SG Kevin Lawson had 18 pts and SF A.J. Mathis had 12 as Victor Valley won its first-round game over Moorpark, 77-60, in the 2011 Vaquero Classic at Glendale College.
Victor Valley (2-5) used three runs to take a lead, take control of the game and put it away. Overall, the Rams shot 52.6% from the floor (and also 52.6% from the line) while grabbing 18 steals from the Raiders.
Moorpark (3-9) trailed by just a single point at 18-17 midway through the first half when Victor Valley went on its first run, a 11-0 spurt that pushed the lead to 12 points at 29-17. 3-ponters by Ctr Jeff Barnes and SG Sammy Hicks made it 27-17, and Barnes finished the run after a pass from PG Josiah Jackson.
Victor Valley led, 32-23, at the half, but started the second half with a 9-0 run to push the lead to 18 at 41-23 less than two minutes into the second half. A 3-pointer by Mathis, a steal & lay-up by PG Chris Fowler and a pair of baskets by PF Justin Malan comprised this spurt.
Moorpark cut the lead to 10 at 52-42 after a 3-pointer by PG Greg Parker with 12:15 left in the second half.
Then came Victor Valley's third run, a 12-2 spurt that pushed the margin to 20 points at 64-44 and settled the game's outcome. A 3-pointer by SF Tanner Oldfield, a free throw by Lawson and a basket by Ctr Ernest VonOrsdell made it 56-42 and stopped Moorpark's momentum. Lawson made two free throws with 9:38 left to restore VVC's 18-point lead at 62-44, and then he scored on a lay-up after a steal to make it 64-44.
Lawson finished with 18 pts, 3 asts and 5 steals, while Mathis had 12 pts, 6 rebs, 3 asts and 4 steals. No other Ram scored in double figures, but eight other Rams had at least one field goal. Barnes had 8 pts, 6 asts, 4 rebs and 3 steals. And the 6-foot-10 VanOrsdell had 6 pts, 7 rebs and 4 blocked shots.
For Moorpark, PF Coltrane Powdrill led the way with 19 pts on 8-for-13 from the floor, and he also had 3 steals. SG Jamal McClerkin had 17 pts, including 4 threes, and 8 rebs. Parker came off the bench for 9 pts and 5 asts.
With the win, Victor Valley improves to 2-5 and will take on Glendale in the semifinals on Friday. Moorpark falls to 3-9 and will play Rio Hondo in the consolation bracket on Friday.
box score
2011 Vaquero Classic
Wednesday, December 14th @ Verdugo Gym, Glendale
First Round - 5 pm
Moorpark Raiders 60:
1-Jamal McClerkin, SG - 5/12 fg, 3/4 ft, 8 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 1 stl, 3 pf, 17 pts
4-Coltrane Powdrill, PF - 8/13 fg, 3/4 ft, 4 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 3 stl, 4 pf, 19 pts
12-Jonathan Bingham, PG - 0/3 fg, 3 reb, 1 pf, 0 pts
33-Steven Brodie, SF - 1/10 fg, 4 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl, 2 pf, 2 pts
44-Sahdi Odu, C - 1/6 fg, 5 reb, 2 blk, 2 pts
10-Greg Parker, G - 3/6 fg, 1/4 ft, 3 reb, 5 ast, 2 stl, 3 pf, 9 pts
2-Minas Yanku, F - 0/5 fg, 4/4 ft, 1 reb, 3 ast, 2 stl, 3 pf, 4 pts
22-Tarek Fattal, F - 1/2 fg, 1 reb, 2 ast, 1 pf, 3 pts
34-David Mensch, F - 1/2 fg, 2/2 ft, 1 reb, 1 stl, 4 pts
team rebounds: 3
Totals: 20/59 fg (.339), 13/18 ft (.722), 33 reb, 15 ast, 4 blk, 11 stl, 17 pf, 60 pts
3-pt fg (7): McClerkin 4, Parker 2, Fattal
Technical Foul: Parker
Turnovers (20): McClerkin 5, Bingham 4, Yanku 4, Brodie 2, Parker 2, Powdrill, Fattal, Mensch
Victor Valley Rams 77:
3-Chris Fowler, PG - 3/4 fg, 1/2 ft, 2 reb, 4 ast, 4 stl, 2 pf, 7 pts
5-A.J. Mathis, SF - 4/6 fg, 2/4 ft, 6 reb, 3 ast, 4 stl, 2 pf, 12 pts
10-Kevin Lawson, SG - 6/10 fg, 6/8 ft, 2 reb, 3 ast, 5 stl, 2 pf, 18 pts
15-Jeff Barnes, C - 3/13 fg, 1/3 ft, 4 reb, 6 ast, 3 stl, 2 pf, 8 pts
33-Justin Malan, PF - 4/7 fg, 7 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 1 pf, 9 pts
32-Ernest VanOrsdell, C - 3/3 fg, 0/2 ft, 7 reb, 4 blk, 1 stl, 2 pf, 6 pts
21-Josiah Jackson, G - 2/4 fg, 3 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl, 1 pf, 4 pts
2-Sammy Hicks, F - 2/4 fg, 2 reb, 6 pts
1-Justin Gaines, F - 1/3 fg, 1 reb, 1 ast, 1 pf, 2 pts
20-Tanner Oldfield, F - 2/3 fg, 1 ast, 3 pf, 5 pts
22-Cesar Valenzuela, G - 0 pts
team rebounds: 5
Totals: 30/57 fg (.526), 10/19 ft (.526), 39 reb, 22 ast, 5 blk, 18 stl, 16 pf, 77 pts
3-pt fg (7): Mathis 2, Hicks 2, Barnes, Malan, Oldfield
Turnovers (21): Barnes 6, Fowler 4, VanOrdell 3, Lawson 2, Gaines 2, Mathis, Malan, Jackson, Oldfield
Halftime Score: Victor Valley 32, Moorpark 23
Updated Records: Victor Valley 2-5, Moorpark 3-9
VVC led 18-17 midway through the 1st half. An 11-0 run pushed the lead to 12 at 29-17. A 9-0 run to start the 2nd half pushed the lead to 18 at 41-23. After Moorpark got within 10 at 52-42, a 12-2 VVC run pushed the lead to 20 at 64-44.
