SG Darryl Wong had 18 pts and 3 asts to lead a hot-shooting #12 Foothill squad to a 73-60 win over #10 Monterey Peninsula despite an outstanding performance by Ctr Andrew Young of the Lobos Monday night in the season opener for both teams.
Wong made 3 threes and 7 of 10 shots from the floor of the night, and Foothill shot 49% with 9 threes from six different players. Seven of those 3-pointers came in the first half, during which Foothill built an 11-point lead. MPC never got the lead below seven points in the second half.
MPC started out well, jumping out to an 11-3 lead in the game's first few minutes. But Foothill rallied to tie the score at 13, and took its first lead on a 3-pointer by Wong moments later that capped a 13-2 Owl run.
The lead went back and forth the next few minutes but Foothill started to pull away late in the half. A driving lay-up by Wong made it 29-21, and a basket by Ctr Brett McConnell pushed the lead to nine at 31-22. A driving lay-up by Wong in the final minute of the half made it 39-28 at the break.
Another McConnell basket pushed Foothill's lead to 13 in the opening seconds of the second half, and the Owls led by as many as 15 points at 48-33 after a basket by PF Dave Fullenwiley.
Monterey Peninsula battled back to cut the deficit to seven points at 55-48 after two free throws by SF Adam Myren with 8:41 left, and trailed by seven again after a 3-pointer by Myren with 3:43 to go, but never got any closer.
Foothill pulled away down the stretch, finishing the game with a 7-1 spurt in the last three minutes. Another basket by McConnell made it 68-59, and a 3-point play by Wong made it 71-59 with 2:21 left. A lay-up by Wong with just under a minute to go made it 73-60 and closed out the scoring.
Wong had his team-high 18 pts and 3 asts, and McConnell had 10 pts and a team-high 6 rebs before fouling out late in the game. SG Suhail Mohammadi came off the bench for 13 pts and 5 asts. Overall, Foothill shot 49% from the floor with 9 3-pointers and just 8 turnovers.
For Monterey Peninsula, Young led the way with game-highs of 35 pts and 14 rebs, more than twice as many rebounds as any other player in the game. PF Shayne Perryman added 11 pts including 3 threes, but no other MPC player scored more than 5 points. PG Conor Byrne had just 2 pts but dished out a game-high 7 asts.
box score
Monday, November 7, 2011 - 5 pm
at Foothill College, Los Altos Hills
Coast Conference - crossover game
Monterey Peninsula Lobos 60:
1-Jai Bransford, SF - 0/4 fg, 2/2 ft, 3 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl, 3 pf, 2 pts
2-Conor Byrne, PG - 0/2 fg, 2/2 ft, 2 reb, 7 ast, 2 stl, 4 pf, 2 pts
4-Andrew Young, C - 12/22 fg, 11/17 ft, 14 reb, 1 blk, 35 pts
5-Shayne Perryman, PF - 3/7 fg, 2/2 ft, 3 reb, 1 ast, 11 pts
11-Eric Swift, SG - 1/6 fg, 2/4 ft, 5 reb, 1 blk, 3 pf, 4 pts
10-Adam Myren, F - 1/1 fg, 2/2 ft, 2 reb, 1 ast, 1 pf, 5 pts
23-Zen Maki, G - 0/1 fg, 1 reb, 2 blk, 1 pf, 0 pts
32-Donovan Salvant, F - 0/4 fg, 0/1 ft, 1 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl, 0 pts
55-Jarred White, G - 0/2 fg, 1 reb, 0 pts
3-Niccolo Bongionni, F - 1/2 ft, 1 pf, 1 pt
team rebounds: 5
Totals: 17/49 fg (.347), 22/32 ft (.688), 37 reb, 14 ast, 4 blk, 5 stl, 13 pf, 60 pts
3-pt fg (4): Perryman 3, Myren
Intentional Foul: Swift
Turnovers (11): Perryman 3, Bransford 2, Byrne 2, Young 2, Swift 2
Foothill Owls 73:
3-Ben Neves, PG - 2/5 fg, 3 reb, 2 ast, 1 stl, 4 pf, 5 pts
10-Darryl Wong, SG - 7/10 fg, 1/1 ft, 3 reb, 3 ast, 18 pts
12-James Weimer, SF - 1/3 fg, 1 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl, 1 pf, 3 pts
32-Brett McConnell, C - 5/7 fg, 6 reb, 2 stl, 5 pf, 10 pts
33-Jimmy Renneke, PF - 2/6 fg, 1 reb, 1 ast, 2 pf, 5 pts
5-Ryan Cali, G - 1/1 fg, 2 ast, 1 pf, 3 pts
11-Suhail Mohammadi, G - 4/9 fg, 3/5 ft, 2 reb, 5 ast, 1 pf, 13 pts
34-Dave Fullenwiley, F - 3/6 fg, 2/2 ft, 4 reb, 2 ast, 4 pf, 8 pts
00-Thanos Thodos, C - 2/4 fg, 5 reb, 3 blk, 1 stl, 4 pf, 4 pts
22-Momir Gotaric, F - 1/4 fg, 2/2 ft, 2 reb, 1 ast, 1 pf, 4 pts
44-Kirby Johnston, C - 0/2 fg, 1 reb, 1 ast, 1 pf, 0 pts
4-Spencer Britschki, G - 1 pf, 0 pts
team rebounds: 2
Totals: 28/57 fg (.491), 8/10 ft (.800), 32 reb, 20 ast, 3 blk, 5 stl, 26 pf, 73 pts
3-pt fg (9): Wong 3, Mohammadi 2, Neves, Weimer, Renneke, Cali
Technical Foul: team (warm-up violation)
Fouled Out: McConnell 1:28 left
Turnovers (8): Mohammadi 2, Thodos 2, Neves, McConnell, Fullenwiley, Gataric
Halftime Score: Foothill 39, Monterey Peninsula 28
Updated Records: Foothill (#12-North) 1-0, Monterey Peninsula (#10-North, #20-Calif) 0-1
MPC led 11-3 early on. It was last tied midway through the first half. MPC got within 7 a couple of times in the 2nd half including at 66-59 with 3:43 left but then Foothill finished the game with a 7-1 spurt to pull away.
