Highlights and top scorers from the Orange County basketball games on Saturday, Dec. 15.
BOYS BASKETBALL
No. 20 Mission Viejo beat South Coast League rival and 11th-ranked Trabuco Hills 60-55 in overtime Saturday night to win the CVCS Eagle Classic at Capistrano Valley Christian. Jake Conerty led the Diablos (10-2) with 19 points and was named Tournament MVP. Griff Higgins added 14 points and Rey Cabiling had 10. Zack Gald was named to all-tournament team.
Kelvin Cabrera led Trabuco Hills (7-3) with 21 points. Daniel Prendergast hit a 3-point basket in the final seconds of regulation to force overtime. He and Cabrera made the all-tournament team. The Mustangs outscored the Diablos 34-22 in the second half, but Mission Viejo won the overtime 7-2.
Elijah Vaielua blocked a shot as time ran out as No. 6 Cypress hung on for a 54-53 victory over St. Francis for the championship of the Buc Pride Classic at Bellflower. Jared Brown scored 19 points and was named Tournament MVP. Anthony Tello added 14 points and joined Vaielua on the all-tournament team.
No. 1 Mater Dei beat Notre Dame/Riverside 64-48 to win the Charlie Wilkins Memorial Tournament at Westminster. Harry Hornery led the Monarchs (10-1) with 20 points and was named Tournament MVP. Wilhelm Breidenbach had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Ryan Evans scored 14 points.
In another meeting of league rivals for a tournament championship, the Empire League’s Valencia edged Pacifica 53-49 for the Loara title.
Festus Ndumanya had 24 points and 20 rebounds as No. 22 Capistrano Valley Christian took third in its own Eagle Classic with a 63-45 win over San Juan Hills. The Eagles (7-3) broke open a close game with a 39-19 second-half surge. Daniel Powers and Riely Petronis added 11 points each.
GIRLS
No. 2 Rosary captured the Santa Ana Elks Classic at Segerstrom with a 66-41 rout of St. Paul. Soleil Montrose had 19 points, Asia Avinger 13 and Tiarah Galvan 11. Avinger was MVP, while Montrose and Kaylee Byon made the all-tournament team.
Sydney Gandy scored 28 points and made the all-tournament team in leading No. 6 Los Alamitos to a 64-44 win over Los Osos in the Spartan Classic at Orangewood Academy. Latavia Miller added 17 points.
Saturday’s top scorers
BOYS
Pts Player, school
32 Naess, Laguna Beach
27 Rodman, JSerra
25 Alamudun, Marina
24 Ndumanya, Capistrano Valley Christian
24 G. O’Neill, Saddleback Valley Christian
21 Cabrera, Trabuco Hills
21 Honetschlager, Tesoro
20 Bakke, El Dorado
20 Hornery, Mater Dei
20 Uyesugi, University
19 Brown, Cypress
19 Collins, Edison
19 Conerty, Mission Viejo
19 Eusebio, Whittier Christian
18 Locke, Northwood
18 Roy, University
17 Francis, Esperanza
17 Geiger, Esperanza
17 Headington, Edison
17 A. O’Neill, Saddleback Valley Christian
16 Beidenbach, Mater Dei
16 Bettus, Woodbridge
16 Hamilton, Corona del Mar
16 Smetona, San Clemente
15 Garnett, Edison
15 Herbert, San Clemente
15 Stenta, University
GIRLS
Pts Player, school
28 Gandy, Los Alamitos
20 Schwan, Tesoro
20 Vickers, Newport Harbor
19 Montrose, Rosary
18 Uyematsu, Canyon
17 Lui, Cypress
17 Miller, Los Alamitos
14 Rath, Newport Harbor
13 Avinger, Rosary
13 Caceres, Cypress
Coaches and team representatives are encouraged to email their scores and stats after every game to the Register at preps@ocregister.com.
