- 99-86 Final. VC will play Riverside next week in a regional final that's good enough to be a state final.
- Pimble just missed his first shot of the night. He was 18 for 18 from the line before missing one. He's 9 of 9 from the floor for 36 points.
- Even consecutive 3-point plays can save Orange Coast. Pimble and Young sink five free throws to keep VC ahead, 94-80 with 1:00 left.
- Tavares volleyball spikes two layups and VC gets the ball back, 87-74 1:16 left.
- Cornett fouls out with 2:17 left. Tavares scores inside to make it a 23-5 VC run. 86-72 VC with 1:54 left.
- Pimble just missed a jam that would have brought the house down, cocking it all the way back one-handed down the lane off a Benson pass. It went off the back iron and out to half court.
- If OCC were a boxer, it would be on the canvas right now. A Breland jumper, two Pimble free throws and a beautiful open court Benson pass to Jamerson give VC a 83-72 lead with 3:37 left. It's a 20-5 VC run and an OCC timeout.
- A Breland jumper makes it 79-72 with 3:58 to play.
- Pimble leaves the game banged up with 31 points, but VC keeps its momentum. Tavares scores his 20th and 21st points inside and blocks Cornett inside to get the ball back.
- The 2,000 VC fans explode as a quick out to Benson ends up with Pimble dunking down in transition for a 72-69 VC lead.
- Two Benson free throws makes it 69-69. Tavares blocks Cornett inside and picks up Cornett's fourth foul. He's shoot two with 6:44 left. Swish.Miss.
- Benson scores inside to tie the game 67-67 with 7:45. But two Cornett free throws quickly restore the lead to OCC.
- He's doing it on both sides of the floor. Pimble takes a charge that fouls out Wise with 8:08 left. OCC leads 67-65.
- Pimble is 11 for 11 from the field. He steals the ball and sets up Troy Watson for a breakaway. It's only a one-point hole, 64-63, and an 8-0 spurt.
- The OCC lead is pushed to 9, at 64-55 with 11:03 left, before Ventura makes a move. Two Pimble free throws, a Tavares (18 points) follow and a Pimble (2Z points) post move pulls VC within 64-61 with 9:46 left. OCC timeout.
- Cornett (13 points) drives past Tavares to give OCC a 63-55 lead with 11:30 left.
- Cornett gets two free throws and scores inside to push the lead to 61-52 with 12:03 left.
- OCC gets a 5-point possession as guard Josh Poitevin swishes two free throws and a corner 3 after VC gets a technical foul for delay of game.57-51 OCC, 13:30.
- Engle swishes another 3 before Tavares heats up with buckets on five straight trips to pull Ventura within 52-50 with 14:45 left. He had 6 points at halftime. 16 now.
- After Wise opens the second half with a long 3, Pimble gets the Pirates started with a steal and high-flying jam.
- But Caetano hits a jumper and guard Shawn Engle hits a buzzer-beating fallaway to give OCC a 40-38 halftime lead. Caetano has a team-high 10 points for OCC.
- Pimble skies to follow a Young miss to give Ventura its first lead, 38-36, for 11 minutes.He's got 19 of Ventura's 38 points despite sitting for 11 minutes.
- Back-to-back 3s by Tommy Young and Breland pulls Ventura even, 34-34 with 1:52 left.
- Two Tavares free throws make it 30-26.
- Pimble, back in the game, scores acrobatically inside for a 3-point play. It's 30-24 OCC, 5:10.
- Caetano scores on the left block to open up a 30-21 lead for OCC.
- Two free throws by Trevor Breland are Ventura's first points in almost six minutes. OCC leads 26-21 with 5:59 left until half.
- With Pimble in foul trouble, Benson winded and Tavares missing two front ends of one-and-ones, VC just went perhaps the first two minutes of the season without any of their big three on the floor.
- Pimble had scored VC's first 12 points before leaving the game with two fouls at 14:47. VC has scored 7 points in the 7 minutes since.
- A 3 by Cameron Wise and a jumper by Cornett give OCC a 22-19 lead, 9:30.
- Tavares finds Tavaris Gilbert cutting to the basket for an easy pair. Mario Caetano drills his second jumper. It's 17-14 VC, 12:06.
- Pimble is perfect on two trips to the line and it's 12-10 VC. Pimble has all 12 VC points.
- Pimble scores in transition to tie the score, 8-8. OCC takes a timout. Pimble has scored all eight VC points.
- OCC's Miguel Gonzalez hits a pair of early 3s to give the visitors a 8-6 lead, 17:00.
- Ventura wins the tip and Anthony Pimble follows Danny Tavares miss to get VC on the board. Orange Coast post Steven Cornett scores inside to tie the game, 2-2.
- National anthem and introductions. Tipoff is immenent.
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