Cougars crush Santa Barbara, 51-22

It was a Tuesday night to forget for the Santa Barbara girls basketball team, as the Dons’ offense was shut down in a 51-22 loss to Ventura. It was a season low in points and rebounds for the Dons.

“Basically they dominated us defensively… We’ll go back to the drawing board and hopefully have a good practice tomorrow,” said coach Andrew Butcher.

The Dons are now 16-7 overall and 2-3 in the Channel League. VENTURA 51, SANTA BARBARA 22

SANTA BARBARA — Blackwell 4, Crispin 6, Emerson 7, Pereyra 5. Totals 9 4-5 22.

VENTURA — Marsh 2, Frank 6, Fahan 19, Horwitz 4, Wilson 4, Pupa 7, Shank 2, Graham 5, Morgan 2. Totals 19 10-14 51.

Santa Barbara….2  7  4  9 — 22

Ventura…………18  9  17  7 — 51

3-point goals — V 3 (Frank 2, Pupa).

Total fouls — SB 11, V 12.

Team records — SB 16-7, 2-3; V 18-5, 6-0.