PF Jessi Selleh had 21 pts, including 4 threes, and three other Pirates scored in double figures as host #5 Ventura (17-5, 3-0) overcame a huge game from PF Brittoni DeWitt of Allan Hancock (9-12, 1-1) and posted a 73-64 win Wednesday night in WSC-North action.
Allan Hancock led by as many as 11 points early on (at 18-7), thanks largely to DeWitt, and held a 21-11 lead before an 11-0 Ventura run put the Pirates ahead, 22-21, after a free throw by SG Sandy Perry with 5:18 left in the first half. Then the lead went back and forth until Perry scored on a lay-up to give Ventura a 31-30 lead and Selleh was fouled attempting a three with 9.8 seconds left in the first half. She made all three free throws to make it 34-30 at the break.
Ventura held the lead throughout the second half, but never really pulled away from Hancock. The Bulldogs trailed by just a point at 51-50 after DeWitt made her third 3-pointer of the half and still trailed by just 7 points at 62-55 after a three by SG Krista Sua.
But Hancock could never quite overcome the deficit either. And Ventura gradually got some breathing room, pushing the lead to 10 points at 62-52 with just over 5 minutes left after a basket by Ctr Veronica Williams. Hancock never got the margin below 7 points again.
In addition to Selleh, double-figure scorers for Ventura were SG Misty Alvarado, who had 11 pts, 7 rebs and 4 steals, PG Eja Wong, who had 10 pts and Williams, who had 10 pts and 6 rebs. Perry had just 5 pts but dished out a game-high 7 asts.
For Hancock, DeWitt was just outstanding with 34 pts, 17 rebs and 3 asts. Sua added 10 pts and 4 asts while PG Crystal Silva came off the bench to score 9 pts while dishing out 6 asts and grabbing 3 steals. But Hancock was done in by turnovers - 27 of them compared to just 13 for Ventura - and fouls - 24 of them which led to 21 Pirate points from the free throw line compared to just 5 for Hancock.
box score
Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 7:30 pm
at the Ventura College Athletic Event Center
WSC-North
Allan Hancock 64:
10-Crystal Garcia, PG - 0/2 fg, 2 reb, 1 ast, 5 pf, 0 pts
20-Krista Sua, SG - 4/8 fg, 3 reb, 4 ast, 3 pf, 10 pts
23-Devree Decker, SF - 0/5 fg, 1 ast, 1 stl, 1 pf, 0 pts
32-Brittoni DeWitt, PF - 13/20 fg, 4/5 ft, 17 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl, 3 pf, 34 pts
34-Louise Madrigal, C - 2/10 fg, 1/3 ft, 11 reb, 3 ast, 5 blk, 4 pf, 5 pts
24-Crystal Silva, G - 4/5 fg, 2 reb, 6 ast, 3 stl, 4 pf, 9 pts
25-Irene Maldonado, F - 2/6 fg, 0/2 ft, 1 reb, 3 ast, 1 pf, 6 pts
33-Katie Rucks, C - 0/1 fg, 1 reb, 1 ast, 2 pf, 0 pts
22-Hollyann Deparini, G - 2 reb, 1 ast, 0 pts
11-Nicole Crososto, G - 1 pf, 0 pts
team rebounds: 5
Totals: 25/57 fg (.439), 5/10 ft (.500), 44 reb, 23 ast, 5 blk, 5 stl, 24 pf, 64 pts
3-pt fg (9): DeWitt 4, Sua 2, Maldonado 2, Silva
Fouled Out: Garcia 28.3 seconds left
Turnovers (27): DeWitt 8, Silva 5, Decker 4, Sua 3, Madrigal 3, Deparini 2, Garcia, Maldonado
Ventura Pirates 73:
00-Veronica Williams, C - 5/11 fg, 0/3 ft, 6 reb, 2 ast, 1 blk, 2 stl, 1 pf, 10 pts
2-Eja Wong, PG - 3/5 fg, 4/5 ft, 3 reb, 2 ast, 10 pts
3-Sandy Perry, SG - 2/12 fg, 1/2 ft, 6 reb, 7 ast, 1 pf, 5 pts
12-Jessi Selleh, PF - 6/13 fg, 5/6 ft, 3 reb, 1 ast, 21 pts
25-Sara Arciniega, SF - 0/2 fg, 1/3 ft, 2 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl, 5 pf, 1 pt
34-Robin Austin, C - 1/1 fg, 2 pts
24-Misty Alvarado, F - 3/7 fg, 5/7 ft, 7 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 4 stl, 3 pf, 11 pts
14-Lindsay Trout, G - 1/5 fg, 2/2 ft, 4 reb, 2 pf, 4 pts
23-Danielle Chupp, G - 2/5 fg, 3/3 ft, 3 reb, 3 stl, 3 pf, 7 pts
20-Michelle Jameson, F - 1/4 fg, 2 ast, 3 stl, 2 pts
team rebounds: 3
Totals: 24/65 fg (.369), 21/31 ft (.677), 37 reb, 17 ast, 2 blk, 14 stl, 15 pf, 73 pts
3-pt fg (4): Sellah 4
Fouled Out: Arciniega 6:46 left
Turnovers (13): Wong 4, Williams 3, Alvarado 2, Perry, Sellah, Chupp, Jameson
Halftime Score: Ventura 34, Allan Hancock 30
Updated Records: Ventura (#5-South, #11-Calif) 17-5, 3-0 in WSC-N; Allan Hancock 9-12, 1-1 in WSC-N
