Women's basketball

WSC North

No. 1 Ventura 77, Moorpark 52 FINAL
-- Updates from Joe Curley at Raider Pavilion:
FINAL: Erika Ward scored 16 points, Julie Heurung and Donielle Griggs added 13 points apiece and Michelle Santizo added 11 points and 10 rebounds for Ventura (28-0, 9-0), which can clinch a share of its 19th straight WSC North title Saturday against visiting Santa Barbara City.
Moorpark's Tiffany Hurd had a game-high 24 points
1:05 -- Ward's drive gives Moorpark a 40-18 lead.
8:50 -- Moorpark's Tiffany Hurd makes back-to-back 3-pointers to pull the Raiders within 24-16.
10:00 -- Ventura finishes an 8-0 run to take a 20-10 lead.
17:16 -- Jessi Selleh and Donielle Griggs splash 3-pointers in a 10-0 Ventura run.
19:30 -- Molly Carson continues her hot shooting, opening the game with another 3-pointer.

Cuesta 50, Oxnard 48 FINAL
HALF -- Cuesta led for most of the first half. Tonee Martin and Amanda Izaguirre have eight points each for Oxnard.

Los Angeles Pierce 79, Santa Barbara City 60

Men's basketball

WSC North

Moorpark 78, No. 17 Ventura 76 FINAL
-- Updates from Joe Curley at Raider Pavilion:
FINAL -- Dwight Jones has 17 points, including 7-of-7 shooting from the foul line, and Justin Taylor and Braylin Bowman added 14 points apiece. Danny Benson had a team-high 15 points for Ventura.
0:02 -- Jones makes both free throws to ice the game with seven seconds left, before Pinkard drains a 3-pointer with 2.3 left on the clock.
0:09 -- Hunter makes one of two free throws.
0:29 -- Two Faiivae free throws make it 74-72.
1:34 -- Down 73-67 with 1:34 left, Abidoye buries a 3-pointer.
3:23 -- Benson follows his 3-point play with a inbounds steal and layup to cut the seven-point deficit to two points, 67-65.
4:26 -- Jones's 3-point play gives Moorpark a 67-60 lead. It's an 11-5 Moorpark run.
8:31 -- Mike Rodgers 3-point play restores the Raiders lead, 55-54.
9:50 -- Prince Abidoye makes a 3-pointer to give the lead back to Ventura and Moorpark's Chris Booker has a 3-point play wiped away for an offensive foul.
10:50 -- Taylor's drive gets the lead right back for Moorpark.
11:23 -- Jeremiah Slowik scores inside and is fouled, Ventura rebounds the missed free throw and Mike Diacos makes one of two free throws to give Ventura it's first lead since 2-0.
13:20 -- Jones and Pinkard exchange drives.
15:10 -- Moorpark respond with a Taylor drive and a Jones 3-pointer for a 48-42 lead.
16:00 -- Harris' hook in the lane and high-arcing shot in the lane pulls VC within 41-40. In between, Benson and Bowman have to be separated by the referees.
19:01 -- A jumper by Jordan Harris and a 3-pointer by Dee Pinkard immediately pulls VC within 39-37.
HALFTIME -- Moorpark's Braylin Bowman and Justin Taylor have a game-high 10 points. Ventura's Danny Benson and Randy Hunter have nine and eight points, respectively.
0:00 -- Former Westlake High point guard Matt Mazarei splashes a 3-pointer from the corner at the buzzer to give Moorpark a seven-point halftime lead.
0:30 -- Two pairs of free throws by Jeremiah Slowik in the final minute pulls VC within 36-32.
1:30 -- Benson's fourth transition bucket is a 3-point play to pull VC wtihin 34-28.
3:20 -- Shane Foster's 3-pointer makes it 34-23 Moorpark and Faiivae follows with his third foul.
5:20 -- Taylor's 3-pointer make its 31-21.
5:36 -- Will Faiivae returns for Ventura after again suffering two quick fouls.
6:00 -- Sean Bryan's left corner 3-pointer makes it a 8-0 Raider run as the lead peaks at 28-19.
6:40 -- But Bowman splashes a 3-pointer and Taylor scores in transition to push it back out to 25-19.
7:40 -- A pair of Randy Hunter buckets pull VC within 20-19.
8:30 -- Prince Abidoye and Justin Taylor exchange 3-pointers.
9:25 -- Braylin Bowman's jumper pushes Moorpark ahead, 17-12.
13:17 -- Silvio Arie-Lisboa ally-oop dunk from Dwight Jones pushed Moorpark head, 13-9.
14:12 -- Danny Benson's third bucket in transition evens the game, 9-9.
16:47 -- Eric Gray responds for VC with a right wing 3-pointer.
17:40 -- B.J. Wortham's 3-pointer and Justin Taylor's drive gives Moorpark an early 5-2 lead.

Cuesta 77, Oxnard 74 FINAL
-- Updates from budding journalist Jason Townsley in San Luis Obispo:
4:09 -- After Cuesta took a 60-59 lead, Dewaal gets back-to-back layups to restore the Oxnard lead to 63-60.
7:00 -- Two Matt Dewaal free throws push the Condors ahead, 57-53.
7:44 -- Cuesta rips off a 10-2 run to shave the lead to one point, 53-52.
11:00 -- Molina's 3-pointer pushes Oxnard ahead 51-42.
12:00 -- Bernard Burrell makes a hook shot to give Oxnard a 48-40 lead.
13:00 -- Cuesta's Tom Schumacher makes a pair of deep 3-pointers to pull Cuesta within 44-40.
15:00 -- Johnson's floater makes it 41-34, Condors.
17:00 -- Johnson's 3-point play gives Oxnard a 38-30 lead.
HALFTIME
1:01 -- Jonathan Johnson's floater gives Oxnard a six-point lead late in the first half.
1:36 -- Nick Molina's 3-point beats the shot clock and gives Oxnard a 29-25 lead.

Santa Barbara City at Los Angeles Pierce, 5 p.m