santa barbara second day

SoCal High School & Prep Report

Santa Barbara Tourney: Second
Round Results--(December 29, 1997)

Here's some more stuff on the Santa Barbara Tourney from Saturday's games. We were waiting for the official stats (not just Shantay's) and we got them. Courtesy of the Santa Barbara News-Press. We're still waiting for Scott Garson to come through with the promised reports, but for now these will do.

As we reported before Dos Pueblos beat Channel Islands 72-70. With its big men in foul trouble or gone, Dos Pueblos High turned to its big little man, ShanTay Legans, to win Saturday night's basketball game against Channel Islands in the Santa Barbara Classic. Legans, a 5-foot-8 junior point guard, did not disappoint. He scored 14 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter as the Chargers held off the Raiders 72-70 at Dos Pueblos to remain unbeaten in the tournament.

In other games, (see below) San Marcos, Santa Barbara and Moorpark all won, improving each to 2-0 in the tournament. San Marcos beat Thousand Oaks 82-53 at San Marcos while Santa Barbara routed San Jose Academy 85-34 and Moorpark beat Bishop Diego 84-55 at Santa Barbara. The tournament gets back underway today, Monday with the completion of pool play after taking Sunday off, and concludes on Tuesday with the Championship and consolation rounds.

Legans hit two free throws with 1:01 to play to put Dos Pueblos ahead 72-67 and the Chargers survived a last-second shot by the Raiders to improve to 8-2 overall. "Coach said to pick it up in the fourth quarter,'' said Legans, who scored 25 points on Friday. "He told me to take it over." Legans drove the lane repeatedly in the final quarter, using a variety of physical contortions to slip in shots and draw fouls. He played the whole game without rest, hit on 9-of-16 shot attempts and also had five assists.

"ShanTay really stepped it up for us,'' DP coach Phil Sherman told the News-Press. The Chargers needed everything Legans had against Channel Islands, which came into the game with an 8-1 record. The Raiders aren't big physically but what they lack in height they make up for in overall speed and quickness. And they used that combination to aggressively attack the basket, penetrating into the lane to challenge DP's 6-7 center Dan Hoefer and 6-6 forward Alex Jenkins. Both players had four fouls before the end of the third quarter and each fouled out before five minutes were gone in the final period. "It was hard to play without Dan and Alex,'' said Sherman. "They were in foul trouble from the beginning. It was like they were gone the whole game."

Channel Islands could also shoot. Dwight Sattiewhite, who scored 28 points Friday, hit three 3-pointers in the first quarter and four for the game as he totaled 22 points. The Raiders also pumped in three 3-pointers in the final quarter, including one by Franklyn McKesson that made the second 72-70 with 40 seconds to play. Dos Pueblos tried to run the clock down but turned the ball over and Channel Islands called a time out to run a final play with 12 seconds left. "We made some crucial mistakes - turnovers and not guarding guys on 3-pointers,'' said Sherman. "It's tough when you have no scouting report on a team. We thrive on having teams on tape and preparing for what they do." As time ran out, McKesson tried to find an opening along the baseline and got close enough to spin a shot off the backboard that rolled off the rim. "We wanted to run a play to Dwight, but they did a good job of covering it, so we called out another play and it almost went in,'' said CI coach Gary Abraham."We played pretty well, actually. Dos Pueblos is a good team and we wanted a good test against a good team on the road." Hoefer managed 11 points and seven rebounds in his limited time for the Chargers while Jenkins had nine points and eight rebounds. Julius Samuels had 14 points for Channel Islands and O.J. Thomas added 12. "They had a good team,'' said Legans, "especially Thomas. He's a very good player. This is a good win for us."

The Stats:

CHANNEL ISLANDS-Thomas 12, Monetic 5, McKesson 6, Patton 4, Sattiewhite 22, Blair 6, Samuels 14.
DOS PUEBLOS-Legans 26, Pipersburg 7, Sears 9, Holbrook 8, Jenkins 9, Hoefer 11, Bruce 0, O'Neal 2, Archuleta 0.
3-point goals-CI 7 (Sattiewhite 4, McKesson 2, Thomas 1), DP 4 (Legans, Pipersburg, Holbrook, Sears).
Fouled out-Jenkins (5:26), Hoefer (2:50), Thomas (2:14).

