#9 Ventura 88, Moorpark 77 (women: VC, 74-55)
Ctr Gary Nunez scored 25 pts and SF Charles Dillon added 17 but the real story was super-sub PF Danny Mena, who came off the bench to score 12 pts, grab 14 rebs and dish out 7 asts as #9 Ventura (11-5) posted its 6th straight win.
Moorpark jumped out to an early 21-17 lead, at which point Coach Greg Winslow angrily addressed his starters for their sloppy play. Included in that was the benching of PF Moses Gonzalez. In came Gonzalez' cousin, Mena.
And Mena was so effective that he played the rest of the game until he was removed in the final minute to the applause of the happy Ventura fans.
Ventura rallied to take a 40-33 lead late in the first half, though Moorpark (6-10) cut into the margin when SF Chad Acerboni banked in a three at the end of the first half to make it 44-40.
But when the second half started, Nunez made a pair of baskets to push Ventura's lead to 8. The Pirates' lead fluctuated between 4 and 8 for the next 10 minutes until Mena scored on a FG+FT 3-point play to extend the margin to 11 at 66-55. Nunez added a pair of baskets, sandwiched around a Moorpark score, to push the lead to 14 at 71-57. A pair of threes by SG David Van Someran a couple minutes later made it 78-59 and cemented the win.
Nunez led all scorers with 25 pts on 12 of 18 shooting, and he also had 8 rebs and 3 blocks. Dillon made 7 of 9 shots from the floor for his 17 pts, and he dished out 7 asts while grabbing 4 steals. PG Jonathan Davis had 9 pts and 5 asts. Van Someran finished with 10 pts while SG Kenji Rocket had a strong game off the bench with 9 pts, 4 asts and 3 steals. For the game, Ventura shot 63% from the field, which more than offset their 27 turnovers.
PG Keith Lawrence led Moorpark with 16 pts. SF Tyler Carr (13), PF Mark Wells (12), Ctr Jeremiah Turner (12) and SG Kevin Thrower (11) also scored in double figures.
In the womens game, Ctr Sheana Triana scored 19 pts (4 threes) to lead #9 Ventura (9-7) to a 19-point win over Moorpark (8-9).
PG Shannon Antunez also had a strong game with 15 pts (3 threes), 6 asts and 4 steals. Ctr Tina Stetson had 6 pts and a game-high 8 rebs. SG Sascha Pack came off the bench to add 10 pts for the winners.
Moorpark led 5-4 early before threes by Antunez and Pack spurred Ventura to a 12-5 lead. By halftime, Ventura led by 12 at 34-22. Moorpark cut into the lead, mainly due to the outside shooting of PG Jamie Rauchwarger, to trail by just 5 at 38-33 early in the second half. But then came threes by SG Kristina Golden and Triana and the Pirates pulled away once again.
Rauchwarger led Moorpark with 19 pts and 3 asts in a very strong effort. Ctr Brooke Peterson had 11 pts and 8 rebs.
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mens game
Wednesday, January 5, 2005 - 5:30 pm
at Ventura College
Moorpark Raiders 77:
3-Chad Acerboni, SF - 3/13 fg, 1/2 ft, 2 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl, 9 pts
5-Keith Lawrence, PG - 5/9 fg, 4/4 ft, 2 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl, 16 pts
20-Kevin Thrower, SG - 4/6 fg, 2/2 ft, 4 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 11 pts
15-Mark Wells, PF - 4/11 fg, 2/2 ft, 1 reb, 3 ast, 4 stl, 12 pts
42-Jeremiah Turner, C - 3/7 fg, 6/8 ft, 5 reb, 1 stl, 12 pts
2-Tyler Carr, F - 6/8 fg, 4 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 3 stl, 13 pts
22-Ivan Barragan, G - 1/6 fg, 1 reb, 2 ast, 3 stl, 2 pts
