COLLEGE ROUNDUP

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Orange Coast 87,

L.A. Pierce 70

SAN LUIS OBISPO — Pirates sophomore guard Cortney Ford scored 30 points, one shy of her season high, in the semifinals of the Conoco Phillips Invitational Friday at Cuesta College.

Freshman Simone Ibbotson chipped in 16 points to help the Pirates cruise into today’s 4 p.m. title game against Friday’s Cuesta-Chaffey winner.

Orange Coast, which sank 12 three-pointers, including four by Ford, improved to 8-1.

L.A. Pierce is 7-1.

Conoco Phillips Invitational

Semifinal

Orange Coast 87, L.A. Pierce 70

LAP – Portius 23, Battle 17, Richardson 12, Ringelburg 10, Puente 4, Thompson 3, Villagran 1.

3-pt. goals – Portius 2, Battle 2, Ringelburg 1.

Fouled out – Thompson, Richardson.

OCC – Ford 30, Ibbotson 16, Gomez 9, Barney 9, Kissee 8, Maulit 6, Schmidt 3, Cargill 3, Wakamiya 3.

3-pt. goals – Ford 4, Gomez 3, Kissee 2, Schmidt 1, Ibbotson 1, Wakamiya 1.

Fouled out - Taylor.

Halftime – OCC, 48-41.

UC Irvine 68,

Eastern Washington 57

CHENEY, Wash. — Stephanie Duda had 13 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Anteaters in a nonconference game Friday.

Senior Miranda Forry had 15 points for UCI (3-3), for which Kelly Cochran and Kirian Ishizaki added 13 points apiece. Ishizaki, a sophomore point guard, added a season-high five assists to help the Anteaters earn their first road victory.

Eastern Washington fell to 1-5.

Nonconference

UC Irvine 68, Eastern Washington 57

UCI – Cochran 13, Duda 13, Forry 15, Ishizaki 13, Maessen 4, Tull 5, Zdenek 5.

3-pt. goals – Forry 2, Ishizaki 1.

Technicals – Duda 1.

EW – Scott 17, Baker 10, Benson 4, Evans 14, Sparavalo 4, Piper 4, McGowan 2, Darnell 2.

3-pt. goals – Evans 4.

Fouled out – Bratvold, Huntington.

Halftime – UCI, 35-28.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Vanguard 84, Cal Maritime 69

COSTA MESA — Senior forward Matt Davis came off the bench to lead four Lions in double figures with 12 points in the nonconference game Friday.

Greg Gusiff and Dennis Heenan chipped in 11 points apiece, while Andrew Ellis added 10 for the winners (2-2).

Cal Maritime fell to 3-3.

Nonconference

Vanguard 84, Cal Maritime 69

CM – Jgatton 20, Stiles 15, Dull 9, Johnson 7, Field 5, Williams 4, Greenwell 4, Heller 3, Gerado 2.

3-pt. goals – Gatton 2, Johnson 2, Williams 1, Heller 1.

VU – Davis 12, Hennan 11, Gusiff 11, Ellis 10, Trajceski 8, Vaitiekus 7, Thompson 6, Johnson 5, Scott 4, Parker 4, Roberts 4, Pluimer 2.

3-pt. goals – Heenan 3, Davis 2, Ellis 2, Cusiff 1, Johnson 1, Trajceski 1.

Halftime – VU, 43-29.