Morgan Mason scored 22 points to lead #1 Mt. San Antonio to a wire-to-wire win over #17 LA Pierce in a regional quarterfinal game Saturday night in Walnut to run Mt. SAC's record to a perfect 30-0.
Mt. San Antonio (30-0) jumped out to an early 19-4 lead. LA Pierce (17-13), which advanced to this game with a 63-55 win over Riverside on Wednesday, rallied with a 9-0 run to get within six points at 19-13 midway through the first half.
But then Mt. San Antonio went on a 19-0 run, which included a half-hour delay due to an injury to Pierce's Zenith Hernandez. She was injured in a collision under the basket, and stayed on the floor until EMS arrived and took her away on a stretcher.
Mt. SAC held a 38-13 lead after the run, and led, 38-17, at halftime.
Pierce cut the deficit to 19 points a couple of times early in the second half, but never really threatened to end Mt. SAC's unbeaten streak. Mt. SAC stretched the lead past 30 points on a 3-pointer by Bobbi Hawkins that made it 63-32 with just over 8 minutes left.
Mason led all scorers with 22 pts and added 7 rebs, 3 asts and 3 steals. Leticia Galarza had 12 pts, 5 rebs and 5 asts. Tatianna Parish added 10 pts off the bench, and Ashley Burchfield had 9 pts and a game-high 14 rebs.
Kameron Jones led Pierce with 19 pts and added 6 rebs and 5 blocked shots. Gasla Sarkis had 9 pts, 8 rebs, 3 asts, 4 blocks and 3 steals. Nichelae Henderson had 6 pts and a game-high 7 steals. But Pierce committed 35 turnovers for the game.
With the win, Mt. SAC stays unbeaten and advances to the next round against a very strong Long Beach City team that drew a #8 seed despite a 23-4 record.
box score
Saturday, March 2, 2013 - 7:30 pm
at Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut
Playoffs - Regional Quarterfinals - Women
LA Pierce 49:
3-Zenith Hernandez, PG - 1/2 fg, 1 reb, 2 pf, 2 pts
13-Joy Hubbard, SF - 0/5 fg, 1/2 ft, 5 reb, 3 ast, 5 pf, 1 pt
14-Gasia Sarkis, PF - 2/6 fg, 5/8 ft, 8 reb, 3 ast, 4 blk, 3 stl, 4 pf, 9 pts
21-Nichelae Henderson, SG - 3/12 fg, 0/2 ft, 1 reb, 2 ast, 7 stl, 4 pf, 6 pts
23-Kameron Jones, C - 6/11 fg, 7/8 ft, 6 reb, 1 ast, 5 blk, 2 pf, 19 pts
4-Kiarra Stegall, G - 0/3 fg, 2 reb, 3 pf, 0 pts
22-Brooke Kassel, G - 2/3 fg, 1 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 1 stl, 2 pf, 6 pts
2-Ciara Pacheoho, G - 2/4 fg, 2/2 ft, 1 reb, 1 ast, 4 stl, 1 pf, 6 pts
11-Andrea Luke, G - 0 pts
5-Jamesha Worthington, G - 0 pts
team rebounds: 9
Totals: 16/46 fg (.348), 15/22 ft (.682), 34 reb, 12 ast, 10 blk, 15 stl, 23 pf, 49 pts
3-pt fg (2): Kassel 2
Fouled Out: Hubbard 10:13 left
Turnovers (35): Hubbard 10, Henderson 6, Jones 4, Pacheoho 4, Hernandez 3, Sarkis 3, Stegall 3, Kessel 2
Mt. San Antonio 77:
11-Rachel Williams, PG - 1/3 fg, 0/1 ft, 3 reb, 5 ast, 6 stl, 3 pf, 2 pts
22-Leticia Galarza, SF - 4/12 fg, 2/3 ft, 5 reb, 5 ast, 1 stl, 1 pf, 12 pts
25-Morgan Mason, SG - 9/17 fg, 4/5 ft, 7 reb, 3 ast, 3 stl, 1 pf, 22 pts
32-Shawlina Segovia, PF - 2/10 fg, 2/4 ft, 9 reb, 2 ast, 2 blk, 5 stl, 4 pf, 6 pts
42-Ashley Burchfield, C - 2/13 fg, 5/6 ft, 14 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 3 stl, 4 pf, 9 pts
10-Tatianna Parish, F - 4/8 fg, 1/1 ft, 1 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 10 pts
24-Ashley Carter, G - 1/3 fg, 2/2 ft, 1 reb, 4 ast, 2 pf, 4 pts
3-Shaela Flynn, G - 1/3 fg, 1 ast, 1 stl, 2 pts
14-Satin Smith, C - 0/1 fg, 4 reb, 1 stl, 0 pts
21-Bobbi Hawkins, G - 2/6 fg, 1/2 ft, 1 pf, 6 pts
23-Sarah Beckman, F - 1/1 fg, 2/2 ft, 3 reb, 1 ast, 2 pf, 4 pts
31-Bria Parrish, F - 0/1 fg, 0 pts
team rebounds: 8
Totals: 27/78 fg (.346), 19/26 ft (.731), 55 reb, 23 ast, 3 blk, 21 stl, 18 pf, 77 pts
3-pt fg (4): Galarza 2, Parish, Hawkins
Turnovers (24): Hawkins 4, Mason 3, Segovia 3, Williams 2, Galarza 2, Parish 2, Carter 2, Beckman 2, Burchfield, Flynn, Parrish, team
Halftime Score: Mt. San Antonio 38, LA Pierce 17
Updated Records: Mt. San Antonio (#1-seed) 30-0, LA Pierce (#17-seed) 17-13
Mt. SAC jumped out to a 19-4 lead. Pierce went on a 9-0 run to get within 6 at 19-13.
Then Mt. SAC went on a 19-0 run to lead 32-13 and led by at least 19 the rest of the way.
Hernandez (LAPC) was injured in a collision under the basket with 2:36 left in the 1st half and was taken away by EMS.
