SF Roosevelt Smith had 15 pts and six other players scored at least 8 pts as Napa Valley (6-4) edged Sierra (4-5), 69-61, in the first round of the 43rd Annual Delta Holiday Tournament Friday afternoon in Stockton.
Napa Valley took a lead on a free throw by SF Lee McCain midway through the second half, and held a slim advantage the rest of the way. Sierra got within four points after a 3-pointer by PG Darell Gordon with 1:20 left and trailed by 5 in the final minute before Smith made four free throws and McCain made two to seal the win for the Storm.
Sierra began the game on a 13-7 spurt. Napa Valley rallied to take a 19-18 lead on a 3-point play by Smith, and the lead changed hands several times during the first half. A 3-pointer by SG Roop Kahlon and a lay-up by SF Omar Khalidy after a nifty pass from PF Ryan Pearson gave Sierra a 35-32 lead in the final minute of the half. A driving lay-up by SG DeAndre Clark brought Napa Valley within a point at 35-34 at the break.
The lead continued to go back and forth in the second half until McCain's free throw broke a 47-47 tie with 10:12 left. Then Smith scored after a pass from PG Luigi Valencia and Clark scored on a putback to make it 52-7. Sierra got a 3-pointer from Kahlon to make it 52-50, but the Storm pushed the lead to 7 at 57-50 on a putback basket by PF Gage Harty and to 8 on a Smith 3-pointer, the largest lead for either team in the game.
Sierra got within four points at 61-57 on a 3-pointer by Gordon with 1:20 left. Harty scored for Napa Valley to make it 63-57, and Gordon made one of two free throws for Sierra to make it 63-58 with 55 seconds left. But four free throws by Smith, sandwiched around a key steal by Clark, and two free throws by McCain clinched the win for Napa Valley.
Smith finished with 15 pts, 6 rebs and 4 asts. Ctr Tyler Dixon and SG Joe Sanders each had 10 pts, and Clark had 9 pts plus 4 asts. Harty had 9 pts and a team-high 7 rebs.
For Sierra, Kahlon led all scorers with 17 pts, including 5 threes, off the bench. Gordon had 13 pts and 4 asts. 6-10 Ctr Casey Arent had 11 pts, 6 rebs and 3 asts but battled foul trouble for most of the game and fouled out with 3:06 left.
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43rd Annual Delta Holiday Tournament
@ Blanchard Gym, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton
Friday, December 18, 2009 - 2 pm
First Round
Sierra Wolverines 61:
5-Darell Gordon, PG - 5/9 fg, 2/4 ft, 3 reb, 4 ast, 1 pf, 13 pts
15-Jamie Ball, SF - 2/11 fg, 8 reb, 2 ast, 1 stl, 4 pf, 4 pts
23-Casey Arent, C - 5/13 fg, 1/3 ft, 6 reb, 3 ast, 1 blk, 5 pf, 11 pts
31-Matt Aird, SG - 0/1 fg, 3 reb, 1 ast, 0 pts
32-Ryan Pearson, PF - 3/10 fg, 1/2 ft, 5 reb, 4 ast, 1 stl, 4 pf, 7 pts
22-Chris Ayo, F - 1/3 fg, 1/2 ft, 3 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 5 pf, 3 pts
12-Roop Kahlon, G - 5/7 fg, 2/3 ft, 2 reb, 3 pf, 17 pts
21-Omar Khalidy, F - 1/1 fg, 1/2 ft, 1 reb, 1 ast, 3 pf, 3 pts
30-Colin Johnson, G - 1/3 fg, 4 reb, 1 stl, 1 pf, 3 pts
team rebounds: 7
Totals: 23/58 fg (.397), 8/16 ft (.500), 42 reb, 16 ast, 1 blk, 4 stl, 26 pf, 61 pts
3-pt fg (7): Kahlon 5, Gordon, Johnson
Intentional Foul: Kahlon
Fouled Out: Ayo 7:22 left, Arent 3:06 left
Turnovers (14): Pearson 5, Arent 4, Ball 2, Gordon, Aird, Ayo
Napa Valley Storm 69:
3-DeAndre Clark, SG - 3/7 fg, 2/4 ft, 3 reb, 4 ast, 1 stl, 4 pf, 9 pts
11-Luigi Valencia, PG - 3/9 fg, 6 reb, 3 ast, 2 pf, 8 pts
15-Roosevelt Smith, SF - 4/8 fg, 6/7 ft, 6 reb, 4 ast, 1 blk, 1 stl, 1 pf, 15 pts
31-Gage Harty, PF - 4/10 fg, 1/6 ft, 7 reb, 3 ast, 3 pf, 9 pts
32-Tyler Dixon, C - 3/7 fg, 4/5 ft, 5 reb, 3 ast, 1 blk, 1 stl, 1 pf, 10 pts
21-Lee McCain, F - 2/6 fg, 4/6 ft, 6 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 2 pf, 8 pts
1-Joe Sanders, G - 4/7 fg, 2 reb, 1 pf, 10 pts
2-Kenneth Matich, F - 0/3 fg, 1 ast, 2 pf, 0 pts
team rebounds: 4
Totals: 23/57 fg (.404), 17/28 ft (.607), 39 reb, 19 ast, 2 blk, 4 stl, 16 pf, 69 pts
3-pt fg (6): Valencia 2, Sanders 2, Clark, Smith
Turnovers (12): Smith 4, Harty 2, McCain 2, Clark, Valencia, Dixon, Matich
Halftime Score: Sierra 35, Napa Valley 34
Updated Record: Napa Valley 6-4, Sierra 4-5
