Mustangs easy winners over Servite

LONG BEACH - Costa Mesa High’s boys basketball team, on a hot

streak in the Mustangs’ chase for a CIF Playoffs berth in the Pacific

Coast League race, took a day off for a nonleague matchup with Servite

Saturday at the Pyramid on the Long Beach State campus and ran roughshod

over the Friars, 69-53.

Chad Vakili, David Conte and Danny Krikorian delivered a dozen shots

from beyond the arc and scored 61 of the Mustangs’ points to propel

Mesa’s record to 16-9.

Vakili scored 26 points, with five three-pointers; Conte delivered 19

points and nine assists, with three treys; and Krikorian scored four from

the perimeter en route to 16 point.

Coach Bob Serven’s Mustangs had Servite down after one quarter, 20-6,

and it was essentially over by halftime with a 33-13 lead.

NONLEAGUE

Costa Mesa 69, Servite 53

Score by Quarters

Costa Mesa 20 13 20 16 - 69

Servite 6 7 15 25 - 53

Costa Mesa - Conte 19, Krikorian 16, Vakili 26, Clark 0, Jaime 0,

Stankovic 4, Ball 2, Rodriguez 0, Rowe 0, Kohara 0, Trinh 0.

3-pt. goals - Vakili 5, Krikorian 4, Conte 3.

Fouled out - none.

Technicals - none.

Servite - Hilde 5, Yuguico 8, McConnaghan 4, Gunderson 0, Ferguson 8,

Martin 11, Kanne 10, Kause 3, Claddick 4.

3-pt. goals - Martin 2, Kanne 2.

Fouled out - none.

Technicals - none.