BURROUGHS TOURNAMENT: BURROUGHS CAPTURES TITLE BURROUGHS 64, GLENDALE 45.

Byline: Rich Hammond  Staff Writer

BURBANK - Gracie Coronado has a sore knee and Tulyah Gaines is recovering from a concussion, so the last thing Burroughs of Burbank girls' basketball coach Doug Nicol wanted to see was a physical game Saturday night against Glendale.

Glendale pushed around Burroughs for much of the game but only could slow the Indians, not stop them. Coronado and Gaines each scored 17 points as Burroughs won the championship of its own tournament 64-45.

The Indians led 23-4 late in the first quarter and never led by less than 11 points after that, but the game turned sloppy at times. Coronado picked up three fouls in the first half, and Glendale's scrappy defense forced Gaines into numerous mistakes.

``They took us out of our game, no question,'' Nicol said. ``We went into a lull, and they got more physical, and we stopped doing the things that make us successful.

``If Gracie hadn't been in foul trouble, she probably would have had 30 points.''

Burroughs won the game in the first quarter, as the Indians forced 12 turnovers and dominated inside with Coronado and the tenacious defense of Sara Larquier.

But Coronado picked up her third foul late in the quarter, and Glendale scored eight consecutive points to briefly get back in the game.

``I don't like ever taking Gracie out of the game,'' Nicol said. ``The other coaches say, `Don't you want to give Gracie a rest?' and I'm like, `No way.' I'd play her every minute if I could. That's how much she means to us.''

Burroughs led 34-17 at halftime, and Glendale never got closer than 12 points in the second half.

Arpi Babakhanian scored 13 points for the Nitros, who committed 28 turnovers and were in foul trouble throughout the game.

In the third-place game:

--Agoura 67, Westlake 46: The Chargers lost all but two points of a 22-point second-quarter lead but scored the last 19 points of the game to beat the Warriors in a Marmonte League preview matchup.

Agoura led 35-13 with a minute remaining in the first half but was outscored 28-8 from there as the Warriors pulled to 43-41 two minutes into the fourth quarter.

Westlake closed to 48-46 with 3:25 remaining but did not score again. A steal and layup by Nicole Cardona started the 19-point run.

Jennifer Schlinz scored a game-high 24 points, including 14 in the third quarter, to lead the Warriors, who were without two starters.

Megan Shy added 10 points and was named to the all-tournament team for Westlake, which started one senior, one junior, one sophomore and two freshmen.

The Chargers got scoring from nine different players and were led by Jamie Kogler with 16 points and Cardona with 12 points.

Agoura started with a strong post game, based around accurate cuts and passes around the basket, but led just 12-8 after six minutes.

The Chargers used a 12-1 run starting late in the first quarter to take control of the game.

Westlake went more than six minutes without a field goal, but Schlinz and Shy combined to lead the third-quarter run by the Warriors.

In the fifth-place game:

--North Hollywood 61, Monroe 49: Kaipresha Price scored a game-high 21 points as the Huskies used a 16-10 second quarter to open up the game.

Desiree Norihiro scored 17 points and Carrie Jones added 13 points to lead Monroe of North Hills.

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Fabiola Zavala of Burroughs tries to hold onto a rebound as Glendale's Meg Baghdasarian tries to strip the ball from her in Saturday's tournament.

John Lazar/Staff Photographer