Oxnard scored the first four points, but Ventura's Prince Abidoye followed with a 3-pointer. John Johnson's drive gives the Condors an early 6-3 lead.
Will Faiivae, getting a rare start for the Pirates, scored to pull Ventura even, 10-10. But Oxnard scores the next five points to take a 15-10 lead and force a VC timeout.
Brandon Hames, who recently returned after sitting out for nearly all of conference play with a stress reaction in a leg, scores to put Oxnard ahead 17-10. Ryan McLucas, the Rio Mesa High product, nearly drains a 3 to make it a 10-point game. The next time down, Jonathan Mallow does it to put Oxnard up 20-10 with 9:06 left in the first half.
Ventura stars Brandon Dixon and Kevin Menner had two points in the first 11 minutes of the game. Dixon scores inside to end a six minute dry spell for the Pirates. But Hames drops a 3 to make it 23-12 Oxnard with seven minutes left in the first half.
McLucas and Hames splash back-to-back 3-pointers to incredible push the Condors ahead 31-14.
A Crawford free throw pushes the Oxnard lead to 34-16. Menner follows by missing the front end of a one and one.
Crawford just pulled down his 10th rebound with 2:15 left in the half. Malloy scores to make it 36-17.
Oxnard leads 38-17 at the half. Jonathan Malloy has a game-high 13 points, Brandon Hames has eight points, Crawford has five points and nine rebounds and John Johnson has six points and five assists. Oxnard is shooting 60 percent (15 of 25), while holding Ventura to 7 of 26.
Abidoye leads Ventura with six points. Menner and Dixon combine for just seven points.
With its season on the line, what a first half from Oxnard. And Ventura doesn't look too motivated coming out of the team room. Looks like Menner will be benched to start the second half.

SECOND HALF
Crawford scores to begin the second half. It's 40-17 Oxnard.
Faiivae scores over Crawford as a 6-0 run pulls Ventura within 40-23 with 15 minutes left.
Ventura scored eight straight points before Johnson scores with 13 minutes to play. But Crawford just picked up his fourth foul.
Crawford comes out of the game with 12:20 to play. McLucas buries a 3-pointer to push the lead back to 45-26.
Faaivae and Menner score, but two free throws by Malloy make it 52-34 Oxnard with 7:16 to play.
Menner's tip in pulls Ventura within 14, 54-40, with six minutes left.
Dixon hits two free throws and Menner scores off a steal to pull Ventura within 56-46 with five minutes left.
The action is getting too fast to type! Hames scores twice to push it back out to 60-46, but Dixon's putback of a Menner miss makes it 12 points with 4:22 to play.