Ctr Gor Plavchyan scored 20 pts and added 12 rebs and 3 blocked shots to lead Glendale to an 82-62 win over Cuyamaca Friday evening in a championship semifinal of the 2012 Vaquero Classic at Verdugo Gym.
Plavchyan keyed a 12-0 spurt that became a 22-2 run to end the first half that put the host Vaqueros (5-5) in control of the game. Glendale led, 38-24, at the break and led by at least 14 points throughout the second half.
Cuyamaca (3-8) led, 18-12, early on before the run, which started with 3 straight baskets by the 6-7 Plavchyan. Then SG Emerson Castaneda and Plavchyan hit 3-pointers to make it 24-18.
Cuyamaca got two free throws from PG Harry Brazelton to break the 12-0 run, but that hardly slowed Glendale down. SF Isaiah Howard hit a 3-pointer and made two free throws to make it 29-20, and PF Mike Johnson added a free throw with 2:26 left in the first half to make it 30-20. SG Mark Hicks scored on a driving lay-up to make it 32-20, and PG Dion Nelson scored after a steal by Howard to finish the run and make it 34-20.
Glendale pushed the lead to 20 points on a 3-pointer by Castaneda. The lead reached as many as 27 points after a driving lay-up by Johnson made it 71-44 with 7:07 left. The closest Cuyamaca got after that was 16 points at 73-57, but the Coyotes never threatened to catch the Vaqueros.
Plavcyhan, a recent standout with Grant HS of Van Nuys and the LA Rockfish travel team, had game-highs with his 20 pts, 12 rebs and 3 blocked shots. Johnson had 13 pts and Howard came off the bench for 13 pts, 6 rebs, 3 asts and 2 steals. Castaneda had 12 pts, all on 3-pointers.
For Cuyamaca, SF Garrett Larch-Miller had 19 pts and added 6 rebs and 3 steals. Brazelton had 11 pts but battled foul trouble, fouling out with just over 4 minutes to go. SF Keko Moore came off the bench for 10 pts, a team-high 7 rebs, 2 asts and 2 steals. box score
2012 Vaquero Classic
Friday, December 14th @ Verdugo Gym, Glendale
Championship Semifinal - 4 pm
Cuyamaca Coyotes 62:
10-Harry Brazelton, PG - 2/13 fg, 6/8 ft, 2 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl, 5 pf, 11 pts
20-Garrett Larch-Miller, SF - 6/18 fg, 6/7 ft, 6 reb, 1 ast, 3 stl, 3 pf, 19 pts
30-Adrian Hood, SG - 3/3 fg, 2 reb, 1 ast, 5 pf, 6 pts
40-Christian Hemmingsen, PF - 0/6 fg, 1/2 ft, 4 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl, 3 pf, 1 pt
52-Armon Worrell, C - 3/5 fg, 2/2 ft, 2 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 1 stl, 3 pf, 8 pts
32-Keko Moore, F - 3/6 fg, 4/6 ft, 7 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl, 3 pf, 10 pts
54-Ed Waite, C - 1/4 fg, 3 reb, 1 blk, 2 pts
50-Manny Hernandez, F - 2/6 fg, 4 reb, 1 stl, 2 pf, 4 pts
12-DeAndre Cretain, G - 1/2 ft, 2 ast, 1 stl, 2 pf, 1 pt
team rebounds: 9
Totals: 20/61 fg (.328), 20/27 ft (.741), 39 reb, 10 ast, 2 blk, 12 stl, 26 pf, 62 pts
3-pt fg (2): Brazelton, Larch-Miller
Fouled Out: Brazelton 4:02 left, Hood 1:58 left
Turnovers (22): Moore 4, Brazelton 3, Larch-Miller 3, Hood 3, Worrrell 3, Hemmingsen 2, Cretain 2, Waite, Hernandez
Glendale Vaqueros 82:
12-Dion Nelson, PG - 2/5 fg, 4/4 ft, 3 reb, 5 ast, 5 stl, 3 pf, 8 pts
20-Mark Hicks, SG - 2/8 fg, 2/2 ft, 1 reb, 3 ast, 3 stl, 2 pf, 6 pts
24-Alex Bullock, SF - 0/1 fg, 2/2 ft, 1 reb, 2 ast, 1 blk, 1 stl, 1 pf, 2 pts
33-Mike Johnson, PF - 5/11 fg, 3/6 ft, 3 reb, 3 ast, 2 blk, 2 stl, 2 pf, 13 pts
45-Gor Plavchyan, C - 9/13 fg, 1/5 ft, 12 reb, 3 blk, 3 pf, 20 pts
22-Emerson Castaneda, G - 4/8 fg, 3 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 2 pf, 12 pts
30-Isaiah Howard, F - 5/8 fg, 2/2 ft, 6 reb, 3 ast, 2 stl, 1 pf, 13 pts
11-Robert Henry, G - 1/2 ft, 3 reb, 1 ast, 1 pf, 1 pt
42-Rodolfo Avila, C - 1 reb, 0 pts
10-Chris Kapooshian, G - 1/2 fg, 2/2 ft, 3 pf, 5 pts
32-Tade Keshishyan, G - 2 pf, 0 pts
44-Evan Smith, C - 0/1 fg, 2 reb, 1 pf, 0 pts
40-Nick Kahn, F - 2/2 ft, 1 reb, 2 pts
35-Michael Balian, F - 0 pts
team rebounds: 2
Totals: 28/57 fg (.491), 19/27 ft (.704), 38 reb, 18 ast, 6 blk, 14 stl, 21 pf, 82 pts
3-pt fg (7): Castaneda 4, Plavchyan, Howard, Kapooshian
Turnovers (21): Nelson 5, Hicks 4, Howard 3, Johnson 2, Henry 2, Plavchyan, Castaneda, Kapooshian, Keshishyan, team
Halftime Score: Glendale 38, Cuyamaca 24
Updated Records: Glendale 5-5, Cuyamaca 3-8
Cuyamaca led 18-12 early. Glendale went on a Plavchyan-led 12-0 spurt that became a 22-2 run to build a 34-20 lead and led handily the rest of the way.
