PF Alan Alston had 17 pts and 9 rebs, and PG Nick Giudice had 12 pts, 8 asts and 4 steals as Victor Valley (3-5) defeated Imperial Valley (2-4), 62-53, to capture the consolation championship of the Neil Edwards Classic tournament at Citrus College in Glendora.
Victor Valley pulled away late after Imperial Valley closed to within a point at 48-47 with under four minutes remaining. Imperial Valley still trailed by just a point at 50-49, but then Victor Valley went on an 11-2 spurt to take control of the game.
Early on, Imperial Valley took a 10-6 lead after 3-pointers by SG Vicente Valdez and SF Cliff Harrell. Victor Valley rallied and took a lead, pushing the margin to as many as 8 points at 23-15 after a 3-pointer by PG Randy Oronoz and a lay-up by SF Vincent Turner on a feed from Oronoz.
Imperial Valley scored the next 8 points to tie the score at 23, and the lead went back and forth the rest of the half until Victor Valley emerged with a 29-26 lead at the break after a basket by Alston in the final seconds of the half.
Victor Valley got a steal & basket from Giudice to make it 31-26 early in the second half, but Imperial Valley rallied to tie it once again, 33-33, after SF Isaac Waters hit a 3-pointer and then fed Ctr Josh Holmes for a basket.
Then Victor Valley went back into the lead, building a 46-37 advantage midway through the second half after a pair of threes by Giudice and a basket by SF Shaun Weeks on an assist Giudice. The Rams would hold that lead the rest of the way.
Imperial Valley rallied to within a point at 48-47 and 50-49, but then Victor Valley pulled away for good. A basket by Alston on a pass from Giudice made it 56-49 with 1:05 left. Two free throws each by Oronoz and Giuduce in the final 48 seconds sealed the win.
Harrell led Imperial Valley with 16 pts on 7-of-9 from the floor. Waters had 13 pts plus 5 rebs, 2 asts and 3 steals.
Alston was named to the All-Tournament team.
One other note is that the game might have set a state record in that there were no fouls called on either team for the first 18:11 of the second half. Moments before, the VVC coaches had requested that the foul totals be put on the board since it read 0-0, seemingly not displaying the foul totals...but it was indeed showing them!
box score
Sunday, November 29, 2009 - 2 pm
Neil Edwards Classic @ Citrus College, Glendora
Consolation Championship
Victor Valley Rams 62:
1-Terrence Stewart, SG - 0/5 fg, 4 reb, 2 ast, 1 stl, 1 pf, 0 pts
2-Nick Giudice, PG - 4/7 fg, 2/2 ft, 3 reb, 8 ast, 4 stl, 1 pf, 12 pts
22-Eric Bailey, C - 3/8 fg, 4/6 ft, 7 reb, 2 stl, 1 pf, 10 pts
33-Vincent Turner, SF - 3/7 fg, 2 reb, 2 ast, 3 stl, 6 pts
34-Alan Alston, PF - 8/12 fg, 0/2 ft, 9 reb, 1 ast, 2 blk, 1 pf, 17 pts
24-Randy Oronoz, G - 1/4 fg, 3/4 ft, 1 reb, 6 ast, 2 pf, 6 pts
14-Shaun Weeks, F - 3/4 fg, 3 reb, 1 ast, 6 pts
10-Donald Fuselier, F - 1/5 fg, 3 reb, 2 pf, 2 pts
21-Delroy Gibbs, G - 1/4 fg, 0/1 ft, 2 reb, 1 stl, 3 pts
3-Jacob Camacho, G - 0 pts
team rebounds: 3
Totals: 24/56 fg (.429), 9/15 ft (.600), 37 reb, 20 ast, 2 blk, 11 stl, 8 pf, 62 pts
3-pt fg (5): Giudice 2, Alston, Oronoz, Gibbs
Turnovers (12): Stewart 4, Alston 2, Weeks 2, Giudice, Bailey, Turner, Oronoz
Imperial Valley Arabs 53:
1-Vicente Valdez, SG - 2/7 fg, 1 reb, 1 stl, 6 pts
2-Josh Holmes, C - 4/5 fg, 5 reb, 1 blk, 1 stl, 2 pf, 8 pts
4-Jose Perez, PF - 0/3 fg, 3 reb, 1 stl, 2 pf, 0 pts
11-Isaac Waters, SF - 5/11 fg, 1/2 ft, 5 reb, 2 ast, 3 stl, 1 pf, 13 pts
24-Kelly Kaigler, PG - 4/11 fg, 0/1 ft, 7 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 3 pf, 8 pts
20-Eric Bland, G - 0/3 fg, 1 reb, 5 ast, 1 stl, 2 pf, 0 pts
21-Cliff Harrell, F - 7/9 fg, 1/2 ft, 3 reb, 1 ast, 4 pf, 16 pts
42-Ricky Calvin, C - 0/1 fg, 0/2 ft, 2 reb, 1 stl, 1 pf, 0 pts
23-Robert Ellis, G - 1/5 fg, 1 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl, 2 pf, 2 pts
3-Lee Walker, F - 2 reb, 0 pts
team rebounds: 2
Totals: 23/55 fg (.418), 2/7 ft (.286), 32 reb, 12 ast, 1 blk, 10 stl, 17 pf, 53 pts
3-pt fg (5): Valdez 2, Waters 2, Harrell
Intentional Foul: Holmes
Turnovers (18): Waters 4, Perez 3, Valdez 2, Holmes 2, Kaigler 2, Ellis 2, Bland, Harrell, Walker
Halftime Score: Victor Valley 29, Imperial Valley 26
Updated Records: Victor Valley 3-5, Imperial Valley 2-4
Alston (VVC) was named to the All-Tournament team
