SF Jerome Lowe had 16 pts and Ctr Pierre Prince had a double-double as LA Valley (10-7, 1-0) beat Glendale (7-8, 0-1) in the WSC-South opener for both teams Wednesday night in Valley Glen.
LA Valley led the entire second half after holding a 4-point edge at halftime. Glendale shot just 24% from the floor in the second half and scored just 19 points, making a comeback just about impossible.
Glendale began the game well enough, jumping out to a 10-4 lead in the opening minutes. Valley rallied to take a 15-14 lead on a 3-pointer by Lowe about seven minutes into the game, and the lead went back and forth for the next several minutes.
Valley opened a 7-point lead after a 3-point play by PF Andrey Orlov and a 3-point basket by SG Dagem Asfaw late in the first half. Glendale cut the margin to 2 late in the half after a pair of free throws by SG Demetrius Perkins - which made Glendale 14 for 14 from the line to that point - and a 3-pointer from SF Deonte Wyatt.
Valley got a putback basket by Ctr Amer Mudallal at the first half buzzer to make it 43-39. And then Lowe hit a 3-pointer and Prince made one of two free throws in the first minute of the second half to push the Monarchs' lead to 8 points at 47-39.
Glendale rallied one more time, cutting the deficit to two points at 47-45, but then Valley pulled away again, this time for good. A pair of free throws by PG Robert Brown made it a 9-point game at 56-47, and a 3-point play by Orlov with 12:22 left pushed the margin to 11 at 59-48. Glendale never got closer than 8 points again.
Lowe led all scorers with his 16 pts, and just missed a double-double with 9 rebs. Prince got the double-double with 12 pts and a game-high 14 rebs. Orlov came off the bench to chip in with 10 pts, and Brown had 8 pts plus a game-high 7 asts.
For Glendale, PF Narbeh Ebrahimian led the way with 15 pts plus 4 rebs and 4 asts. Wyatt had 11 pts before fouling out with 5:50 left, but was just 4-for-17 from the floor. Ctr Lucian Franklin came off the bench for 11 pts and 5 rebs.
box score
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 - 7 pm
at LA Valley College, Valley Glen
WSC-South
Glendale Vaqueros 58:
10-Myron Davis, C - 2/4 fg, 1/1 ft, 5 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 1 stl, 2 pf, 5 pts
12-Daniel Palmer, SG - 1/5 fg, 2/2 ft, 2 reb, 4 pf, 5 pts
21-Corey Davis, PG - 2/10 fg, 2/2 ft, 3 reb, 2 ast, 3 stl, 2 pf, 7 pts
22-Deonte Wyatt, SF - 4/17 fg, 2 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 5 pf, 11 pts
35-Narbeh Ebrahimian, PF - 4/6 fg, 6/7 ft, 4 reb, 4 ast, 2 stl, 15 pts
20-Demetrius Perkins, G - 0/3 fg, 4/6 ft, 3 reb, 2 pf, 4 pts
30-Antonio Garrett, C - 1 pf, 0 pts
24-Lucian Franklin, C - 3/7 fg, 5/6 ft, 5 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl, 1 pf, 11 pts
33-Shara Davoodi, F - 1 reb, 0 pts
team rebounds: 4
Totals: 16/52 fg (.308), 20/24 ft (.833), 29 reb, 9 ast, 1 blk, 9 stl, 17 pf, 58 pts
3-pt fg (6): Wyatt 3, Palmer, C.Davis, Ebrahimian
Fouled Out: Wyatt 5:50 left
Turnovers (19): C.Davis 5, Perkins 5, Palmer 2, Wyatt 2, Ebrahimian 2, Franklin 2, M.Davis
LA Valley Monarchs 70:
3-Robert Brown, PG - 3/8 fg, 2/2 ft, 5 reb, 7 ast, 2 pf, 8 pts
10-Joel Spriggs, SG - 2/7 fg, 1 reb, 2 ast, 3 stl, 5 pts
22-Jerome Lowe, SF - 5/15 fg, 4/4 ft, 9 reb, 2 ast, 1 blk, 2 stl, 2 pf, 16 pts
32-Pierre Prince, C - 3/6 fg, 6/11 ft, 14 reb, 2 ast, 1 blk, 1 stl, 4 pf, 12 pts
35-Chris Lenik, PF - 1/6 fg, 2 reb, 1 blk, 4 pf, 2 pts
12-Darius Hooks, G - 2 reb, 2 ast, 1 stl, 2 pf, 0 pts
33-Andrey Orlov, F - 3/7 fg, 3/4 ft, 6 reb, 3 pf, 10 pts
21-Javion Garner, G - 2/5 fg, 2/2 ft, 1 pf, 7 pts
31-Dagem Asfaw, F - 2/4 fg, 2 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 6 pts
40-Amer Mudallal, C - 2/2 fg, 7 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 1 stl, 4 pf, 4 pts
team rebounds: 2
Totals: 23/60 fg (.383), 17/23 ft (.739), 50 reb, 17 ast, 4 blk, 9 stl, 22 pf, 70 pts
3-pt fg (7): Lowe 2, Asfaw 2, Spriggs, Orlov, Garner
Turnovers (25): Brown 5, Spriggs 4, Lowe 4, Orlov 4, Lenik 2, Hooks 2, Mudallal 2, Prince, Garner
Halftime Score: LA Valley 43, Glendale 39
Updated Records: LA Valley 10-7 overall, 1-0 in WSC-S; Glendale 7-8 overall, 0-1 in WSC-S
