ROUNDUP: Agoth, Kubari lead Eagles
- Updated: December 22, 2017
2017 EAST COUNTY PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL
EastCountySports.com staff report
EL CAJON – The East County girls had a few wins and a few losses on Thursday night, but there is little time for reflection, as nearly every team is back in action on Friday…
GRANITE HILLS 36, CRAWFORD 17 – The Lady Eagles led from start-to-finish winning at home in the Lady Colts Tournament.
Senior ANYANG AGOTH had the first bucket in the first quarter, then she scored the opening bucket of the second quarter to take a 10-3 lead.
Senior KANI KUBARI and Agoth did a majority of the scoring for the Eagles, who extended their lead to 26-11 on a Kubari field goal in the third with under four to go.
Granite Hills (2-5) faces Grossmont (3-1) today at 3 p.m. in the Lady Colts Tournament at Granite Hills.
HELIX 60, MORSE 47 – The Lady Highlanders won at the Lady Colts Tournament in a closely-rated matchup with the Tigers.
Helix later improved to 5-3 on the season by defeating Hilltop, 51-31.
Helix faces 6-1 Madison in a Lady Colts game on Friday at 1:30 p.m. in what is expected to be a close matchup.
The Scotties defeated Valhalla on Wednesday by winning the first quarter 17-0.
In Wednesday’s contest against the Norsemen, senior MARINA SMITH had 16 points, while senior center MELAT EZANA had 10 points and 14 rounds, and senior guard KALIAH KING had 10 points and four boards.
The Lady Norsemen’s ANGIE ORANGE had eight points against the Highlanders in the Wednesday tilt.
CHAPARRAL (Colo) 55, CHRISTIAN 24 – The Lady Patriots battled again at the NIKE Tournament of Champions in Phoenix against another highly-rated opponent.
CIPRIANA HUDSON had eight points for Christian, all in the fourth quarter.
SIMONE JAMES had seven rebounds for Christian.
The Patriots lost to Westlake (Utah) on Wednesday.
“We were facing a taller, more physical team in both instances and our girls didn’t box out well and weren’t able to attack the way we are used to attacking the basket and had to settle for shots,” Christian coach VICKIE CARRINGTON said. “We are battling illnesses and have struggled from a conditioning standpoint.”
The Patriots are winless at the high-profile event, but welcome the challenge to face elite competition in preparation for the future.
“It made sense to give everyone an opportunity to see what it’s like so they could learn what they need to work on what we’re good at, and what we definitely need to become better at and most importantly to gain their confidence helping us to move forward for league and playoffs,” Carrington said.
“We tried to turn it on in the fourth quarter or at least get a little more energy in the fourth. I think we have a lot of potential and looking forward to getting better and growing with these girls.”
MADISON 39, VALHALLA 24 – The Lady Warhawks led 15-4 at the end of one and won the Crawford Tournament game.
Valhalla outscored Madison, 9-5, in the fourth quarter behind juniors REANNA IBRAHIM and MICHELLE YADAGO
Sophomore guard MARIAN MECHAEL hit a three-pointer that closed Madison’s lead to 20-9 late in the first half. She added another three-pointer in the second half.
Sophomore forward LAMIS ABID had six points for the Lady Norsemen.
Valhalla (0-4) will face Hilltop on Friday at noon in the Crawford Tournament.
CHULA VISTA 59, MONTE VISTA 35 – The Monarchs finished strong, outscoring the Chula Vista 17-11 in the fourth quarter.Spartans outscored the Monarchs 16-0 in the first quarter.
However, the Spartans outscored the Monarchs 16-0 in the first quarter.
Chula Vista (5-5) led 32-11 at halftime.
Monte Vista fell to 2-6.
The Monarchs face Santana (0-2) in an East County matchup today at 4:30 in a non-league game at Monte Vista.
POINT LOMA 64, GROSSMONT 58 – The Foothillers lost for the first time in four starts after holding a 32-24 lead at halftime.
The Pointers outscored the Foothillers 23-14 in the third quarter.
CARLSBAD 66, EL CAPITAN 37 – The depleted Vaqueros lost to the Lady Lancers.
El Cap is next in the So Cal Holiday Prep Classic at El Capitan versus Rancho Bernardo on Wednesday, December 27 at 9:30 a.m.
