Sea Kings’ effort falls short at Tesoro

Senior guard Jay Northridge scored a game-high 26 points while Ryan

Lance and Pancho Seaborn each tallied 16 points, but the visiting

Corona del Mar High boys basketball team fell short in a 67-62

Pacific Coast League defeat to league-leading Tesoro Friday night.

Lance, who tied his career-high in points, hit three of CdM’s

season-high 13 three-pointers as part of his 11-point fourth quarter

while Northridge scored the other 10 points in the final period. The

Sea Kings (11-12, 2-5 in league) twice were down by four and had open

looks from threedom, but missed each time and were forced to foul,

said CdM Coach Ryan Curry, who was pleased with the effort his team

gave.

Tesoro (18-5, 7-0) made 10 of 10 free throws in the fourth period

and got 17 points each from Patrick Marion and Brian Nelson.

The Sea Kings host University (5-2 in league) at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

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Pacific Coast League

Tesoro 67, Corona del Mar 62

Score by Quarters

CdM 12 17 14 21 -- 62

Tesoro 17 17 12 21 -- 67

CdM -- Northridge 26, R. Lance 16, Freede 4,

Seaborn 16, T. Lance 0, Watanabe 0, Reynolds

0, Mohler 0, McDonald 0, Kabaklian 0. 3-pt.

goals -- Northridge 6, R. Lance 3, Seaborn 4.

Tesoro -- Marion 17, Keough 4, Farra 4,

Sherry 13, Nelson 17, Benson 4, Demere 12.

3-pt. goals -- Demere 3, Marion 1, Sherry 1.

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Aliso humbles Tars

* NEWPORT HARBOR BOYS: Visiting Newport Harbor High ran into a

hot-shooting Aliso Niguel team and the hosts posted a 60-33 Sea View

League victory Friday night.

The Wolverines (5-2 in league) missed just three shots in the

first half and took a 31-16 lead at intermission, Newport Coach Bryan

Cottriel said.

Michael Roll scored 18 points to lead Aliso while Taylor Young and

Alex Orth scored 11 and eight points, respectively. Brett Perrine

added six points and four rebounds for Newport (13-9, 4-3), alone in

third place in league behind Woodbridge and Aliso. The Tars host

Irvine at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

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Sea View League

Aliso Niguel 60, Newport Harbor 33

Score by Quarters

Newport 8 8 9 8 -- 33

Aliso 17 14 17 12 -- 60

Newport - Mouradyan 1, Perrine 6, Slater 4,

Heenan 2, Macbeth 0, Young 11, Orth 8, Allee 1, Gausewitz 0. 3-pt goals -- Young 1, Orth

1. Aliso -- Griffin 4, Green 5, Gardner 4,

Peterson 4, Kuehn 2, Wise 9, Roll 18,

Valentine 2, Brown 10, Yazdani 2.

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Mustangs denied

* COSTA MESA GIRLS: Costa Mesa High’s hopes of an upset dwindled

as it came within nine points but then went scoreless in the final

three minutes, losing 45-31, to Golden West League host Ocean View

Friday.

The Mustangs (8-12, 2-6 in league) pulled to within, 40-31, with

three minutes left, but the Seahawks (17-1, 8-0) outscored Mesa, 5-0,

the rest of the way.

Brittany Vergara led the Mustangs with nine points, while Bethany

Vergara (five points) and Soli Enesi (three) grabbed six rebounds

each. Cassey Brick contributed four assists.

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Golden West League

Ocean View 45, Costa Mesa 31

Score by Quarters

Costa Mesa 7 8 10 6 -- 31

Ocean View 16 12 10 7 -- 45

Costa Mesa -- Brick 0, Kelly 6, Trujillo 5.

Be. Vergara 5, Br. Vergara 9, Cluff 3, Enesi

3, Akansel 0, Bjelland 0, Sanchez 0. 3-pt.

goals -- Br. Vergara 3, Trujillo 1, Be.

Vergara 1. Ocean View -- Alderfer 6, Aubufarie

7, Williams 9, Butler 14, Hunter 2, Rushian 3,

Thomas 2, Boggeln 2. 3-pt. goals -- Williams

1.

