SG Tyre Thompson had 27 pts and 9 rebs, and SF Cartier Carter came off the bench to add 19 pts as Santa Ana (2-7) upset #12 West LA (6-3), 80-70, Thursday afternoon in the first round of the Rio Hondo Classic in Whittier.
Thompson made 11 of 21 shots, including 4 threes, to power the Dons to the win over a West LA squad that had defeated Santa Ana, xx-xx, just xx days earlier.
West LA held a 9-point lead at 57-48 midway through the second half before Santa Ana rallied, tying the game on a three by Thompson with just less than 7 minutes remaining. A free throw by Carter put the Dons on top, and a basket by Carter on a feed from PG A.J. Laguana gave Santa Ana a 66-63 lead. A free throw by Thompson made it 67-63 with just less than 6 minutes left.
But West LA was still just 4 points back until another three by Thompson that made it 75-68. Then a pair of free throws by PF Terryn Clark made it 77-68. A free throw by Laguana, who finished with 7 pts, 5 asts and 4 steals, pushed the Santa Ana lead into double digits at 78-68 with 43.6 seconds left, clinching the Dons second win of the season.
For West LA, PF Jerard Moret led the way with 17 pts and 8 rebs. SF Tim Jackson had 14 pts and 8 rebs, and PG Justin Archie had 12 pts, 8 rebs and a game-high 6 asts. Ctr Craig Rodgers came off the bench and played extremely well with 9 pts, 6 rebs and 4 blocked shots before fouling out with 2:06 left.
Box score
Rio Hondo Classic
Thursday, December 6, 2007
First Round 5 pm
Santa Ana Dons 80:
5-A.J. Laguana, PG 2/5 fg, 3/4 ft, 4 reb, 5 ast, 4 stl, 7 pts
23-Tyre Thompson, SG 11/21 fg, 1/4 ft, 9 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl, 27 pts
32-Raymont Jennings, SF 0/8 fg, 4/6 ft, 2 reb, 1 lbk, 3 pf, 4 pts
43-David Brandon, PF 2/5 fg, 2/3 ft, 1 reb, 7 pts
55-Darell Goodson, C 2/6 fg, 3 reb, 1 stl, 5 pf, 5 pts
53-Michael Chance, C 1/3 fg, 1/2 ft, 4 reb, 3 pf, 3 pts
15-Tyan Jocson, G 1/1 fg, 1/1 ft, 1 reb, 3 pf, 3 pts
20-Cartier Carter, F 7/12 fg, 3/6 ft, 4 reb, 2 blk, 1 stl, 1 pf, 19 pts
11-Woo In-Sohn, G 2 ast, 0 pts
25-Tyler Averill, F 0 pts
35-Terryn Clark, F 1/2 fg, 2/2 ft, 3 reb, 2 ast, 1 pf, 5 pts
33-Austin Hampton, F 1 stl, 0 pts
team rebounds: 6
Totals: 27/63 fg (.429), 17/28 ft (.607), 37 reb, 11 ast, 3 blk, 10 stl, 16 pf, 80 pts
3-pt fg (9): Thompson 4, Carter 2, Brandon, Goodson, Clark
Fouled Out: Goodson 3:36 left
Turnovers (13): Thompson 6, Laguana 2, Goodson 2, Brandon, Carter, Clark
West LA Oilers 70:
5-Chanderrick Tyson, SG 3/10 fg, 2/4 ft, 5 reb, 1 ast, 2 blk, 3 pf, 9 pts
12-Justin Archie, PG 5/15 fg, 8 reb, 6 ast, 2 stl, 3 pf, 12 pts
21-Tim Jackson, SF 6/16 fg, 2/4 ft, 8 reb, 2 ast, 1 stl, 4 pf, 14 pts
33-Jerard Moret, PF 5/13 fg, 6/8 ft, 8 reb, 2 ast, 1 stl, 2 pf, 17 pts
34-Hanik Madyun, C 1/2 fg, 3/3 ft, 6 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 1 stl, 1 pf, 5 pts
32-Josh Jordan, C 0/2 fg, 2/4 ft, 4 reb, 1 ast, 1 pf, 2 pts
3-Tony Sandoval, G 0/2 fg, 1 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl, 2 pf, 0 pts
44-Craig Rodgers, C 4/4 fg, 1/4 ft, 6 reb, 4 blk, 1 stl, 5 pf, 9 pts
30-Dominick Ignant, F 1/2 fg, 1 reb, 2 pts
team rebounds: 3
Totals: 25/66 fg (.379), 16/27 ft (.593), 50 reb, 16 ast, 7 blk, 7 stl, 21 pf, 70 pts
3-pt fg (4): Archie 2, Tyson, Moret
Fouled Out: Rodgers 2:06 left
Turnovers (20): Moret 5, Jackson 4, Archie 3, Sandoval 3, Madyun 2, Tyson, Jordan, Rodgers
Halftime Score: Santa Ana 35, West LA 34
U Updated Records: Santa Ana 2-7, West LA (#12-South) 6-3
