BELL-JEFF TOURNAMENT: MOORPARK'S DEFENSE SETS TEMPO.Byline: Bryan Bryan, city (1990 pop. 55,002), seat of Brazos co., E central Tex.; inc. 1872. Settled in the early 19th cent. in an area of large plantations, Bryan was long a cotton center. Schackmann Special to the Daily News A tenacious te·na·cious adj. 1. Clinging to another object or surface; adhesive. 2. Holding together firmly; cohesive. tenacious viscid; adhesive. Moorpark defense moved the Musketeers girls' basketball team one step closer to the championship of the Bell-Jeff tournament Friday in a 46-37 semifinal win over Perris of Riverside County. The first quarter set the tome for the game. Moorpark (8-2) used a full- court pressure defense to force eight turnovers and by double-teaming Perris center Shannon Hobson, held her scoreless while opening a nine-point lead. Perris (9-2) responded in the second half with Hobson scoring 12 points. But the Panthers never got closer than five points. Moorpark and Santa Paula Santa Paula (săn`tə pôl`ə), city (1990 pop. 25,062), Ventura co., S Calif., on the Santa Clara River in a fertile valley that yields citrus fruits, avocados, vegetables, flowers, nursery products, and walnuts; laid out 1875, inc. will play for the championship tonight at 7:30 p.m. Santa Paula defeated host Bell-Jeff 62-58 in the other semifinal. The difference for the Musketeers was the quickness and scoring ability of guards Emily Williams
Emily Williams (born October 8, 1984 in New Zealand) is a singer who was the runner-up in the 2005 season of Australian Idol and a member of the band Young Divas. , Natalia Worth and Libby Cantwell. Between them, they combined for 23 points. Moorpark forced 22 Perris turnovers. Kristin Nadas scored 15 points and grabbed seven rebounds for Moorpark. Hobson finished with 16 points, Kim Wallace Wal·lace , Alfred Russel 1823-1913. British naturalist who developed a concept of evolution that paralleled the work of Charles Darwin. had nine points and five assists and Samantha Thomas Samantha Thomas is a fictional character from the TV series Baywatch from series 7. She was a captain and had an elevated position at Baywatch headquarters. She was played by Nancy Valen from 1989 to 1997. scored seven points for Perris. --Santa Paula 62, Bell-Jeff 58: Sara Ruiz made four free throws at the end of the game to seal the victory for Santa Paula. Bell-Jeff started the game with a 12-0 run but ran into problems when Santa Paula began pressing. The Cardinals went on a 12-0 run of their own at the start of the second quarter. A 3-pointer by Janae Peoples as time expired ex·pire v. ex·pired, ex·pir·ing, ex·pires v.intr. 1. To come to an end; terminate: My membership in the club has expired. 2. gave Bell-Jeff a 36-35 halftime advantage. Santa Paula's defense forced 28 Bell-Jeff turnovers. Ruiz finished with 34 points and Carla Berumen had 12 for the Cardinals. Ana Coronado had 34 points, 11 rebounds and eight blocks for the Guards of Burbank (6-6), who will meet Perris at today 6 p.m. for third place. --Hoover 53, Immaculate Heart Immaculate Heart may refer to:
Hoover outrebounded Immaculate Heart 36-11. Angie Bagramyan led the way with 12 boards. In the second quarter Hoover opened up a one-point game by outscoring Immaculate Heart 19-7 thanks to eight points from Arsineh Eskandari. She finished with 10 points. Xiamora Ramos and Bagramyan scored 12 points each and Margaret Garcia had five assists for Hoover, which is 2-1 in the tournament. Ashley Hart scored 11 points for Immaculate Heart. --Glendale 48, La Canada 47: Anika Hatunian's free throw with 11 seconds left in overtime lifted Glendale (7-8) to the consolation-game victory. After the free throw, Lauren Guza was fouled but missed her attempt. Hatunian, who had 12 points, made two free throws to force the overtime. Abijeh Abed and Anasheh Babakhanian had 10 points each for Glendale. Guza had 11 points and Kim Gilmour 12 for La Canada (5-8). --Marlborough 78, El Segundo El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and 68: Shana Zaidi scored 39 points to lead Marlborough (6-7) to a consolation-bracket victory despite 39 points from Kelly Geis of El Segundo. |
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