The International girls junior varsity edged Christian Learning by a single point, 12-11, in a bitterly fought defensive duel at the Christian Learning gym Tuesday.
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STOPPING JESSICA -- A key to Griffin victory was holding Eagle Jessica Smith (26) to four points.
Jonatan Muñoz, International
The Eagles zoomed off to an early lead, and led 6-0 at the end of the first quarter. But then the Griffins seemed to take control of the rebounds, and sstopped the Eagles' fas break as they fought their way back into the game point-by-point.
By halftime the Eagle advantage had been cut to two points, 8-6.
The Griffins erased that in the third quarter, outscoring the Eagle girls 4-1, and taking a 10-9 lead.
The two teams fought ferociously and played each other exactly even with one basket for each team in the fourth quarter, and plenty of near misses on both sides as the Griffins held on precariously to their one-point lead.
Carolina Baldivieso was the big gun for the Griffins with six points. Fabiana Zelada, Angela Gagliardo, and Irene Vegara had two points each.
For Christian Learning, Elise Oh had six points, Jessica Smith had four, and Jenny Zimmerman had one.
Junior Jaguars feast on Knights, 33-3
The Cooperative girls junior varsity coasted to an easy 33-3 victory over Cambridge in their home gym Tuesday.
The Jaguars led 12-0 at the end of the first quarter, and 14-1 at the half as they posted their first victory of the year.
Cooperative's Tania Landivar dominated the game, scoring 23 points, often on fast breaks after stealing the ball from Cambridge players. Landivar actually had the opportunity to take several more easy lay-ups toward the end of the game, but slowed down the pace to work the ball to teammates.
Naoli Andrade, Estefania Sauto, Ximena Fagan, Mercella Netheff, and Karla Aguilera had a basket each for Cooperative. "We learned to play together as a team, said Jaguar coach Misty Springfield after the game," and Taniua just has a talent I can't teach."
For Cambridge, Veronica Rios Reyes had two ponts, and Vera Liane de la Puente had one.
