Hope Smith scored 16 points and Shawn Kolani had 15 points and 7 assists to lead #7 Canyons to a 14-point win over shorthanded #13 Citrus in WSC-South womens' basketball Saturday at College of the Canyons.
Canyons (11-7, 1-1) broke open a close game with a 24-3 run in the first half to take a 32-11 lead, and led easily the rest of the way. Citrus (11-7, 0-2) trailed by 18 points at halftime and got within 13 points in the second half, but never got any closer.
It was 9-9 when the 24-3 run began. Keiona Mathews pushed Canyons' lead to double digits with a driving lay-up that made it 21-11 with just over nine minutes left in the first half. PF Delisa Chapman scored off a pass from Kolani after a steal to push Canyons' lead to 21 points at 33-12 with just under four minutes left in the first half.
Citrus got within 13 points in the second half when Nicole Zugasti scored to make it 44-31. But then Canyons stretched its lead back beyond 20 points, with a Kolani 3-pointer making it 60-38 with just under seven minutes remaining.
Smith finished with her team-high 16 pts and added 7 rebs and 3 steals. Kolani, younger sister of former Laker Jordan Farmar, had her 15 points on 5-for-8 from the floor, including 3 threes, and added 7 asts and 3 steals. Mathews came off the bench for 11 pts, 9 rebs, 5 asts and 3 steals for Canyons.
For Citrus, Zugasti had a game-high 24 pts and a team-high 9 rebs. But she was the only Citrus player to score in double digits. Ariana Caffey scored 9 points and Natalie Lam had 8 pts, 6 rebs, 5 asts and 3 steals. But Citrus was without leading scorer Ella Rodriguez and former Long Beach Poly standout Olivia Montgomery, the team's second-leading scorer on the season.
box score
Saturday, January 12, 2013
at College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita
WSC-South - Women
Citrus 54:
2-Natalie Lam, SF - 3/13 fg, 2/4 ft, 6 reb, 5 ast, 3 stl, 1 pf, 8 pts
10-Sarah Rebibo, SG - 2/11 fg, 2/4 ft, 3 reb, 2 ast, 4 stl, 4 pf, 6 pts
23-Ariana Caffey, PG - 3/8 fg, 3/4 ft, 2 reb, 2 ast, 4 pf, 9 pts
24-Nicole Zugasti, C - 9/12 fg, 6/8 ft, 9 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 2 stl, 2 pf, 24 pts
34-Jasmine Longtin, PF - 0/2 fg, 1/2 ft, 2 reb, 1 pf, 1 pt
30-Jaelyn Wilson, F - 1/7 fg, 1/3 ft, 4 reb, 3 ast, 2 stl, 3 pf, 3 pts
12-Vanessa Rios, G - 1/2 fg, 3 reb, 1 pf, 3 pts
team rebounds: 7
Totals: 19/55 fg (.345), 15/25 ft (.600), 36 reb, 13 ast, 1 blk, 11 stl, 16 pf, 54 pts
3-pt fg (1): Rios
Turnovers (26): Rebibo 7, Zugasti 5, Longtin 5, Wilson 3, Lam 2, Caffey 2, Rios 2
Canyons 68:
5-Shawn Kolani, PG - 5/8 fg, 2/2 ft, 1 reb, 7 ast, 3 stl, 5 pf, 15 pts
24-Jennifer Franco, SG - 1/5 fg, 2/2 ft, 3 ast, 4 pts
25-Delisa Chapman, PF - 4/7 fg, 1/3 ft, 1 reb, 5 stl, 4 pf, 9 pts
43-Casey Scheller, SF - 1/1 fg, 4 ast, 1 stl, 3 pts
45-Hope Smith, C - 8/14 fg, 7 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 3 stl, 2 pf, 16 pts
13-Earnika Clemmons, F - 4/6 fg, 8 reb, 1 blk, 1 stl, 3 pf, 8 pts
32-Keiona Mathews, F - 5/9 fg, 0/1 ft, 9 reb, 5 ast, 3 stl, 4 pf, 11 pts
15-Nailah Long, G - 1/3 fg, 4 ast, 2 pts
22-Wendy Canelas, G - 1 reb, 0 pts
team rebounds: 4
Totals: 29/53 fg (.547), 5/8 ft (.625), 31 reb, 24 ast, 2 blk, 16 stl, 18 pf, 68 pts
3-pt fg (5): Kolani 3, Scheller, Mathews
Fouled Out: Kolani 1:53 left
Turnovers (26): Mathews 7, Kolani 4, Chapman 4, Smith 4, Long 3, Franco, Scheller, Clemmons, Canelas
Halftime Score: Canyons 35, Citrus 17
Updated Records: Canyons (#7-South, #12-Calif) 11-7 overall, 1-1 in WSC-S; Citrus (#13-South) 11-7, 0-2 in WSC-S
Canyons went on a 24-3 run to lead 33-12 and led by 13+ the rest of the way.
