Community College Women’s Roundup : Golden West Routs Pasadena

Golden West College played an impressive second half and went on to defeat Pasadena, 95-54, in a South Coast Conference game Friday at Pasadena.

Golden West led by only 39-31 at the half before outscoring Pasadena, 56-23, in the second half. It was the 18th consecutive victory for Golden West (20-1, 4-0), the top-ranked team in the state.

“We picked up the tempo and got the running game going,” said Dick Stricklen, Golden West coach. “We started to run our offense instead of standing around and waiting to get started like we did in the first half.”

Shawna Armstrong, a freshman forward from Huntington Beach, scored 20 points, and Stacy Swanson, a freshman forward from Costa Mesa, added 16. Kathy Werth, a sophomore transfer from Fresno State, had 13 for Golden West.

In the Orange Empire Conference:

Cypress 61, Citrus 54--Karen Caires and Vicky Silva scored 16 points each for Cypress (15-7, 2-0) at home. Dorlis Vennetta added 11 for Cypress, which led, 37-26, at the half. Citrus went on an 8-0 run with five minutes left to cut the Cypress lead to 51-47 but couldn’t sustain the run.

Orange Coast 67, Rancho Santiago 56--Gilly Powell scored 31 points and Kim Ellerman 18 to lead Orange Coast at home. Powell and Ellerman had 12 rebounds each. Demerial Gibson scored 20 for Rancho Santiago. OCC is 11-17 and 1-1.

Riverside 80, Saddleback 56--Carla Luke and Adrieene Drake scored 17 points each to lead Riverside, which overpowered host Saddleback in the second half. Riverside (12-9, 2-0) led only 31-27 at the half, but Saddleback, which has just six players, never got closer.

Kelly Ann Wilson scored 19 points and Anna Harmon and Julia Monaghan 15 each for Saddleback (7-11, 0-2).