#2-ranked LA Trade Tech used its superior depth, topping Oxnard, 90-84, in a foul-filled game Wednesday afternoon in downtown LA.
Ctr Rico Myles led the way with 14 pts, 9 rebs, 3 asts, 3 blocks and 2 steals for the Beavers (2-0), who led virtually the entire game but could never really pull away from a stubborn Oxnard squad.
Oxnard (0-3) led 4-2 in the early going before a 3-pointer by PF Nick Pacitti put Trade Tech ahead and began a 13-0 run that saw the home team build an 11-point lead. But Oxnard narrowed the gap to a point at 21-20 and trailed by just 2 at 25-23. A 12-2 Trade Tech run pushed the lead to a dozen at 37-25, but Oxnard narrowed the gap back to 5 points at halftime at 42-37.
Myles scored on a putback early in the second half to make it 44-37, but then went to the bench with his fourth foul. Oxnard immediately closed the gap to two points at 44-42.
But then some Trade Tech reserves made their presence felt. PG Eric Fernandez scored at the end of a fast break, grabbed a steal and scored on a lay-up to push Trade Tech's lead to 48-44. Then SF Robert Summers made a pair of free throws and PF Tim Smith scored on a putback to make it 52-42.
Trade Tech led the rest of the way, never by fewer than 6 points, but Oxnard stayed close until the end despite having four players foul out. A spectacular one-handed jam by SG Joseph Morgan on an alley-oop pushed the lead to 10 at 86-76 and put an exclamation point on the win.
In all, there were 61 fouls called and the teams combined for 80 free throw attempts.
In addition to Myles, double-figure scorers for Trade Tech were Pacitti, who also had 14 pts, Morgan with 13 pts and SG James (J.R.) Lewis, who had 11 pts and a team-high 5 asts. Fernandez chipped in with 9 pts before fouling out late in the game. In all, twelve players scored for Trade Tech and a thirteenth, PF Jamal Clay contributed with 6 rebs.
For Oxnard, PG John Johnson played a very strong game, finishing with 17 pts, 10 asts and 5 steals. He also had 9 turnovers against the Trade Tech press, but his absence was most noticeable when he took a 90-second break, his only rest of the game, late in the first half.
A pair of Oxnard sharpshooters, SG Brandon Hames and SG Ryan McLucas, each had 17 pts and each had 4 threes. PF Bernard Burrell had 11 pts and 7 rebs for the Condors.
SF Jonathan Malloy had 5 pts, 4 asts and a team-high 9 rebs before fouling out and drawing a technical for a rare 6th personal foul with 7:55 left in the game.
box score
Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 5 pm
at LA Trade Tech
Oxnard Condors 84:
11-John Johnson, PG - 4/7 fg, 8/11 ft, 1 reb, 10 ast, 5 stl, 4 pf, 17 pts
20-Brandon Hames, SG - 5/8 fg, 3/4 ft, 3 reb, 1 ast, 2 pf, 17 pts
21-Josh Crawford, C - 2/4 fg, 4 reb, 1 blk, 1 stl, 5 pf, 4 pts
22-Jonathan Malloy, SF - 2/8 fg, 1/2 ft, 9 reb, 4 ast, 6 pf, 5 pts
34-Bernard Burrell, PF - 4/8 fg, 3/6 ft, 7 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 5 pf, 11 pts
32-Matthew Merricks, G - 3/6 fg, 3/5 ft, 2 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl, 2 pf, 9 pts
42-Eric Neely, F - 2/4 fg, 0/1 ft, 3 reb, 5 pf, 4 pts
5-Ryan McLucas, G - 5/14 fg, 3/4 ft, 3 reb, 1 ast, 4 stl, 4 pf, 17 pts
40-Kevin Quilantang, G - 1 ast, 0 pts
team rebounds: 6
Totals: 27/59 fg (.458), 21/33 ft (.636), 38 reb, 19 ast, 1 blk, 13 stl, 33 pf, 84 pts
3-pt fg (9): Hames 4, McLucas 4, Johnson
Technical Foul: Malloy
Fouled Out: Malloy 7:55 left, Crawford 7:13 left, Neely 5:04 left, Burrell 2:32 left
Turnovers (29): Johnson 9, Malloy 5, Burrell 5, Merricks 3, Hames 2, McLucas 2, Crawford, Neely, team
LA Trade Tech 90:
11-Marquis Dubose, PG - 1/7 fg, 2/4 ft, 1 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 1 stl, 1 pf, 4 pts
13-Joseph Morgan, SG - 5/11 fg, 2/2 ft, 6 reb, 2 ast, 3 stl, 3 pf, 13 pts
24-Rico Myles, C - 6/8 fg, 2/4 ft, 9 reb, 3 ast, 2 blk, 3 stl, 4 pf, 14 pts
33-Brian Tollete, SF - 1/5 fg, 5/8 ft, 4 reb, 1 ast, 2 pf, 7 pts
44-Nick Pacitti, PF - 5/6 fg, 3/3 ft, 3 reb, 2 ast, 1 stl, 3 pf, 14 pts
15-James (J.R.) Lewis, G - 4/10 fg, 2/3 ft, 2 reb, 5 ast, 1 stl, 2 pf, 11 pts
23-Eric Fernandez, G - 3/4 fg, 3/4 ft, 1 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl, 5 pf, 9 pts
31-Imari Thomas, C - 0/2 fg, 5/7 ft, 3 reb, 1 blk, 3 pf, 5 pts
25-Jamal Clay, F - 0/2 fg, 0/2 ft, 6 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 3 pf, 0 pts
20-Robert Summers, F - 1/4 fg, 5/8 ft, 2 reb, 1 stl, 1 pf, 7 pts
30-Michael Davis, G - 0/3 fg, 1/2 ft, 1 reb, 1 slt, 1 pf, 1 pt
34-Rene Johnson, G - 0 pts
12-Tim Smith, F - 1/3 fg, 3 reb, 2 pts
32-Kenan Biberovic, G - 1/1 fg, 1 ast, 3 pts
team rebounds: 4
Totals: 28/66 fg (.424), 30/47 ft (.638), 45 reb, 17 ast, 4 blk, 14 stl, 28 pf, 90 pts
3-pt fg (4): Morgan, Pacitti, Lewis, Biberovic
Technical Foul: team (delay)
Fouled Out: Fernandez 0:13 left
Turnovers (23): Dubose 4, Morgan 4, Pacitti 3, Fernandez 3, Myles 2, Tollete, Lewis, Thomas, Clay, Davis, Johnson, Biberovic
Halftime Score: LA Trade Tech 42, Oxnard 37
Updated Records: LA Trade Tech (#2-South, #4-Calif) 2-0, Oxnard 0-3
