Garey paces OCC victory

Orange Coast College freshman guard Jason Garey sank nine

three-pointers and scored a game-high 28 points to lead the Pirates

to a 96-79 men’s basketball win over Los Angeles Trade Tech in the

consolation championship game of the Citrus Tournament Sunday at

Citrus College.

Brian Williams (18 points), Stephon Seales (16) and Dimitrius

Alexander (15) also chipped in for the Pirates (4-3).

CITRUS TOURNAMENT

Consolation championship

OCC 96, LA Trade Tech 79

Trade Tech -- Davis 7, Edwards 4, Johnson 15, Derricks

8, Treadwell 22, Williams 13, Burleson 6, Dorsey 4.

3-pt. goals -- Johnson 3, Derricks 1, Davis 1.

Orange Coast -- Bailey 4, Seales 16, James 0, Brown 4,

Peppers 0, Alexander 15, Vakili 0, A. Bobik 6, Hatch 0, Evans 0,

Putnam 1, Garey 28, Shahiem 0, Williams 18, B. Bobik 4.

3-pt. goals -- Garey 9, Williams 3, Alexander 1, Seales

1, A. Bobik 1.

Halftime -- OCC, 49-39.

BASKETBALL: OCC women fall

The Orange Coast College women’s basketball team was defeated,

69-63, by Contra Costa College in the championship game of the

Ventura Tournament Sunday at Ventura College.

Lindsey Galasso had a team-high 16 points, including four

three-pointers, but the Pirates (5-3) could not protect a 35-32

halftime lead.

Nancy Hatsushi (three points Sunday) and Liz Mendoza (nine) were

all-tournament picks from OCC, which was hurt when starter Alisa

Carrillo fouled out five minutes into the second half.

VOLLEYBALL: ‘Eaters denied

The UC Irvine women’s volleyball program was denied an at-large

berth into the 64-team NCAA Tournament, it was announced Sunday.

The Anteaters finished 19-11.