DeJwan Walker, Kevin Cabrera and Tyler Williams each scored 17 pts as LA Valley rallied from an early 13-point deficit to post its first win of the season Wednesday evening over visiting Oxnard at the Monarch Sports Pavilion in Valley Glen.
LA Valley (1-2) fell behind early as Oxnard scored first first 6 points of the game, took a 17-7 lead on a 3-pointer by Igli Pirgu and led, 22-9, midway through the first half.
Valley rallied to cut the margin to just 2 points to trail, 26-24, with just under 4 minutes left in the first half. But Oxnard (1-3) scored the game's next 7 points to lead, 33-24, and held a 33-27 advantage at the half.
The second half, however, was a different story entirely as the host Monarchs shot nearly 60% from the floor and scored 56 points to pull away for their first win of the season.
Cabrera gave Valley its first lead of the night when he converted a 3-point play with 14:17 left, making it 40-38. Dominick Alexander answered with a 3-point field goal for Oxnard to put the Condors back in front, 41-40, but then Valley went on a 10-0 run and led the rest of the way.
Elijah Kirkland-Cuffee capped the 10-0 run with a three-pointer that made it 50-41 with just under 12 minutes to play. The lead reached as many as 20 points after a 3-point play by Walker wth 6:13 left that made it 70-50, and Valley led by double figures the remainder of the game.
Walker finished with 17 pts, 9 rebs, a game-high 7 asts, 2 blocked shots and 3 steals. Cabrera had 17 pts, 5 rebs, 2 blocks and 5 steals. Williams came off the bench for 17 pts on 5-for-7 from the floor and 7-for-8 from the free throw line, and added 5 rebs, 4 asts and 2 steals. Kirkland-Cuffee had 13 pts, 7 rebs and 2 blocks.
For Oxnard, Alexander led all scorers with 22 pts, including 4 three-pointers, and he also had 7 rebs, 3 asts and 5 steals. Jakari McClain had 15 pts, 4 rebs, an assist, a block and 2 steals.
box score
Wednesday, November 16, 2016 - 6 pm
at the Monarch Sports Pavilion, Valley Glen
WSC Crossover Game
Oxnard Condors 69:
1-Dominick Alexander, PG - 9/17 fg, 0/1 ft, 7 reb, 3 ast, 5 stl, 2 pf, 22 pts
4-Justin Coleman, PF - 0/1 fg, 1 reb, 1 ast, 1 pf, 0 pts
10-Igli Pirgu, SG - 1/4 fg, 1 reb, 1 stl, 3 pf, 3 pts
24-Gabriel Lemon, C - 2/7 fg, 1/2 ft, 6 reb, 2 ast, 2 pf, 5 pts
44-Jakari McClain, SF - 4/17 fg, 5/6 ft, 4 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 2 stl, 4 pf, 15 pts
20-Kivaris Myricks, G - 2/5 fg, 3 ast, 3 stl, 2 pf, 4 pts
21-Malcolm Gordon, F - 2/4 fg, 1/1 ft, 2 reb, 1 blk, 1 pf, 5 pts
32-Lymiere Banks, G - 0/3 fg, 1 reb, 2 ast, 1 stl ,1 pf, 0 pts
34-Robert Aldridge, C - 0/3 fg, 1/4 ft, 4 reb, 1 blk, 1 pf, 1 pt
42-Carlos Gomez, F - 1/2 fg, 2 reb, 1 stl, 1 pf, 3 pts
2-Dayshone Henry, F - 2/3 fg, 4/10 ft, 4 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl, 1 pf, 8 pts
14-Devante Carr, F - 1/2 fg, 1/1 ft, 2 reb, 4 pf, 3 pts
11-Marques Russell, G - 0/2 fg, 1 reb, 1 ast, 1 pf, 0 pts
team rebounds: 7
Totals: 24/70 fg (.343), 13/25 ft (.520), 42 reb, 14 ast, 5 blk, 15 stl, 24 pf, 69 pts
3-pt fg (8): Alexander 4, McClain 2, Pirgu, Gomez
Turnovers (27): Alexander 8, Gomez 5, Myricks 3, McClain 2, Gordon 2, Aldridge 2, Carr 2, Banks, Henry, Russell
LA Valley Monarchs 83:
2-Elijah Kirkland-Cuffee, SF - 5/9 fg, 2/4 ft, 7 reb, 1 ast, 2 blk, 3 pf, 13 pts
4-Christian Boone, SG - 3/8 fg, 2/2 ft, 3 reb, 5 ast, 2 stl, 2 pf, 9 pts
5-DeJwan DJ Walker, PG - 6/13 fg, 4/5 ft, 9 reb, 7 ast, 2 blk, 3 stl, 4 pf, 17 pts
14-Kevin Cabrera, C - 6/15 fg, 4/9 fg, 5 reb, 1 ast, 2 blk, 5 stl, 3 pf, 17 pts
21-Frank Chavez, PF - 2/7 fg, 9 reb, 2 ast, 1 blk, 1 stl, 2 pf, 4 pts
12-Tyler Williams, G - 5/7 fg, 7/8 ft, 5 reb, 4 ast, 2 stl, 4 pf, 17 pts
23-Jhordanno Henriquez, F - 1/4 fg, 1/2 ft, 7 reb, 2 blk, 2 stl, 1 pf, 3 pts
10-Christian Morataya, G - 1/2 fg, 1 reb, 1 ast, 2 pts
20-Brian Cabagnot, G - 0/1 fg, 1/2 ft, 1 reb, 2 stl, 1 pt
team rebounds: 6
Totals: 29/66 fg (.439), 21/32 ft (.656), 53 reb, 21 ast, 9 blk, 17 stl, 18 pf, 83 pts
3-pt fg (4): Kirkland-Cuffee, Boone, Walker, Cabrera
Turnovers (27): Williams 7, Walker 5, Kirkland-Cuffee 4, Cabrera 3, Henriquez 3, Cabagnot 2, Boone, Chavez, team
Halftime Score: Oxnard 33, LA Valley 27
Updated Records: LA Valley 1-2, Oxnard 1-3
Oxnard scored the first 6 pts of the game and led 22-9 midway through the 2nd half.
LA Valley took its 1st lead at 40-38 with 14:17 left and took the lead for good a bit later at 43-41.
LA Valley led by as many as 20 pts (70-50) and shot 59% from the floor (20/34) in the 2nd half.
