Jeremiah Massey scored 28 pts and grabbed 12 rebs to earn tourney MVP honors and lead Oxnard (16-3) to a 105-96 win over Big Bend of Washington (9-3) for the championship of the Canyons Holiday Tournament. After missing his first 6 shots of the day, Massey made 12 of his last 13 and was the only player in the game with more than 8 rebs. For the 3-game tourney, he finished with 93 pts.
Oxnard led for virtually the entire game, often by about 20 points, before a spirited but belated comeback by Big Bend made the final score a little closer. The Condors led by 18 at the break and their lead was never less than 7 after the opening minutes of the game.
Joining Massey on the all-tournament team was SG Erik Webb, who had 14 pts and 8 rebs in the final. SF Paul Guerrero had a strong game with 22 pts plus 7 rebs. PF Kerwin Forges had 18 pts and 5 rebs. And PG Thomas Caveness handed out 11 asts.
Big Bend scored 62 pts in the second half to make the final score close, and never stopped playing hard regardless of the score. SF Luke Seidel had an excellent game with 30 pts, 7 rebs and 9 asts. PF Leigh Castillo finished with 21 pts on 10 of 11 shooting. SG Jeff Pittard added 12 pts and 5 rebs. Seidel and Castillo were named to the all-tourney team.
Sunday, December 29, 2002 – 3:50 pm
COC Holiday Tourney – Championship Game
Oxnard Condors 105:
10-Thomas Caveness, PG – 1/3 fg, 2/3 ft, 2 reb, 11 ast, 1 stl, 4 pts
34-Erik Webb, SG – 6/12 fg, 2/2 ft, 8 reb, 3 ast, 14 pts
44-Paul Guerrero, SF – 7/9 fg, 7/8 ft, 7 reb, 2 ast, 1 stl, 22 pts
50-Kerwin Forges, PF – 7/13 fg, 1/ 2 ft, 5 reb, 3 ast, 2 blk, 3 stl, 16 pts
40-Jeremiah Massey, C – 12/19 fg, 3/ 4 ft, 12 reb, 1 ast, 2 blk, 4 stl, 28 pts
12-Brian Dragovich, G – 1/ 2 fg, 0/2 ft, 1 reb, 1 ast, 2 pts
22-Lagunza Tibbs, F – 2/4 fg, 5 pts
30-Ryan Frutos, G – 3/ 4 fg, 2 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl, 6 pts
52-Lee Abair, F – 1/1 fg, 6/6 ft, 3 reb, 1 ast, 8 pts
team rebounds: 3
Totals: 40/67 fg (.597), 21/27 ft (.778), 43 reb, 25 ast, 4 blk, 10 stl, 105 pts
3-pt fg (4): Guerrero, Forges, Massey, Tibbs
Fouled Out: Abair 0:27 left
Turnovers (27): Webb 6, Guerrero 6, Caveness 5, Massey 4, Dragovich 2, Frutos 2, Forges, Abair
Big Bend (WA) Running Vikes 96:
14-Jake Burrenshaw, 3G – 1/ 4 fg, 1 reb, 2 pts
20-Jeff Pittard, SG – 4/10 fg, 2/2 ft, 5 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 12 pts
21-Mark Moss, PG – 2/7 fg, 1/ 2 ft, 2 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 7 pts
41-Richard Fried, C – 2/8 fg, 5 reb, 3 ast, 4 pts
52-Leigh Castillo, PF – 10/11 fg, 1/ 2 ft, 3 reb, 1 blk, 4 stl, 21 pts
12-Phillip Candanoza, G – 2/3 fg, 0/2 ft, 1 reb, 5 ast, 6 pts
24-Rocky Soliday, G – 1/ 4 fg, 3 ast, 3 pts
23-Luke Seidel, F – 8/17 fg, 12/15 ft, 7 reb, 9 ast, 1 blk, 5 stl, 30 pts
32-Daniel McFaul, F – 1/3 fg, 1 ast, 2 pts
42-Josh Whitman, G – 3/5 fg, 3/ 4 ft, 4 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl, 9 pts
44-Brett Pflugrath, F – 0/3 fg, 2 reb, 0 pts
22-Craig Groth, G – 0/1 fg, 1 ast, 0 pts
30-Jon Pittard, G – 0 pts
team rebounds: 6
Totals: 34/76 fg (.447), 19/27 ft (.704), 36 reb, 25 ast, 2 blk, 13 stl, 96 pts
3-pt fg (9): Je.Pittard 2, Moss 2, Candonoza 2, Seidel 2, Soliday
Fouled Out: Whitman 0:43 left
Turnovers (25): Castillo 6, Seidel 5, Fried 4, Je.Pittard 3, Burrenshaw 2, Moss 2, Candanoza 2, team
Halftime Score: Oxnard 52, Big Bend 34
Updated Records: Oxnard (#10 South, #18 Calif) 16-3; Big Bend (WA) 9-3.
Oxnard led much of the game by 20+ pts but Big Bend just kept playing, and their late rally made the final score close. They never got closer than 7 however.
Massey – named Tourney MVP. Webb, Seidel and Castillo were named to all-tourney team.