33-Deshar Clipper, C - 1/3 fg, 4 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 2 pts
team rebounds: 2
Totals: 27/63 fg (.429), 15/18 ft (.833), 25 reb, 12 ast, 2 blk, 15 stl, 77 pts
3-pt fg (8): Acerboni 2, Lawrence 2, Wells 2, Thrower, Carr
Turnovers (21): Thrower 4, Carr 4, Lawrence 3, Wells 2, Barragan 2, Clipper 2, Acerboni, Turner, team 2
Ventura Pirates 88:
32-Jonathan Davis, PG - 4/6 fg, 1/2 ft, 2 reb, 5 ast, 9 pts
41-David Van Someran, SG - 4/8 fg, 4 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 10 pts
21-Charles Dillon, SF - 7/9 fg, 1/4 ft, 1 reb, 7 ast, 1 blk, 4 stl, 17 pts
22-Moses Gonzalez, PF - 1/2 fg, 2/2 ft, 2 reb, 2 ast, 1 blk, 1 stl, 4 pts
34-Gary Nunez, C - 12/18 fg, 1/2 ft, 8 reb, 3 blk, 25 pts
10-Kenji Rocket, G - 4/8 fg, 4 reb, 4 ast, 3 stl, 9 pts
11-Ali Hinds, F - 1 reb, 0 pts
25-Danny Mena, F - 5/7 fg, 2/4 ft, 14 reb, 7 ast, 1 stl, 12 pts
33-Ephraim Williams, C - 1 reb, 1 blk, 0 pts
30-Keenan Jones, F - 1/2 fg, 2 pts
team rebounds: 1
Totals: 38/60 fg (.633), 7/14 ft (.500), 38 reb, 26 ast, 6 blk, 10 stl, 88 pts
3-pt fg (5): Van Someran 2, Dillon 2, Rocket
Turnovers (27): Dillon 7, Davis 5, Mena 5, Van Someran 3, Gonzalez 2, Nunez 2, Hinds 2, Jones
Halftime Score: Ventura 44, Moorpark 40
Updated Records: Ventura 11-5 (6th str W), Moorpark 6-10
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womens game
Wednesday, January 5, 2005 - 7:30 pm
at Ventura College
Moorpark Raiders 55:
42-Kristen Chase, SG - 1/3 fg, 1/2 ft, 4 reb, 1 ast, 3 stl, 3 pts
34-Brittany McGuire, PG - 0/7 fg, 3/4 ft, 3 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 3 pts
33-Kathia Pinzon-Henry, PF - 2/3 fg, 1/2 ft, 5 reb, 1 stl, 5 pts
31-Brooke Peterson, C - 4/7 fg, 3/8 ft, 8 reb, 1 blk, 11 pts
21-Jennifer Lemus, SF - 2/4 fg, 2/4 ft, 5 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 7 pts
10-Lea Sabado, F - 1/10 fg, 3/4 ft, 5 reb, 1 ast, 5 pts
22-Kendall McAteer, F - 1/2 fg, 1 reb, 2 pts
23-Nayely Jimenez, G - 0/1 fg, 0 pts
3-Jamie Rauchwarger, G - 8/19 fg, 2/2 ft, 3 reb, 3 ast, 1 blk, 2 stl, 19 pts
32-Kellie Caparula, C - 1 reb, 0 pts
team rebounds: 8
Totals: 19/56 fg (.357), 15/26 ft (.577), 43 reb, 7 ast, 2 blk, 8 stl, 55 pts
3-pt fg (2): Lemus, Rauchwarger
Turnovers (23): McGuire 7, Rauchwarger 5, Lemus 4, Peterson 3, Sabado 3, Pinzon-Henry
Ventura Pirates 74:
40-Yuri Inomata, SF - 1/3 fg, 4 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 2 pts
32-Marie Ayala, SG - 3/9 fg, 1/2 ft, 5 reb, 2 ast, 9 pts
23-Shannon Antunez, PG - 5/11 fg, 2/2 ft, 5 reb, 6 ast, 1 blk, 4 stl, 15 pts
15-Rebecca Kolbeck, PF - 1/7 fg, 5 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl, 2 pts
34-Sheana Triana, C - 7/15 fg, 1/2 ft, 5 reb, 4 ast, 1 blk, 5 stl, 19 pts
5-Tina Stetson, C - 3/9 fg, 8 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 6 pts
11-Diana Nunez, G - 0 pts
12-Karla Martinez, F - 3/5 fg, 2/5 ft, 2 reb, 3 ast, 8 pts
20-Kristina Golden, G - 1/4 fg, 3 reb, 5 ast, 2 stl, 3 pts
24-Sascha Pack, G - 4/6 fg, 1/2 ft, 1 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl, 10 pts
team rebounds: 7
Totals: 28/70 fg (.400), 7/13 ft (.538), 45 reb, 26 ast, 3 blk, 15 stl, 74 pts
3-pt fg (11): Triana 4, Antunez 3, Ayala 2, Golden, Pack
Turnovers (20): Ayala 5, Nunez 3, Inomata 2, Antunez 2, Triana 2, Martinez 2, Pack 2, Kolbeck, Stetson
Halftime Score: Ventura 34, Moorpark 22
Updated Records: Ventura 9-7, Moorpark 8-9
