Ahkiah Hunter scored 23 points and Whitney Ligon added 15 plus 6 steals as host Santa Ana (15-12, 6-5) easily outpaced Saddleback (4-23, 1-10) in Orange Empire Conference action Wednesday night.
Saddleback kept it close early, leading 14-12 at one point, but then Santa Ana tied it up at 15 and built the lead to 10 by halftime. Then the Dons scored the first four points of the second half, and were never headed.
Santa Ana's other double-digit scorer was Diane Redfox, who came off the bench to score 11 points. And Santa Ana got big games from two other reserves: Cassandra Power had 6 pts and a game-high 8 boards, while Amanda Scott had 7 pts and dished out a team-high 4 asts.
For Saddleback, Christina Banks led the way with 13 points. Sherone Edwards added 11.
box score
Wednesday, February 8, 2006 - 5:30 pm
at Santa Ana College
Orange Empire Conference
Saddleback Gauchos 48:
2-Yuma Nishigaki, SG - 2/6 fg, 2/2 ft, 5 reb, 4 ast, 1 stl, 1 pf, 6 pts
3-Christina Banks, PG - 5/9 fg, 2/2 ft, 4 reb, 2 ast, 5 pf, 13 pts
4-Jessica Walker, SF - 4/9 fg, 1/2 ft, 1 reb, 2 ast, 9 pts
21-Sherona Edwards, C - 5/11 fg, 1/3 ft, 5 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 1 stl, 4 pf, 11 pts
32-Erin De La Torre, PF - 0/4 fg, 5 reb, 3 ast, 1 blk, 2 pf, 0 pts
23-Tristi St. Pierre, F - 1/4 fg, 4 reb, 3 pf, 2 pts
25-Jacqueline Martin, F - 3/7 fg, 1/2 ft, 4 reb, 1 stl, 1 pf, 7 pts
team rebounds: 4
Totals: 20/50 fg (.400), 7/11 ft (.636), 32 reb, 12 ast, 2 blk, 3 stl, 16 pf, 48 pts
3-pt fg (1): Banks
Fouled Out: Banks 3:36 left
Turnovers (28): Banks 11, Nishigaki 4, Walker 4, Edwards 4, De La Torre 4, St. Pierre
Santa Ana Dons 73:
11-Naima Tanielu, PG - 0/1 fg, 1/4 ft, 3 reb, 2 ast, 1 stl, 2 pf, 1 pt
12-Whitney Ligon, SF - 5/13 fg, 4/5 ft, 4 reb, 2 ast, 6 stl, 3 pf, 15 pts
22-Ahkiah Hunter, SG - 8/20 fg, 5/6 ft, 4 reb, 3 ast, 2 stl, 3 pf, 23 pts
31-Tanesha Whittle, PF - 0/2 fg, 4 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl, 1 pf, 0 pts
32-Aubrey Duran, C - 3/5 fg, 1/1 ft, 6 reb, 2 stl, 3 pf, 7 pts
15-Cassandra Power, C - 2/3 fg, 2/2 ft, 8 reb, 1 stl, 2 pf, 6 pts
10-Melissa Alves, F - 1/3 fg, 4 reb, 2 ast, 1 stl, 3 pts
25-Amanda Scott, G - 2/4 fg, 2/4 ft, 4 ast, 3 stl, 7 pts
3-Diane Redfox, F - 5/12 fg, 5 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl, 3 pf, 11 pts
43-Daniela Ramirez, G - 0/2 fg, 1 reb, 1 ast, 0 pts
team rebounds: 4
Totals: 26/65 fg (.400), 15/22 ft (.682), 43 reb, 20 ast, 0 blk, 18 stl, 17 pf, 73 pts
3-pt fg (6): Hunter 2, Ligon, Alves, Scott, Redfox
Turnovers (19): Duran 4, Ligon 3, Hunter 3, Alves 3, Tanielu 2, Scott 2, Power, Redfox
Halftime Score: Santa Ana 33, Saddleback 23
Updated Records: Santa Ana 15-12, 6-5 in OEC; Saddleback 4-23, 1-10 in OEC
