, Hancock 51 FINAL

Men's basketball

WSC North

Cuesta 71, Moorpark 60 FINAL
Updates from Joe Curley in Moorpark:
-- Schumacher makes a pair of free throws with 1:17 to go to give Cuesta a 12-point lead.
-- Here goes the sickness at the free throw line for the Cougars. Christian Kouttras and Petter Wenehult miss pairs of free throws to leave the door open.
-- Down 63-51 with 4:26 to play, Moorpark has gone the last seven minutes with only one field goal.
-- Cuesta has extended the run to 14-3 to take a 63-50 lead with five minutes left.
-- Schumacher reenters the game after sitting for 11 minutes. Cuesta leads 50-57 with 6:06 left.
-- Moorpark was within 49-47 with 11:20 to play, but Cuesta scored eight of the next 10 points for a 57-49 lead with seven minutes to go.
-- The two teams have combined for 45 turnovers through 30 minutes, 24 for Cuesta and 23 for Moorpark.
-- Cuesta coach Rusty Blair is livid, informing the referees, "We're playing for a league championship."
-- Schumacher picks up his third charge in the first four minutes in the second half to give the WSC's leading scorer four fouls with 16 minutes to play.
-- Jones' 3-pointer pulls Moorpark within 38-37 with 17 minutes to go.
-- Moorpark opens the second half by taking two charges. Jones breaks the ice for his first bucket to pull Moopark within 36-34.
-- A couple days after scoring 31 points in a win at Hancock, Dwight Jones is scoreless at the half.
-- Cuesta has 18 turnovers at the half.
-- Guardia has a game-high 13 points and Ayarza has six points. Booker leads Moorpark with eight points.
-- The question is posed if Mazarei deserved five free throws rather than two since he was attempting a midcourt 3-pointer at the buzzer.
-- But Moorpark ends the half on a 6-0 run, as Chris Booker puts back Mike Rodger's 3-point play attempt and Mazarei is hits two free throws after being fouled at the buzzer.
-- Two Schumacher free throws and a Guardia transition layup make it a 10-0 Cuesta run and a 36-26 lead with 42 seconds left in the first half.
-- Cuesta star Tom Schumacher's first shot attempt is a right wing 3-pointer that pushes the Cuesta lead to 32-26 with 1:30 left in the half.
-- Shane Foster's spinning drive for Moorpark ties the game, 26-26, but Guardia immediately answers with a left wing 3-pointer.
-- That end runs when Zohar Meiden's 3-point gives Cuesta a 26-21 lead, but Moorpark's Braylin Bowman responds his with own right wing 3-point with 3:30 left first half.
-- Ayarza makes it eight straight lead changes and a 22-21 Cuesta lead.
-- After seven straight lead changes, Moorpark holds a 21-20 lead at the six-minute mark.
-- Cuesta has eight turnovers in the first nine minutes.
-- A Shane Foster bunny, Chris Booker steal and layup and Booker layup off a Matt Mazarei steal pushes the Moorpark run to 11-0 and gives the Raiders their first lead, 15-14, with 11:12 left in the half.
-- A Justin Taylor transition basket and a B.J. Wortham 3-pointer pulls MC within 12-9 and forces a Cuesta 30-second timeout at 12:44.
-- A Joe Ayarza dunk gives Cuesta an eight-point and forces a Moopark timeout with 14:31 left in the half.
-- Two 3-pointers and a steal and breakaway layup by Roger Guardia give Cuesta a 10-4 lead after 3:15.

Ventura 69, Los Angeles Pierce 57 FINAL
Updates from budding journalist Pepe Araujo:
-- A Faiivae fast break dunk punctuates a 6-0 Ventura run to give the Pirates a 64-55 lead with two minutes to play.
-- Pierce ties the game 41-41 with 15 minutes to play.
-- Danny Benson's 3-point play pushes Ventura's lead to 34-30 early in the second half.
-- Abidoye has a team-high nine points at the half.
-- Ventura took a brief lead, 20-19, before falling behind 23-20.
-- Pierce leads 19-18 with seven minutes left in the first half despite seven points off the bench by Prince Abidoye.
-- Ventura scores six of eight points to even the game, 13-13, at the nine-minute mark.
-- Once again, Ventura center Will Faiivae has two early fouls. But this time, Faiivae stays in the game.
-- Tied 4-4 early, Pierce scores 7 of the next 9 points to take a 11-6 lead.
-- Pierce turns the ball over on its first four possessions.

Santa Barbara City 81, Hancock 60 FINAL