Juliet Masei scored 16 points and host Antelope Valley (11-7) held Victor Valley (6-10, 0-2) scoreless for nearly the last 5 minutes of the game to win its Foothill Conference opener Wednesday night in Lancaster.
Masei scored 12 points in the first half to help AVC take a 39-29 halftime lead, and the Marauders opened a 15-point lead at 47-32 early in the second half.
But then Victor Valley rallied to close the gap to just 6 points after a free throw and then a short jumper by Elise Daughton. That made it 52-46 with just under 5 minutes to play.
However, those would be the final points for Victor Valley. And Antelope Valley gradually extended the lead back into double digits on a basket by Jennifer Lee and a pair of free throws by Silva Duarte-Ayala. A free throw by Kelli Edwards-Valentine with 14.7 seconds left finished the scoring for AVC.
For AVC, Masei had 3 threes en route to her team-high 16 pts. Ctr Angela Conde had a strong all-around game with 11 pts, 8 rebs, 4 blocks and 5 steals. Edwards-Valentine had 8 pts and a team-high 11 rebs.
For VVC, Veronica Rand sank 4 threes and finished with a game-high 18 pts. PG Olga Esparza had 10 pts and 4 steals. And PF Valerie Delgado had 9 pts and a game-high 17 rebs for the Rams.
box score
Wednesday, January 4, 2006 - 5 pm
at Marauder Gym, Lancaster
Foothill Conference - women
Victor Valley 46:
11-Elise Daughton, SG - 3/12 fg, 1/6 ft, 9 reb, 5 ast, 1 stl, 7 pts
20-Valerie Delgado, PF - 2/13 fg, 5/8 ft, 17 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl, 9 pts
21-Veronica Rand, SF - 7/16 fg, 5 reb, 1 ast, 18 pts
23-Olga Esparza, PG - 3/16 fg, 2/2 ft, 2 reb, 2 ast, 2 blk, 4 stl, 10 pts
50-Cisela Arreola, C - 0/1 fg, 2 reb, 1 ast, 0 pts
25-Jessica Dillman, C - 1/3 fg, 5 reb, 2 blk, 2 pts
5-Mallory Sutliff, G - 0/1 fg, 1 reb, 0 pts
team rebounds: 6
Totals: 16/62 fg (.258), 8/16 ft (.500), 47 reb, 12 ast, 4 blk, 6 stl, 46 pts
3-pt fg (6): Rand 4, Esparza 2
Turnovers (26): Esparza 9, Daughton 6, Rand 6, Dillman 3, Delgado 2
Antelope Valley 57:
10-Angela Conde, C - 5/12 fg, 1/3 ft, 8 reb, 1 ast, 4 blk, 5 stl, 11 pts
24-Jennifer Lee, PG - 2/5 fg, 4 reb, 4 ast, 1 stl, 5 pts
31-Juliet Masei, SF - 6/15 fg, 1/3 ft, 5 reb, 1 blk, 16 pts
32-Kelli Edwards-Valentine, PF - 3/10 fg, 2/8 ft, 11 reb, 3 ast, 1 blk, 1 stl, 8 pts
35-Silvia Duarte-Ayala, SG - 1/5 fg, 3/4 ft, 2 reb, 4 ast, 5 pts
12-Sade Bunch, G - 3/10 fg, 9 reb, 2 stl, 7 pts
42-Andrea Houston, F - 2/7 fg, 1/4 ft, 8 reb, 1 ast, 3 blk, 1 stl, 5 pts
30-Jamie Jones, F - 0/2 fg, 0 pts
44-Randi Holland, C - 1 reb, 1 stl, 0 pts
25-Jessica Winn, F - 0/1 fg, 0 pts
team rebounds: 5
Totals: 22/67 fg (.328), 8/22 ft (.364), 53 reb, 13 ast, 9 blk, 11 stl, 57 pts
3-pt fg (5): Masei 3, Lee, Bunch
Intentional Foul: Masei
Turnovers (21): Lee 5, Bunch 5, Conde 3, Edwards-Valentine 3, Duarte-Ayala 2, Houston 2, Masei
Halftime Score: Antelope Valley 39, Victor Valley 29
Updated Records: Antelope Valley 11-7, 1-0 in conf; Victor Valley 6-10, 0-2 in conf
