We're here live at the Condor Center to see if Oxnard can squeeze itself into Monday's field for the Southern California regional playoffs. An Oxnard win and a Ventura loss at Hancock will give the Condors a share of the WSC North and an automatic berth into the postseason.
SECOND HALF
Trevin Johnson and Cam Nash get Moorpark going after halftime. But Johnson scores and then sets up Ryan McLucas for a 3-pointer and a 53-36 lead with 18:15 to play.
Caise Burris hits back-to-back 3s and Mike Rogers scores inside for Moorpark, who've cut the lead to 55-44 with 16:18 left.
Malloy's 3-point gives Oxnard a 18-point lead with 15 minutes to play.
Silvio Lisboa scores inside and Trevin Johnson hits a 3 to make it 60-49.
Crawford has 20 and 18 after a putback. One out of two from Curry McKinney makes it 62-50, Oxnard, with 13:46 to play.
Ventura has taken a 66-61 lead with 8:30 to play in Santa Maria.
Another 3-point play by Malloy makes it 65-50 Oxnard with 13 minutes to play at the Condor Center.
Burris hits back-to-back 3s to pull Moorpark within 67-56 with 11:15 left.
Oxnard responds with a McLucas 3-point and a Malloy jumper. A putback by Lisboa makes it 74-59 with 9:20 to play.
Jones and Johnson trade drives. The Moorpark bench picks up a technical foul. McLucas makes the first. Makes the second. Oxnard leads 78-63 with 7:22 left.
Ventura leads 83-76 with two minutes to play. Oxnard leads 82-63 with 6:15 to play.
Crawford has missed much of this half since picking up his fourth foul, but his teammates still hold a 19-point lead with little more than five minutes to play.
After throwing down an alley-oop from Johnson, Crawford fouls out with 27 points, 19 rebounds and seven blocks. Oxnard leads 90-71 with 3:23 left.
FIRST HALF
Oxnard's 7-foot center Josh Crawford scores the first six points for Oxnard, then sets up an early 8-0 lead when his block leads to a breakaway layup by Jonathan Johnson.
Caise Burris hits a 3-pointer for Moorpark, but a Crawford dunk makes it 10-3 Oxnard three minutes in.
Dwight Jones hits a 3-pointer to pull Moorpark within 12-8 with 13:24 left in the half.
After six minutes, Crawford has eight points, six rebounds and three blocks. Oxnard still leads just 12-8 with 11:46 left in the half.
Crawford's hook along the baseline puts Oxnard up by six. Moorpark is shooting 3 of 17 (17.8%), but Oxnard has NINE turnovers so far. Not yet 10 minutes in.
Crawford's putback of a Malloy miss and an alley-oop from McLucas give oOxnard a 18-10 lead.
He's got 14 and 7 after 11 minutes.
McLucas hits a 3-pointer to make it 23-12.
Crawford (18 and 11) rebounds a Moorpark miss and with 7:11 left in the half, Crawford has a double-double.
Braylin Bowman and Curry McKinney score to pull Moorpark within 29-19 with 4:30 left in the half.
After two Crawford free throws, Cam Nash hits a 3-pointer to pull Moorpark within 31-22 with 3:30 left.
Dwight Jones' 3-point play pull Moorpark within 33-25 with 2:44 left.
Noyer follows his own miss and Jones scores off a backcourt steal as Moorpark pulls within 35-29 with 1:48 left in the half.
After double technicals on John Johnson and jones, Malloy hits a pair of free throws and Johnson scores in transition to push the lead to 39-29 with 1:21 left in the half.
Johnson and Noyer exchange buckets before Malloy takes a McLucas pass for a 3-point play in transition and a 44-31 Oxnard lead with 52.3 seconds left in the half. Crawford leaves the game with 18 points, 13 rebounds and six blocks in the first half.
Johnson scores with an acrobatic layup at the horn to give Oxnard a 46-31 halftime edge.
In addition to Crawford's heroics, Johnson has 14 points and Malloy has 11 points.
Moorpark is led by Jones' 10 points.
Ventura TRAILS 53-45 with 16 minutes to play



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