Girls hoops: Mesa’s Hatsushi leads Mustangs to win

COSTA MESA - Costa Mesa High senior Nancy Hatsushi paced the

Mustangs girls basketball team with 22 points, leading to a 53-43 Pacific

Coast League victory over visiting Northwood Tuesday.

Hatsushi scored 13 of her points in the second half and finished with

eight assists and eight steals. Mesa (11-8, 2-1 in league) also received

contributions from Rhondi Naff (9 points) and Christine Caron (8).

Down 16-15, the Mustangs used a 24-4 run, which spanned over eight

minutes, closing out the second period and opening the third.

“We were able to get steals or force them into real tough shots,”

Mustangs coach Jim Weeks said of the key scoring run.

Elmo Rezaei led the Timberwolves (8-12, 0-3) with a game-high 27

points.

Mesa will host Laguna Beach, Thursday, at 7 p.m.

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

Costa Mesa 53, Northwood 43

Northwood 10 8 10 15 - 43

Costa Mesa 13 13 19 8 - 53

Northwood - Rezaei 27, Miles 4, Lipscomb 4, Nichols 3, Pace 2, Smith

2, Albaugh 1.

3-pt. goals - Rezaei 2.

Fouled out - Nichols.

Technicals - none.

Costa Mesa - Hatsushi 22, Naff 9, Caron 8, Lazos 4, Marshall 4, Trejo

4, Grewal 2, Bello 0, Carich 0, Cooper 0, Le 0, Poncher 0, Trinh 0.

3-pt. goals - Hatsushi 3.

Fouled out - none.

Technicals - none.