Angelica Sahagun had 25 points and Jazzmyn Davis had 19 as College of the Canyons rallied from an 18-point halftime deficit to beat Santa Monica, 80-75, Wednesday night in Santa Clarita.
Canyons (12-10, 2-3) started out well enough, building a 19-12 lead midway through the first half. But then Santa Monica got three 3-pointers from Micaela Whalen to take a 21-19 lead.
Santa Monica (7-13, 1-3) finished the first half with an 18-2 run to lead by 18 points at 45-27 at the break. Jasmyn White and Trayona Thomas each hit 3-pointers in the final two minutes to highlight the run.
Canyons erased most of the deficit in the first seven minutes, cutting the margin to a single point after a 3-pointer by Bev Weaver with 13:10 left, but failed to pull even. Two baskets by Katt Johnson restored order for Santa Monica, which continued to hold a narrow lead for the next few minutes.
Canyons finally took a lead when Weaver hit another 3-pointer to give the home team a 64-63 lead. Then Sahagun scored off a pass from Davis after a steal to make it 66-63 wiith 6:23 left. A pair of free throws by Amanda Ajdari pushed Canyons' lead to five at 68-63 with 5:36 left.
Santa Monica never caught up after that, but cut the deficit back to three points on a lay-up by Johnson that made it 73-70. Sahagun scored on a lay-up with 25 seconds left and split two free throws to make it 76-70, but Johnson hit a 3-pointer for Santa Monica to make it 76-73 with 9 seconds left.
Then Ajdari scored on an outlet pass from Davis to make it 78-73 to seemingly clinch the win for Canyons. But Cherifa Chatti scored on an outlet pass from Johnson moments later to make it 78-75. Two free throws by Ajdari with one second left finally sealed the deal for Canyons, making it 80-75.
Sahagun led all scorers with 25 points, and Davis had a huge game with 19 points, 15 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals for Canyons. Ajdari had 12 points and a game-high 7 assists. Hope Smith had a huge game off the bench with 6 pts, 10 rebs, 3 asts and 3 blocked shots.
For Santa Monica, Johnson led the way with 23 pts, 11 rebs, 4 asts, 2 blocks and 7 steals while attempting a mind-boggling total of 38 shots. Thomas had 16 points and a team-high 12 rebounds. White had 15 pts and 3 asts before fouling out with 18 seconds left. Whalen had 12 points, all on 3-pointers and all in the first half.
box score
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 5 pm
at College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita
WSC-South - Women
Santa Monica 75:
2-Katt Johnson, PF - 11/38 fg, 11 reb, 4 ast, 2 blk, 7 stl, 3 pf, 23 pts
5-Hattaya Viriyanont, SG - 0/1 fg, 1 reb, 1 stl, 2 pf, 0 pts
10-Trayona Thomas, SF - 5/15 fg, 5/6 ft, 12 reb, 1 ast, 4 blk, 4 pf, 16 pts
20-Clinae Trainor, C - 0/1 fg, 4 reb, 1 stl, 3 pf, 0 pts
24-Jasmyn White, PG - 5/7 fg, 3/5 ft, 2 reb, 3 ast, 5 pf, 15 pts
4-Kim Alvarez, G - 0/2 fg, 1/2 ft, 5 ast, 2 stl, 1 pf, 1 pt
25-Micaela Whalen, G - 4/8 fg, 6 reb, 2 pf, 12 pts
14-Christina Cazares, F - 1/4 fg, 2/2 ft, 7 reb, 3 pf, 4 pts
3-Cherifa Chatti, F - 2/5 fg, 1 reb, 2 pf, 4 pts
23-Rayven Mervin, G - 1 reb, 0 pts
32-Alexis Cornejo, C - 0/1 fg, 1 reb, 0 pts
team rebounds: 11
Totals: 28/82 fg (.341), 11/15 ft (.733), 57 reb, 13 ast, 6 blk, 11 stl, 25 pf, 75 pts
3-pt fg (8): Whalen 4, White 2, Johnson, Thomas
Fouled Out: White 18 seconds left
Turnovers (24): White 9, Thomas 4, Johnson 2, Alvarez 2, Chatti 2, Viriyanont, Trainor, Whalen, Cornejo, team
Canyons 80:
5-Amanda Ajdari, PG - 2/6 fg, 8/9 ft, 2 reb, 7 ast, 2 stl, 1 pf, 12 pts
22-Kiara Gamble, SF - 3/10 fg, 0/2 ft, 5 reb, 7 pts
23-Angelica Sahagun, SG - 10/22 fg, 5/9 ft, 3 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl, 25 pts
25-Delisa Chapman, C - 0/1 fg, 5 reb, 3 ast, 4 blk, 2 stl, 5 pf, 0 pts
32-Jazzmyn Davis, PF - 6/15 fg, 7/10 ft, 15 reb, 6 ast, 2 stl, 3 pf, 19 pts
45-Hope Smith, C - 3/4 fg, 0/1 ft, 10 reb, 3 ast, 3 blk, 3 pf, 6 pts
43-Casey Scheller, F - 0/1 fg, 1 reb, 2 ast, 1 pf, 0 pts
24-Leilani Young, G - 1/3 fg, 3 pts
4-Bev Weaver, G - 3/8 fg, 1 reb, 3 stl, 8 pts
team rebounds: 4
Totals: 28/70 fg (.400), 20/31 ft (.645), 46 reb, 22 ast, 7 blk, 11 stl, 13 pf, 80 pts
3-pt fg (4): Weaver 2, Gamble, Young
Fouled Out: Chapman 5:15 left
Turnovers (21): Ajdari 9, Sahagun 4, Chapman 3, Weaver 2, Gamble, Smith, Scheller
Halftime Score: Santa Monica 45, Canyons 27
Updated Records: Canyons 12-10, 2-3 in WSC-South; Santa Monica 7-13, 1-3 in WSC-South
Canyons led by 7 at 19-12. Santa Monica got 3 threes from Whalen to take a 21-12 lead, and finished the half with an 18-2 run to lead by 17 at the break. Canyons cut the deficit to a point with 13:10 left but didn't take a second-half lead until Weaver's 3-pointer with just under 7 minutes left. It was a 3-point game but Ajdari made 2 FTs with 1 second left to clinch the win for Canyons.