Boys basketball: Mesa bombs Foothill, 59-55

The Costa Mesa High senior duo of David Conte and Chad Vakili

combined for 51 points to lead the Mustangs boys basketball team to a

59-55 victory over Foothill for fifth place in the Orange Holiday Classic

Saturday at Chapman University.

Conte, who earned all-tournament laurels, nailed five three-pointers

and finished with a game-high 29 points. Conte, who dished out five

assists and grabbed five rebounds, scored 116 points in the four games in

the tournament (29 points per game). Vakili, who also had five

three-pointers, scored 14 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter, hitting

three three-pointers for the Mustangs (10-5).

Foothill dropped to 9-6.

ORANGE HOLIDAY CLASSIC

Fifth-place final

Costa Mesa 59, Foothill 55

Costa Mesa 15 6 17 21 - 59

Foothill 12 13 15 15 - 55

Costa Mesa - Jaime 0, Millward 2, Vakili 22, Conte 29, Krikorian 6,

Clark 0, Rodriguez 0.

3-pt. goals - Conte 5, Vakili 5, Krikorian 1.

Fouled out - none.

Technicals - none.

Foothill - Edwards 10, Bigler 2, Worrall 4, O’Toole 3, Bangs 17,

Flores 19.

3-pt. goals - Bangs 3, Edwards 2, O’Toole 1.

Fouled out - Bigler.

Technicals - none.