2009-10 Game Stories
By Dave Loveton, sports information
Friday, Nov. 13 -- SBCC MTXE Tournament: Long Beach City at SBCC, 7 p.m. SBCC 70, Long Beach 53 Record: 1-0
Reserves save Vaqueros, 70-53
SBCC wins season opener despite 23-percent shooting
Frannie DeAngelis scored 28 points and grabbed seven rebounds Friday night, leading SBCC to a 70-53 women's basketball victory over Long Beach City in the opening round of its MTXE Tournament.
The 18th-ranked Vaqueros won despite making only 23 percent (24-104) from the field and having all five starters on the bench with foul trouble after 10 minutes. DeAngelis hit 11-of-21 from the field and 3-4 from beyond the 3-point line.
Chelsea Hewitt and Hannah Cooper came off the bench to score 10 and nine points, respectively. The Vaquero bench extended a 21-18 lead to 37-23 at intermission.
"I'm ecstatic," said SBCC coach Sandrine Krul. "When your second and third unit can outscore a team by 14 points in 10 minutes, that makes a coach happy."
Long Beach closed to within seven, 47-40, with 10:42 to play before DeAngelis reeled off nine unanswered points.
SBCC's post players went 0-for-23 from the floor while the starting guards were 1-27. Jennifer Stevens was the top rebounder with nine.
In other first-round games, No. 5 Antelope Valley beat Santa Ana 65-48, No. 15 Orange Coast knocked off Moorpark 63-45 and Grossmont edged Riverside 68-66.
The Vaqueros will take on Grossmont at 7 p.m. tonight in the championship semifinals with Antelope Valley and Orange Coast squaring off at 5 p.m. In the consolation semis, Santa Ana meets Moorpark at 1 p.m., followed by Riverside and Long Beach City at 3 p.m.
The championship game is set for 3 p.m. on Sunday. Grossmont 84, SBCC 76 Record: 1-1
Saturday, Nov. 14 -- SBCC MTXE Tournament, championship semifinal: SBCC vs. Grossmont, 7 p.m.
Vaqueros fall in MTXE semifinals
Rally comes up short in 84-76 loss to Grossmont
A late rally by SBCC wasn't enough to prevent an 84-76 women's basketball loss to Grossmont on Saturday night in the semifinals of the MTXE Tournament at the Sports Pavilion.
Giovanna Aplin led the Vaqueros (1-1) with 15 points while Jake Kelly had 14 points, five rebounds, five assists, five steals and just two turnovers in her SBCC debut. Francesca DeAngelis added 14 points, Bridget Conlan had 12 and Mara Lux posted a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
The Vaqueros trailed 40-31 at halftime and 76-62 with 2:48 to play before cutting the deficit to six with 50 seconds left.
"If we had played the first 37 minutes like we did the last three, we would have won," said coach Sandrine Krul. "I'm happy that we didnt stop playing at the 2:48 mark. That shows a lot of guts for the second game of the season and to almost pull out a win on pure guts, shows a lot of promise for this group."
Antelope Valley, ranked No. 5 in the state, beat Orange Coast in the other semifinal 57-52 and will take on Grossmont in Sunday's championship game at 3 p.m.
SBCC will meet Orange Coast for third place on Sunday at 1 p.m., following the consolation final between Moorpark and Riverside at 11 a.m.
Moorpark knocked off Santa Ana 54-49 and Riverside beat Long Beach City 98-36.
Sunday, Nov. 15 -- SBCC MTXE Tournament, Third place: SBCC vs. Orange Coast, 1 p.m. SBCC 80, Orange Coast 76 Record: 2-1
Vaqueros rally to claim third in MTXE
SBCC edges Orange Coast 80-76; Lux is all-tourney
SBCC rallied from a 10-point second-half deficit to beat Orange Coast 80-76 on Sunday and claim third place in their own MTXE Women's Basketball Tournament. The Vaqueros (2-1) showed all the traits of their tourney acronym -- Mental Toughness, Extra Effort.
Frannie DeAngelis led Santa Barbara with 26 points and 10 rebounds while all-tournament choice Mara Lux had her second straight double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds. Lux scored eight of her 10 points in the second half.
DeAngelis tallied 17 in the first half, which ended with the 18th-ranked Vaqueros trailing 35-33.
Point guard Jake Kelly added 15 points for the Vaqueros, who trailed 48-38 with 14:16 to play before going on an 18-0 run to take a 56-48 lead. The Pirates regained the lead at 70-68 and 72-70 but SBCC took control with six straight points on layups by Kelly and Bridget Conlon followed by a steal and layup by Kelly.
"We didn't play particularly well on Saturday night and we came back and played hard today," said sixth-year head coach Sandrine Krul. "We had to make adjustments. We said we're not going to transition unless it presents itself. And if we do transition, it has to go around the horn and make sure we take good shots."
Tournament MVP Tijera Mathews had 17 points and 17 rebounds in the championship game, leading No. 5 Antelope Valley to a 73-62 overtime victory over Grossmont. Riverside claimed the consolation crown with a 71-63 win over Moorpark.
Other all-tourney choices were Siedah Wilson of Antelope Valley; Leticia Ridley and Sinoi Leasau of Grossmont and Gloria Thomas of Riverside.
SBCC travels to Bakersfield on Wednesday before returning home to take on No. 2-ranked Mt. San Antonio on Saturday at 5 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 18 -- SBCC at Bakersfield, 6 p.m. SBCC 70, Bakersfield 64 Record: 3-1
DeAngelis leads Vaquero comeback
SBCC erases 11-point deficit to beat Bakersfield 70-64
Frannie DeAngelis scored eight of her game-high 25 points during a 17-0 game-ending run that lifted No. 20 SBCC over Bakersfield 70-64 on Wednesday. Jake Kelly had 13 points, 11 rebounds and six assists in the nonconference women's basketball game at Bakersfield, one night after helping the Vaquero women's volleyball squad clinch the WSC title.
The Vaqueros (3-1) trailed by 11 (64-53) with 2:25 to play before Kelly hit a 3-pointer to ignite the 17-0 outburst. DeAngelis scored eight straight points to tie it at 64. SBCC was 6-6 from the free-throw line in the final 42 seconds with Bridget Conlan and Lyndsay Bergus hitting the final four.
Mara Lux had her third straight double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds.
"Free throws won the game for us (SBCC was 19 of 27)," said coach Sandrine Krul. "The thing that's different from last year is this team knows how to close out games. We don't get rattled when we get behind."
The Vaqueros will take on No. 1-ranked Mt. San Antonio (3-0) on Saturday in a 5 p.m. home game.
Saturday, Nov. 21 -- Mt. San Antonio at SBCC, 5 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 1 -- SBCC at Santa Monica, 5 p.m.
