Boys basketball: Mesa routs A.B. Miller

MISSION VIEJO - Costa Mesa High senior Nate Jones scored a

game-high 27 points and added 13 rebounds to lead the Mustangs to a 73-47

boys basketball victory over A.B. Miller in first-round pool play at the

Trabuco Hills Tournament.

Jones scored 17 in the first half, as the Mustangs built a 33-18 lead.

Advancing the Mesa cause against the Rebels were seniors Ryan Naff (14

points and 13 rebounds) and Rick Hatsushi (nine points and nine assists).

Senior Ryan Ferryman and 6-foot-6 junior Mike Payne added six points

apiece for the winners.

First-year coach Bob Serven’s Mustangs, attempting to end a streak of 17

straight nonwinning seasons at the school, improved to 6-2. The Mustangs

won just seven games the last two seasons o7 combinedf7 and have not

won more than six in one campaign since the 1992-93 squad finished 11-11.

Mesa, which had six three-pointers from four different players to drop

A.B. Miller to 2-6, concludes pool play today, when it squares off

against former Pacific Coast League rival Laguna Hills at 4 p.m. at

Trabuco Hills High.

If victorious, the Mustangs would advance to the championship semifinals

12-team tournament.

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS

Trabuco Hills Tournament

Costa Mesa 73, A.B. Miller 47

Score by Quarters

A.B. Miller 8 10 18 11 -47

Costa Mesa 13 20 21 19 - 73

A.B. Miller - Taylor 4, Cossio 6, Ramirez 4, Lanzarotto 3, Pegram 8,

Vernon 4, Clark 5, Ward 4, Kingsland 2, Scott 7.

3-pt. goals - Cossio 2, Clark 1.

Fouled out - None.

Technicals - None.

Costa Mesa - Jones 27, Naff 14, Hatsushi 9, Ferryman 6, Payne 6, Conte 4,

Weir 3, Abedrabo 3, Whittaker 1, Krikorian 0, Knox 0.

3-pt. goals - Naff 2, Hatsushi 1, Weir 1, Abedrabo 1, Jones 1.

Fouled out - None.

Technicals - None.