DAY IN SPORTS: MONTCLAIR PREP GETS LIFT FROM FRESHMAN.Byline: Daily News Sean Brandon got his first win as Montclair Prep girls' basketball coach Thursday night, and the Buckley tournament got another eye-popping look at the Mounties' 14-year-old freshman sensation, Eshaya Murphy Eshaya "Shay" Murphy (born April 15 1985, in Canoga Park, California) is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx. Murphy attended college at USC and graduated in 2007. . Brandon wound up happy on both counts as 5-foot-11 guard-forward Murphy turned in a second straight impressive performance, totaling 27 points, 15 rebounds, 10 steals, four blocked shots and two assists while playing just three quarters of a 50-14 Mounties win over Oakwood. Murphy had 23 points and 19 rebounds in a season-opening Buckley tournament loss to Marymount on Wednesday, scoring 18 points in the first half. ``The girl is for R-E-A-L,'' Brandon said of Murphy, who he said runs a 4.5-second 40-yard dash, can bench-press 190 pounds and had hopes of playing junior varsity junior varsity n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. football this past season. ``She doesn't know how good she is.'' Jeannine Melendez added 15 points, eight rebounds and six steals for the Mounties (1-1), who play in the consolation final tonight. In other girls' basketball Thursday night: More backcourt power: Sophomore point guard Kaipresha Price, the latest in a long line of North Hollywood standouts at that position, scored a game-high 20 points to lead the Huskies past Littlerock 50-41 in pool play at the Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. tournament. Richelle Sherman of North Hollywood added 15 points and topped all players with 16 rebounds as the Huskies improved to 2-0 going into tonight's pool-play finale with host and No. 6-ranked Crescenta Valley. In other Crescenta Valley tournament games: Big night for Weatherspoon: Alexis Weatherspoon of Grant totaled 25 points and 12 rebounds as the Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. (1-1) got past La Canada 56-43. Leslie Mui added 16 points as Grant handed the Spartans (2-1) their first loss. In boys' basketball: Eagles, again: Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Christian, which advanced to the Southern Section Division V-A V-A abbr. ventriculoatrial championship game last season, opened its season with a display of depth as four players scored in double figures in a 75-18 nonleague win over Immanual Christian. Jamal Flannagan led the Eagles with 21 points, followed by John Cho 917), Peter Beaudin (15) and Matthew Nurse (10). Burbank-Hoover tournament: Crescenta Valley and Venice earned berths in tonight's title game, Venice getting a tournament-best 36-point effort from Dante Durham in an 83-63 win over Burroughs, and John Jenkins John Jenkins is a name shared by a number of notable individuals:
In other Burbank-Hoover tournament play, Gilbert Yousefian of Glendale raised his season scoring average to 24.7 with a game-high 26 points as the Dynamiters (1-2) defeated Eagle Rock 71-55. In men's JC basketball: Vaqueros stay hot: Glendale College continued its early-season success with a first-round win in the Bakersfield tournament, defeating Cuesta cuesta (kwĕs`tə), asymmetric ridge characterized by a short, steep escarpment on one side, and a long, gentle slope on the other. The steep side exposes the edge of erosion-resistant rock layers that form the cuestas. 79-65 to improve to 5-2. The Vaqueros, ranked No. 7 in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, and 13th in the state, got a team-high 15 points from 6-7 freshman Matt Moore in a balanced effort that produced nine points or more from six players. PRIME-TIME PLAYERS Boys' basketball Andrew Moore For other persons named Andrew Moore, see Andrew Moore (disambiguation). Andrew Moore (1752–April 14, 1821) was an American lawyer and politician from Lexington, Virginia. He represented Virginia in both the U.S. House (1789-97, 1803-04) and the U.S. Senate (1804-1809). (Crespi) 30 points Tom Thomlinson (Moorpark) 26 points Gilbert Yousefian (Glendale) 26 points Jared Hinkle (Glendale Aca.) 25 points Byron Joseph (Alemany) 23 points James Jenkins (Cres.Valley) 23 pts, 14 rbs Tim Chevalier (Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. ) 23 points Dax Grooms (Kennedy) 21 points Jamal Flannagan (A.V. Christian) 21 points Girls' basketball Eshaya Murphy (M.Prep) 27 pts, 15 rbs, 10 steals Jevay Grooms (Kennedy) 21 pts, 23 rbs, 8 blks Alexis Weatherspoon (Grant) 25 pts, 12 rbs Shi Stowers (Highland) 20 pts, 15 rbs, 10 steals Baha Maleki (Buckley) 24 points CAPTION(S): Box Box: PRIME-TIME PLAYERS (See text) |
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