THE MASTER'S: MASTER'S SWEPT BY VANGUARD.

Byline: - Chris Cocoles

NEWHALL - Damion Morbley, a transfer from Cal State Northridge, scored 20 points and led a tenacious offensive-rebounding effort to lift visiting Vanguard University past The Master's College 77-74 Wednesday in a Golden State Athletic Conference men's basketball game.

Vanguard (7-8, 3-3) outrebounded the Mustangs (11-3, 3-2) only 40-34. But the Lions grabbed three offensive rebounds, the last by Morbley with 22 seconds left, in the last 1:33.

``We got gypped on the boards,'' said guard Brandee Jones, who led all scorers with 30. ``We just need to work harder. We're still learning, but there's stuff that we need to execute.''

Despite the failure to block out in the closing seconds, clutch shots by Jones and Brett DeVries forced the Lions to make free throws. Moorpark High product Shawn Corkery hit two with five seconds left and DeVries' 3-pointer bounced off the rim at the buzzer.

Ian Boys (Simi Valley High) was held to five points but had seven rebounds.

Tyler Hoffman finished with 14 points and Glendale College product Timothy Taylor 10 for the Mustangs, ranked 25th in the NAIA national poll.

In a women's game:

--Vanguard 72, Master's 61: Robin Dittenbir scored 20 points in visiting Vanguard's (7-5, 4-2) upset of the No. 16 Mustangs (10-4, 3-2), who dropped out of a first-place tie in the GSAC.

The Master's trailed 29-20 at halftime and never came closer than three in the second half. Poor shooting, both from the foul line (13 of 22) and field (21 of 57) was costly.