Girls basketball: Tars lose, 55-22

Joseph Boo

ALISO VIEJO - Aliso Niguel High’s Nikia Hastie scored 26 points to

lead her team to a 55-22 win over visiting Newport Harbor’s girls

basketball team in a Sea View League game on Thursday. The loss drops

Newport to 3-16, 0-4 in league.

Newport came into the game determined to stop the Wolverines’ star

freshman Julia Pederson, who averages a little over 20 points per game.

Matched up against Newport’s Lauren Gallardo, she scored 14.

“Gallardo did a great job on defense,” Newport Harbor Coach Gregg Savage

said. “We wanted somebody else to beat us. Unfortunately, their whole

team stepped up.”

Hastie took advantage of a defense keyed on Pederson and scored 14 in the

first half. Hastie and Pederson combined for all of Aliso Niguel’s (11-8,

1-2) 23 points in that half.

Molly Weedn scored the first four points as the Sailors led, 4-3, five

minutes in the game. Weedn ended up with six points.

Lisa Gerlach led the Sailors with eight points and nine rebounds.

Gallardo got four points, with two steals on defense. Nicole Ashton also

scored four to round out Newport’s scoring.

SEA VIEW LEAGUE

Aliso Niguel 55, Newport Harbor 22

Score by Quarters

Newport Harbor 6 4 4 8 - 22

Aliso Niguel 10 13 11 21 - 55

Newport Harbor - Gerlach 8, Weedn 6, Gallardo 4, Ashton 4.

3-pt. goals - None.

Fouled out - None.

Technicals - None.

Aliso Niguel - Hastie 26, Pederson 14, Krebs 5, Griffin 2, Umemoto 2,

Currin 2, Raymundo 2, Nagano 2.

3-pt. goals - Hastie 2.

Fouled out - None.

Technicals - None.