Jessica Escalante had 21 points and Dos Pueblos overcame an awful shooting night on Thursday at the Gold Coast Tournament to hold on for a 49-45 girls basketball victory over Santa Ynez.
The Chargers (5-1) shot 14-for-54 from the field and 15-for-32 from the free-throw line in the game.
Dos Pueblos' Jasmine Mata attempts a running jump shot over Santa Ynez's Jasmine Mata
The Pirates came out strong and won the first quarter 18-12, but unfortunately lost standout guard Hailey King with three minutes to play in the period. King, who averages over 14 points per game, went down clutching her knee in agonizing pain.
“This is two nights in a row where we shot just rancid,” said coach Maynard Pilapil. “But Kristen Gowdy (12 points) played really big tonight and Escalante bailed us out with some big 3-pointers down the stretch.”
Pilapil said that Escalante has clearance to shoot at will whenever she gets an open look, and she did just that on the night, firing up 13 from long range. While she made only four, two of them came in the final nine minutes of the game.
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The Pirates focused in on Jasmine Mata, who scored 26 against Santa Ynez in the Chargers’ 5-point season-opening win two weeks ago, holding the sophomore to five points.
“It was the second time we’ve played them in a week-and-a-half, and it was the same kind of margin with a bunch of lead changes. It was pretty close throughout,” said Pilapil.
Dos Pueblos faces Agoura at 7 p.m. tomorrow.
CHAMINADE 55, SAN MARCOS 29
Vanessa Curiel had 13 points but the Royals were outmatched.
San Marcos' Kimmy Sanchez drives the lane against Chaminade
“The one thing I’ll say about my team is that I was proud of their hard work,” said coach Kristyn Miller. “For us, we could see the open player a lot but couldn’t take care of the ball well enough to get it there. That was the most frustrating part — we saw the good looks and we couldn’t take advantage of them.”
Annie Tarakchian and Erin Dautremont combined for 25 points for the Eagles, who had a 28-15 lead at the half. Tarakchian banked in a fastball from 45 feet away with six minutes remaining in the third quarter as the shot clock expired.
“Chaminade was tall and strong, and (Tarakchian) sure had a heck of an arm,” said Miller.
Kimmy Sanchez and Marissa Unzueta each scored six points for the Royals (4-2), who play Santa Ynez on Friday at 5:30 p.m.
AGOURA 76, SANTA BARBARA 43
It was an ugly one for the Dons, who went 17-of-54 from the field against an Agoura team that was rock solid all the way around.
Rebecca Griffin had 19 points but no other Don was in double-figures. The Chargers won the second quarter 33-10 and got 20 points from Carol Fisher and 19 from Kylie Cunningham.
“I take a big part of the blame because we weren’t prepared for their trapping defense. We obviously didn’t have any clue on how to handle it. They’re very good,” said coach Andrew Butcher.
There were some good little stretches for the Dons, however. Freshman Ivette Gil had a nice little crossover and bank shot midway through the fourth quarter, and after an Agoura miss on the next possession the Dons sent an outlet pass to Gil, who sent the ball down to Griffin for a nice lay-up. Tess Emerson then used her left hand to cross the paint and get an and-1 play.
The Dons (4-1) play Saugus at Rio Mesa High on Friday.
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