Girls basketball: Sailors fall to Laguna Hills

Tony Altobelli

NEWPORT BEACH - The knowledge continues to pile high for Newport

Harbor High’s girls basketball team.

“We’ve been taking each game like a learning lesson,” Coach Gregg Savage

said following his team’s 50-16 Sea View League loss to visiting Laguna

Hills Tuesday night. “We know that these games will help us down the

road.”

Despite the lopsided loss, Savage was proud of his team’s effort and

hustle on defense.

“We played 100% better than we did the last time we played them,” Savage

said. “We were more aggressive on defense and we managed to keep it

rather close for a while.”

Molly Weedn led the Sailors (4-19, 0-6 in league) with eight points,

while Lindsay Moore, Nicole Ashton, Lauren Gallardo and Mariko Mikami

each had two.

Megan Aaker had 19 points and Shanice Owens added 17 for the Hawks (12-12, 3-3).

The Sailors started the game as the aggressor and kept the game close,

forcing some Hawks’ turnovers.

The score was tied midway through the first before a 9-2 Hawks’ run, put

Laguna Hills in control for good.

It was the Sailors’ turnovers that blew the game open down the stretch.

“We’re still a little lost against the zone,” Savage said. “Our offense

struggled against their zone all night, but we did a little better job of

finding the open shooter. It’s getting there, but it’s gonna take some

time to improve on it.”SEA VIEW LEAGUE

Laguna Hills 50, Newport Harbor 16

Laguna Hills 13 16 8 13 - 50 Newport Harbor 6 4 4 2 - 16

Laguna Hills - Aaker 19, Owens 17, Co. D’Alessandro 4, Leifer 4, Bengard

4, Elizondo 2.

3 pt. goals - Aaker 3.

Fouled out - None.

Newport Harbor - Weedn 8, Gallardo 2, Ashton 2, Moore 2, Mikami 2, Woller

0, Sundel 0, Castillo 0, Vasquez 0, Brooks 0, Gerlach 0.

3 pt. goals - None.

Fouled out - None.