LA Valley 71, Glendale 55

LA Valley got a dominant performance from Ctr Natasha Thomas to top visiting Glendale, 71-55. Thomas, a 6-3 freshman, scored 37 points on 16 of 21 shooting, and grabbed 18 rebounds, scoring 23 points in the second half as the Monarchs overcame an 8-point deficit at intermission.

Glendale took the lead in the opening minutes and pushed their advantage to 20-8 on the strength of 12 points from Ctr Jerniece Johnson. Valley rallied to trail by just 2 at 24-22 before Glendale pulled away again on a three by SG Julie An and a basket by PF Thea Bell to take a 34-26 halftime lead.

The second half, however, belonged to Thomas and the Monarchs. Thomas gave Valley a 44-43 lead with 11:40 left, and knocked down a three to give Valley a 6-point lead at 51-45. And by the time she scored on a putback basket to make it 57-45, Valley was in control for good.

PG Roxanna Quintero was Valley’s other double-digit scorer; she finished with 10 points and 6 assists. SF Jennae Peoples had a strong game with 6 points and 5 rebounds. Peoples played virtually the entire second half after sitting out the entire first half.

J. Johnson led Glendale with 21 points. PF Deniece Johnson added 9 points and tied her sister for game honors with 8 rebounds. SF Lisa Yamasaki dished out a team-best 5 assists.

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Saturday, January 15, 2005 – 7:30 pm
At LA Valley College, Valley Glen

Glendale 55:
3-Julie An, SG – 1/3 fg, 2 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl, 3 pts
4-Shannon Kegley, PG – 3/12 fg, 3 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl, 9 pts
21-Lisa Yamasaki, SF – 2/6 fg, 5 ast, 4 stl, 5 pts
32-Jermiece Johnson, C – 9/20 fg, 2/7 ft, 8 reb, 5 stl, 21 pts
33-Deniece Johnson, PF – 4/13 fg, 1/ 2 ft, 8 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 4 stl, 9 pts
31-Alyssa Rosca, F – 2/4 fg, 1 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 1 stl, 4 pts
5-Jasmine Stanley, G – 0/2 fg, 2 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl, 0 pts
20-Thea Bell, F – 1/ 2 fg, 2 reb, 1 ast, 2 pts
1-Raeliza Alfonso, G – 2/2 ft, 1 reb, 2 pts
team rebounds: 2
Totals: 22/62 fg (.355), 5/11 ft (.455), 29 reb, 14 ast, 2 blk, 17 stl, 55 pts

3-pt fg (6): Kegley 3, An, Yamasaki, J.Johnson
Turnovers (27): Kegley 12, D.Johnson 4, J.Johnson 3, Stanley 3, An 2, Yamasaki 2, Bell

LA Valley 71:
13-Ashley Waldman, PF – 1/1 fg, 4 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl, 2 pts
15-Ebony Crouch, SG – 1/5 fg, 1 ast, 2 pts
20-Dominique Bridges, SF – 1/9 fg, 0/2 ft, 6 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 2 pts
35-Natasha Thomas, C – 16/21 fg, 4/5 ft, 18 reb, 3 ast, 2 stl, 37 pts
32-Roxanna Quintero, PG – 4/7 fg, 2/3 ft, 2 reb, 6 ast, 6 stl, 10 pts
3-April Montgomery, G – 3/5 fg, 4 ast, 4 stl, 6 pts
42-Jasmine Wesley, C – 3/6 fg, 2 reb, 2 ast, 2 blk, 2 stl, 6 pts
22-Chassi Oliver, F – 1 reb, 0 pts
34-Leilani Madrigal, G – 1 reb, 0 pts
23-Jennae Peoples, F – 2/4 fg, 1/ 2 ft, 5 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl, 6 pts
5-Katrin Gleie, C – 0 pts
team rebounds: 6
Totals: 31/58 fg (.534), 7/12 ft (.583), 45 reb, 18 ast, 3 blk, 18 stl, 71 pts

3-pt fg (2): Thomas, Peoples
Turnovers (34): Quintero 10, Wesley 5, Thomas 4, Montgomery 4, Waldman 2, Crouch 2, Bridges 2, Oliver 2, Peoples 2, Madrigal

Halftime Score: Glendale 34, LA Valley 26