In other Santa Barbara Pool play games:

San Marcos 82, Thousand Oaks 53:

Sonny Oden scored 20 points in three quarters and Randy Moharram added 19 points, four assists and four steals as San Marcos improved to 8-1 overall. "It was our best game so far,'' San Marcos Coach Chris Hantgin told the News-Press. "We had real good intensity the whole game and played very unselfishly. "The bar has been set,'' he added. "Now we have to go out every night and try to match it." Jordan McOwen led the Royals with eight rebounds while Adam Nance added 13 points and Brook Billings 10. If the Royals win Monday against Saugus - which lost to Thousand Oaks earlier - they will play in a championship semifinal at 12:30 or 2 p.m. on Tuesday. The semifinal draw will be seeded among pool winners, with records and fewest points allowed determining the order.

THOUSAND OAKS- K.Dixon 2, Chevalier 8, Funia 4, Fennel 5, Nelson 2, Granek 8, J. Dixon 3, Williams 6, Van rhee 9, Fidyk 6.
SAN MARCOS-Moharram 19, Gutierrez 2, Robertson 0, Viana 0, Arndt 2, Billings 10, Oden 20, Lynn 4, McOwen 5, James 6, Alvarez 1, Nance 13.
3-point goals-TO 1 (Fennel), SM 2 (Moharram 2). Fouled out-none.

Santa Barbara 85, San Jose Academy 34:

Junior guard Johnny Ortiz had 15 points, four assists and two steals while senior center J. R. Allen scored 14 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead the Dons to their fifth straight win. Daniel Worzella added 12 points for the Dons while teammate Craig Christ had five steals, two assists and five rebounds. Santa Barbara, 6-4, led 27-6 after the first quarter and 48-13 at halftime.``We played with good intensity throughout,'' said Dons coach Jeff Lavender. Santa Barbara concludes pool play Monday at 8 p.m. against Burroughs of Burbank, which is 1-1 in the tournament.

SAN JOSE ACADEMY - Osoka 6, Pacoine 9, Valdez 4, Leal 5, Rosas 3, Garcia 3, Rodriguez 4.SANTA BARBARA - Ortiz 15, Maloney 5, Worzella 12, Burke 7, Freeman 7, Williams 7, Christ 4, Allen 14, Kelley 6, Nagelmann 8, Cordero-Rabe 0.
3-point goals-SJA 3 (Pacoine, Osoka, Leal), SB 7 (Worzella 2, Ortiz 2, Burke 2, Maloney).
Fouled out-None.

Moorpark 84, Bishop Diego 55:

Keith Donahue scored 33 points in three quarters and Kevin Lawrence added 18 points as Moorpark blew out the Cardinals with a 32-point third quarter. ``We played very poorly,'' said Bishop coach John Ward, whose team fell to 7-3 overall and 1-1 in the tournament. ``Moorpark beat us to the spot, physically and mentally. But we will be back." Christian Rovsek and Jaime Sanchez each had 11 points to lead Bishop.

MOORPARK-Tomlinson 2, Willis 11, Corkery 4, Donahue 33, Dantels 4, Lawrence 18, Burnett 4, Gressman 6, Bliver 2.
BISHOP DIEGO-Madrigal 3, Perlis 3, Ortiz 6, Burich 6, Martinez 6, Lammers 7, Sanchez 11, Adcock 2, Rovsek 11.
3-point goals-BD 1 (Sanchez), M 4 (Donahue 4).
Fouled out-none

St. Joseph won a shootout with El Modena 83-79. Matt Cova led St. Joseph with 31 while Nick Soderstrom
had 33 for El Modena. Scott Smith had 20 points and got an assist on a key three-point play in the fourth quarter as Righetti rallied in the final period to beat Santa Monica 60-53. Danny Meza had 26 for Santa Monica.

Jay Richardson had 27 points as Cabrillo beat Saugus 71-54.

Doug Horrocas scored 31 as Desert Mountain beat Burroughs of Burbank 79-67. Jeremy Cartee had 27 for Burroughs.

Again, if you're going to Santa Barbara, don't miss this one.