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Lions hold off Eagles

* ESTANCIA GIRLS: Seniors Trisha Wase and Nancy Castro scored 15

and 14 points, respectively, but it was not enough as host Estancia

High lost a Golden West League game to Westminster, 48-45, Friday

night.

The Eagles (8-13, 5-3 in league) trailed by three points with 12

seconds left, but a Lion intercepted a pass thrown toward the top of

the key and Westminster ran out the clock.

Wase, who scored 13 of her 15 points in the second half, and

Breanna Neal each grabbed eight rebounds. Wase tallied four assists

to go with three steals by Mino.

The Lions (5-3 in league) led, 25-16, at halftime before the

Eagles outscored them, 16-8, in the third quarter -- using a

full-court press -- to cut the deficit to one.

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Golden West League

Westminster 48, Estancia 45

Score by Quarters

Westminster 10 15 8 15 - 48

Estancia 10 6 16 13 - 45

Westminster -- Larson 9, Phan 2, Arganda 11,

Couzens 8, Martell 7, Eskey 11. 3-pt. goals --

Larson 3, Arganda 1. Fouled out - Martell,

Eskey. Estancia -- Wase 15, Mino 3, Castro 14,

Pena 3, Neal 4, Maldonado 4, Becerra 2. 3-pt.

goals -- Wase 2, Pena 1. Fouled out -- Wase,

Mino.

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Tigers claw Pirates

* ORANGE COAST WOMEN: Despite shooting 60% in the first half,

visiting Orange Coast College couldn’t overcome a 36-23 halftime

deficit and lost to Riverside, 74-62, in an Orange Empire Conference

game Friday night.

Sophomore forward Alisa Carrillo scored a game-high 22 points to

go with five rebounds while freshman Rhondi Naff tallied 16 points

for Coast (11-11, 4-4 in the OEC).

Riverside (14-7, 6-2) had four players score in double figures,

led by Tamara Thomas’ 19 points, including 7 of 9 free throws. The

Tigers made 19 of 24 free throws (79.2%), including 15 in the second half.

Jessica Chades made three steals for Coast.

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Orange Empire Conference

Riverside 74, Orange Coast 62

Orange Coast -- Naff 18, Stepanski 4, Carrillo 22, Shaw 9, Chades 0, Viloria 4, Van Buren 3, Arganda 4, Haueter 0. 3-pt. goals -- Shaw 3, Naff 2. Riverside -- Pickron 15, T. Thomas 19, S. Thomas 12, Wallace 4, Moore 2, Snyder 6, Baldwin 14, Ike 2. 3-pt.

goals -- Pickron 3, S. Thomas 1.

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Halftime -- Riverside, 36-23.

Riverside tops Coast

* ORANGE COAST MEN: The host Riverside College men’s basketball

team made 24 of 32 free throws in the second half (75%) and held off

Orange Coast to earn a 76-57 Orange Empire Conference victory Friday

night.

Aaron Bobik led OCC with 14 points while Alex Hunter and Jason

Garey each scored 13 points to pace Coast (4-17, 1-7).

Shamont Brown led Riverside (18-5, 7-1) with 15 points and eight

rebounds. The Tigers outrebounded the Pirates, 56-36. Bobik led OCC

with seven rebounds.

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Orange Empire Conference

Riverside 76, Orange Coast 57

Orange Coast -- Nwabuzor 4, Hatch 3, Chester 8, Garey 13, Bobik 14, Hunter 13, Young 0, Terry 0, Stanford 0, Seifert 2, Shaheim 0, Bailey 0. 3-pt. goals -- Garey 3, Bobik 1, Hunter 1. Fouled out -- Stanford, Hatch, Chester. Riverside -- Brown 15,

Anderson 5, Mitchell 7, Barber 4, Marshall 10, Walton 9, Terrell 2, Ollison 0, Norman 2, Myrick 14, Maxim 2, Camara 6. 3-pt. goals -- Marshall 2, Walton 1, Myrick 1. Halftime -- Riverside, 30-22.

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