Alyssa Domingo scored with a one-handed lay-up with 7.2 seconds left to break a 49-all tie and lead #8 Chaffey to a two-point win over visiting #4 San Bernardino Valley for a share of the Foothill Conference lead Wednesday evening in Rancho Cucamonga.
In a game in which neither team led by more than eight points, Domingo's shot proved to be the difference for Chaffey (11-5, 2-0). San Bernardino Valley (13-4, 1-1) had one last chance to win but Neika Puryear's 3-point try bounced off the front rim and just to the left of the basket as the final horn sounded.
It was a defensive battle between two of the better women's teams in the state, and the largest lead for either team was Chaffey's 26-18 advantage in the opening seconds of the second half. SBVC's largest lead was at 13-6 midway through the first half, but Chaffey answered with a 9-2 run to tie the score at 15 with just under five minutes to go before the break.
Chaffey took a 19-18 lead on a 3-pointer by Ashlee Harper with 1:45 left in the first half. Two free throws by Brittany Richardson with 55.1 seconds left made it 21-18, and Harper hit another three in the final seconds of the half to make it 24-18 at intermission.
Bree Ball made two free throws 11 seconds into the second half to give Chaffey what would be the largest lead of the game for either team at 26-18. San Bernardino rallied to tie the score at 31 with 14:40 left on a lay-up by Summer Ramsey after she intercepted a pass for a steal.
After that, the lead went back and forth several times with Puryear tying the score at 49 on a reverse lay-up with 23.6 seconds left. Domingo answered with her game-winning shot just over 16 seconds later, and Puryear's last-second attempt to win it for SBVC was tantalizingly close but missed.
For Chaffey, Harper came off the bench for a huge performance with 22 pts, including 4 threes, plus 6 rebs and 4 blocked shots. She was the only player for Chaffey to score in double digits. Ball had 8 pts and 8 rebs, also off the bench, and Domingo also finished with 8 pts.
For San Bernardino Valley, Puryear had a team-high 13 pts and added 6 rebs and 5 asts. Latice Butler flirted with a triple double before finishing with 12 pts and game-highs of 13 rebs and 8 steals. Ramsey had 9 pts, 5 asts, 4 rebs and 3 steals.
box score
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 - 5 pm
at the Chaffey Sports Center, Rancho Cucamonga
Foothill Conference - Women
San Bernardino Valley 49:
5-Brittany Brown, SF - 0/8 fg, 3 reb, 2 blk, 2 stl, 3 pf, 0 pts
20-Latice Butler, PF - 5/9 fg, 2/4 ft, 13 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 8 stl, 3 pf, 12 pts
21-Summer Ramsey, SG - 3/5 fg, 3/4 ft, 4 reb, 5 ast, 3 stl, 3 pf, 9 pts
22-Neika Puryear, PG - 6/11 fg, 1/3 ft, 6 reb, 5 ast, 1 stl, 2 pf, 13 pts
44-Norissa Sanders, C - 3/11 fg, 5 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 5 pf, 6 pts
15-Michelle Agbara, G - 1/2 fg, 0/2 ft, 3 reb, 2 pts
2-Shay McMillen, F - 2/6 fg, 2 reb, 4 pts
54-Jasmine Young, C - 1/1 fg, 1/2 ft, 5 reb, 1 pf, 3 pts
23-Lauryn Lawton, G - 0/1 fg, 0 pts
32-Ashley Gray, G - 0/2 fg, 0 pts
3-Terra Lucas, G - 0 pts
team rebounds: 6
Totals: 21/56 fg (.375), 7/15 ft (.467), 47 reb, 12 ast, 4 blk, 14 stl, 17 pf, 49 pts
3-pt fg (0): None
Technical Foul: Sanders
Fouled Out: Sanders 13:16 left
Turnovers (27): Butler 7, Ramsey 4, Puryear 4, Agbara 4, Brown 3, Sanders, McMillen, Young, team 2
Chaffey 51:
4-Ja'Lisa Gatlin, SF - 0/5 fg, 2/2 ft, 3 reb, 2 ast, 3 stl, 1 pf, 2 pts
5-Alyssa Domingo, SG - 3/11 fg, 1/2 ft, 2 reb, 1 ast, 3 stl, 8 pts
10-Candice Mathis, PF - 1/3 fg, 0/2 ft, 2 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 2 pts
24-Brittany Richardson, PG - 0/3 fg, 2/2 ft, 3 ast, 1 blk, 3 stl, 4 pf, 2 pts
32-Malika Fofana, C - 1/3 fg, 2/2 ft, 1 stl, 3 pf, 4 pts
13-Bree Ball, C - 3/5 fg, 2/4 ft, 8 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl, 3 pf, 8 pts
1-Ashlee Harper, F - 7/14 fg, 4/6 ft, 6 reb, 1 ast, 4 blk, 1 stl, 1 pf, 22 pts
12-Sheyenne Williams, F - 1/4 fg, 1 reb, 2 stl, 3 pts
3-Bianca Brown, G - 1 pf, 0 pts
team rebounds: 5
Totals: 16/48 fg (.333), 13/20 ft (.650), 27 reb, 10 ast, 6 blk, 15 stl, 13 pf, 51 pts
3-pt fg (6): Harper 4, Domingo, Williams
Turnovers (24): Harper 6, Domingo 5, Mathis 3, Richardson 3, Williams 3, Gatlin 2, Fofana, Ball
Halftime Score: Chaffey 24, San Bernardino Valley 18
Updated Records: Chaffey (#8-South, #20-Calif) 11-5 overall, 2-0 in conference; San Bernardino Valley (#4-South, #5-Calif) 13-4 overall, 1-1 in conference
Domingo's 1-handed lay-up with 7.2 seconds left broke a 49-all tie and won it for Chaffey.
Puryear's last-second 3-point try bounced off the front rim as the final horn sounded.
