Norissa Sanders scored 23 pts and grabbed 16 rebs, and Summer Ramsey had 18 pts, 7 asts and 6 steals to lead #6 San Bernardino Valley to a 67-59 win over visiting #7 Chaffey, clinching the Foothill Conference championship Wednesday night in San Bernardino.
San Bernardino Valley (17-6, 9-0) used a 21-4 run to take an 18-point lead late in the first half, and held a 16-point lead midway through the second half. Chaffey (20-7, 6-3) rallied to within six points with just under five minutes to go, but then SBVC pulled away to secure the victory.
SBVC held a modest 18-17 lead before the 21-4 run that made it 39-21 late in the first half. Sanders hit a jumper to make it 26-19 and Ramsey scored on a lay-up to push the margin to double digits at 32-21. Then Ramsey scored on a Ginobili-like Eurostep move to make it 34-21. Raven Howard made two free throws and Ramsey made one to push the lead to 37-21. A steal & lay-up by Ramsey with about 20 seconds left in the half made it 39-21.
Chaffey got a 3-pointer from Shannon Moore with about 10 seconds left to make it 39-24 at the break, and drew even closer early in the second half. Chaffey got 3-pointers from Cierra Miles and Angelica Guardado to make it 39-30. And the scoreboard, which had initially gives the points from Miles' shot to SBVC, erroneously showed the score as 36-30.
The score was soon corrected, and SBVC soon pulled away again, pushing its lead back to double digits on a 3-point play by Sanders that made it 47-36 with 14:14 left. The lead reached 16 points at 53-37 on a short jumper by Michelle Agbarra with 11:54 remaining.
Chaffey ralled once more, cutting the deficit to single digits at 53-44 with 8:47 left, and then getting a little closer on a short jumper by Kahla Badibanga with 8:15 remaining. A long 3-pointer by Moore cut the deficit to six points - really, this time - at 56-50 with just under 5 minutes to play.
But that would be as close as Chaffey would get. Ramsey made two free throws with 3:57 left to push the SBVC lead back to double digits at 61-50. Guardado answered with two free throws for Chaffey, but then Sanders made back-to-back baseline jumpers to give SBVC a 65-53 lead with 1:50 left, and that pretty much wrapped up the win and the conference title.
Sanders' totals of 23 pts, 16 rebs and 4 blocked shots were all game-highs, and she added 2 asts and 2 steals. Ramsey's 18 pts were second-best and her 7 asts and 6 steals were game-highs. Agbarra added 10 pts on 5-for-7 from the floor.
For Chaffey, Moore scored a team-best 15 pts, which included 3 three-pointers. Guardado came off the bench for a double-double with 13 pts and a team-high 11 rebs.
box score
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 5 pm
at Snyder Gymnasium, San Bernardino Valley
Foothill Conference - Women
Chaffey 59:
1-Tyease Bryson, C - 0/10 fg, 2/4 ft, 10 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl, 4 pf, 2 pts
2-Raven Dixon, PG - 2/7 fg, 1/2 ft, 2 ast, 2 stl, 1 pf, 5 pts
3-Dominmique Worthy, PF - 3/7 fg, 5 reb, 1 ast, 3 pf, 8 pts
22-Mary Windom, SF - 0/7 fg, 2/2 ft, 1 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 1 pf, 2 pts
23-Shannon Moore, SG - 4/9 fg, 4/5 ft, 4 reb, 2 ast, 1 stl, 1 pf, 15 pts
12-Cierra Miles, G - 2/4 fg, 1/2 ft, 3 reb, 3 ast, 4 stl, 3 pf, 6 pts
33-Angelica Guardado, C - 4/10 fg, 4/6 ft, 11 reb, 1 blk, 2 stl, 2 pf, 13 pts
10-Miya Arrington, F - 0/3 fg, 1/2 ft, 3 reb, 1 ast, 2 pf, 1 pt
13-Kahla Badibanga, F - 1/3 fg, 1 reb, 1 stl, 2 pf, 2 pts
34-Essence Cash, C - 1 reb, 2 pf, 0 pts
32-Justice Rivera, G - 1/1 fg, 1 stl, 2 pf, 2 pts
24-Trencia Bartlett, G - 1/1 fg, 3 pts
team rebounds: 1
Totals: 18/62 fg (.290), 15/23 ft (.652), 40 reb, 11 ast, 2 blk, 13 stl, 23 pf, 59 pts
3-pt fg (8): Moore 3, Worthy 2, Miles, Guardado, Bartlett
Turnovers (22): Moore 6, Dixon 5, Miles 3, Guardado 3, Badibanga 2, Bryson, Worthy, Windom
San Bernardino Valley 67:
15-Michelle Agbarra, SG - 5/7 fg, 0/1 ft, 5 reb, 1 stl, 3 pf, 10 pts
21-Summer Ramsey, PG - 4/12 fg, 10/14 ft, 6 reb, 7 ast, 6 stl, 4 pf, 18 pts
23-Cystal Jeff, SF - 1/8 fg, 0/1 ft, 5 reb, 1 ast, 2 pts
24-Ashley MacLeod, PF - 2/3 fg, 0/1 ft, 8 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 1 stl, 1 pf, 4 pts
35-Norissa Sanders, C - 9/17 fg, 5/7 ft, 16 reb, 2 ast, 4 blk, 2 stl, 2 pf, 23 pts
1-Raven Howard, G - 1/3 fg, 2/2 ft, 2 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl, 4 pts
3-Terra Lucas, G - 0/4 fg, 0/1 ft, 2 reb, 1 stl, 4 pf, 0 pts
2-Dianna Synder, F - 0/2 fg, 1 reb, 1 ast, 4 pf, 0 pts
44-Amelia Villegas, C - 3/5 fg, 0/1 ft, 5 reb, 2 pf, 6 pts
5-Alexis Whitaker, G - 0/1 fg, 1 reb, 1 pf, 0 pts
team rebounds: 4
Totals: 25/62 fg (.403), 17/28 ft (.607), 55 reb, 15 ast, 5 blk, 12 stl, 21 pf, 67 pts
3-pt fg (0): none
Turnovers (25): Ramsey 7, Sanders 5, Agbarra 4, Howard 3, Jeff, MacLeod, Lucas, Snyder, Villegas, Whitaker
Halftime Score: San Bernardino Valley 39, Chaffey 24
Updated Records: San Bernardino Valley (#6-South, #11-Calif) 17-6, 9-0 in conf; Chaffey (#7-South, #13-Calif) 20-7, 6-3 in conf
SBVC went on a 21-4 run to lead by 18 at 39-21 late in the 1st half.
Chaffey got within 6 at 56-50 with just under 5 minutes, left, but never quite caught up.
With the win, SBVC clinches the Foothill Conference championship.
