Boys basketball: Estancia outlasted in second half

COSTA MESA - The Estancia High boys basketball team was outscored,

51-22, in the second half and lost, 80-50, to Pacific Coast League

visitor University Thursday to end the regular season.

Estancia (13-13, 4-6 in league) finished fourth in the PCL and will

await with the hopes of receiving an at-large bid for the CIF Division

III-A playoffs as pairings will be announced Sunday.

“We have more than 11 wins,” Estancia Coach Chris Sorce said. “(But),

I’m never sure of anything except for death and taxes.”

The Eagles were led by junior center Joey Lindquist, who scored a

game-high 21 points, while junior Zack Novak came off the bench to add

12.

“(Uni) came out and had a really good third quarter,” Sorce said.

“They had several runs in the third quarter and we couldn’t answer those

runs.”

The Trojans improved to 17-9, 7-3 and finished second in PCL.

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

University 80, Estancia 50

Score by Quarters

University 12 17 26 25 - 80

Estancia 14 14 12 10 - 50

University - Nobe 2, G. Asnon 14, J. Asnon 7, Moskus 17, Gomez 15,

Feistel 8, Gyette 6, Whelihan 4, Manafian 2, Barley 5.

3-pt. goals - J. Asnon 2, Feistel 2, Gomez 2, G. Asnon 1, Gyette 1.

Fouled out - none.

Technicals - none.

Estancia - Maldonado 6, Bradshaw 5, Lindquist 21, Valdes 0, Pinto 2,

Novak 12, Snell 3, Cachola 1, Andersen 0.

3-pt. goals - Novak 2, Snell 1.

Fouled out - Maldonado.

Technicals - none.