Girls basketball: Newport Harbor can’t come back

NEWPORT BEACH - The Newport Harbor High girls basketball team

suffered a 45-33 Sea View League loss to visiting Laguna Hills Thursday.

Faced with a 26-16 halftime deficit, the Sailors (4-19, 1-6 in league)

responded with a solid effort in the second half, Newport Coach Jen

Thompson said. Athena Vasquez led the Tars with 13 points on 6 of 10

shooting (60%), while Evita Castillo grabbed 11 rebounds.

“We didn’t shoot very well from the free-throw line (2 for 9),”

Thompson said. “We had a pretty slow start, but we came out in the third

ready to play.”

SEA VIEW LEAGUE

Laguna Hills 45, Newport Harbor 33

Score by Quarters

Laguna Hills 12 14 11 8 - 45

Newport Harbor 10 6 8 9 - 33

Laguna Hills - Elizondo 1, Aker 16, D’Alessandro 15, McLaughlin 8,

Imber 1, Leets 4.

3-pt. goals - Aker 1, D’Allessandro 1.

Fouled out - none.

Technicals - none.

Newport Harbor - Campbell 8, Whitfield 5, Castillo 4, Vasquez 13,

Woller 0, Swigart 3, Stoltz 0, Miller 0.

3-pt. goals - Campbell 2, Whitfield 1.

Fouled out - none.

Technicals - none.