Carpinteria’s girls basketball team oiled its pistons on Thursday night, getting ready for Bishop Diego with a 55-22 Frontier League victory over Grace Brethren.
Amanda Burch led all scorers with 19 points and Caitlin Wallace contributed 17.
“It was a good tune up for nest week’s league game against Bishop,” said Warriors head coach Dan Mercer, citing the opportunity to get a lot of players minutes on Thursday.
Kelci Jones recorded a season-high six points and nine rebounds. Jenny Leonard also posted six points and had six rebounds. Shelby Dunlap pulled down a team-high 10 rebounds and Sierra Freeman dished out five assists.
“So a lot of the role players got some huge minutes for us,” Mercer said.
The Warriors improve to 10-7 heading into Tuesday’s game with the Cardinals.
CARPINTERIA 55, GRACE BRETHREN 22
GRACE BRETHREN – Garcia 13, Gourley 2, To 5, Fritz 2. Totals – 9 FG, 1-2 FT, 22.
CARPINTERIA – Leonard 6, Deleon 2, Wallace 17, Dunlap 2, Burch 19, Jones 6, Hipple 1, Freeman 2. Totals – 22 FG, 5-6 FT,
Grace Brethren 2 9 5 6 – 22
Carpinteria 21 10 16 8 – 55
3-ptrs – GB 1 (To), C 2, (Wallace, Burch). Total Fouls GB 9, C 4.
Record 10-7, 2-2 FL, GB 0-4 FL
