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SoCal High School & Prep Report

Other Channel League Action
From Friday Night--(January 18, 1998)

Besides the Dos Pueblos win over Santa Barbara, there were other games played in the Channel League on Friday. In other action, San Marcos beat Buena easily 71- 44.

San Marcos' defense was responsible for 19 steals in a game they dominated at Buena. As San Marcos' coach Chris Hantgin explained it following the game, "Basically our press was suffocating. We also managed to play unselfishly on offense and did a good job moving the ball."

Senior guard Sonny Oden led San Marcos with 16 points, four assists and four steals. "Sonny was the beneficiary of a very, very good press tonight,'' said Hantgin. "Buena really struggled, and Sonny was on the receiving end of a lot of steals. He did a good job filling the lane. And Randy Moharram did a great job in getting the ball to him."

Moharram had 14 points, including three 3-pointers, and had four assists. Art Gutierrez led the San Marcos with six assists, while Jordan McOwen led the team with five steals.

The Royals improve to 5-1 in league and 14-3 overall. Buena dropped to 0-6 and 3-16.

Scoring for Buena was led by Fay with 11, including 2 three pointers, followed by Lorenzana who had a single three ponter, Probasco who had a three and one field goal to finish with 5, Thomas who had 10 points, including two threes, Brown who had 2, Conaway with 2, Calzada with 2, Brown with 2, Thompson 5, and Tully 2 points.

For San Marcos, the leading scorer was Moharram who finished with 14 including 3 three-pointers, Gutierrez 7, Robertson 2, Viana a single 3 pointer, Arndt 6, Billings 8, Oden 16, Lynn 2, McOwen 9, James 1, and Nance who also had a single three point basket.

Finally, in other Channel League action on Friday:

Oxnard 58, Hueneme 42--Jeff Fouchey had 18 points and 15 rebounds for the Yellowjackets (11-5, 5-1) at Hueneme.