Girls basketball: Eagles take lumps in 49-45 loss

CATHEDRAL CITY - The Estancia High girls basketball team lost an

11-point fourth-quarter lead and suffered a 49-45 nonleague loss at

Cathedral City Tuesday.

The Eagles (2-5) fell into foul trouble in the fourth quarter as

sophomores Trisha Wase (seven points) and Crystal Mino fouled out.

Trailing, 41-30, after three quarters, the Lions (7-3) outscored

Estancia, 19-4, in the fourth.

Junior Tisha Gray, who along with Wase and Mino, returned to the

starting lineup after a one-game absence due to a missed practice and

subsequent discipline by their coach Paul Kirby. Gray led the Eagles with

18 points, while junior Xochitl Byfield scored 12.

“We should have won, we just didn’t play very well in the fourth

quarter,” Kirby said. “ We had only one field goal (a three-pointer by

Byfield) in the fourth. We just have to get ready for (today) and El

Toro. They beat us, 50-42, earlier in the season.”

Estancia will face El Toro at 6 p.m. in the Mission Viejo Tournament

at Mission Viejo High.

NONLEAGUE

Cathedral City 49, Estancia 45

Estancia 14 6 21 4 - 45

Cathedral City 7 13 10 19 - 49

Estancia - Gray 18, Mino 5, Wase 7, Byfield 12, Castro 3, Pena 0,

Garcia 0.

3-pt. goals - Byfield 2, Wase 1, Mino 1.

Fouled out - Wase, Mino.

Technicals - none.

Cathedral City - Hampton 11, Bryan 3, Parent 12, Lowrie 1, Selvey 8,

Heddy 10, Underwood 4.

3-pt. goals - Bryan 1, Parent 2.

Fouled out - none.

Technicals - none.