HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

Palomar League

Vista 88, Rancho Buena Vista 87--Vista hit 24 two-point field goals--the most in a game during Greg Lanthier’s two years as head coach--to upset No. 5 RBV (6-7, 0-1). The Panthers got 23 points from Chris Johnson and 18 from Jason Barnes. Dave Enger scored 15 and George Ashley 10 for Vista.

“I felt if we could hold them under 90 points, we could win,” Lanthier said. “They didn’t press us, which surprised me, so we had to execute our halfcourt offense.”

The difference was the third quarter, when Vista (5-6, 2-0) outscored RBV, 21-20; the teams scored the same number of points in each of the other three quarters. The Panthers were 16 of 23 from the free-throw line, RBV 13 of 23.

RBV’s Abe Ajlouny, who made five three-point baskets and finished with 16 points, was fouled while pulling down a rebound with less than one second remaining and RBV trailing by two. He made the first free-throw, but missed the second after Vista called a timeout.

Darryl Parker, who scored 21, had tied the game at 85 with 21 seconds left, but a three-point play by Barnes gave Vista the 88-85 lead with seven seconds to go. A foul at halfcourt with three seconds remaining put RBV’s Tugger Palmer on the free-throw line; he made the first but missed the second, and Ajlouny was fouled.

Brad Grubaugh scored 19 and James VanderVeur 14 for RBV.

Fallbrook 83, Orange Glen 43--Chris Miller scored 30 points to lead Fallbrook (8-6, 1-1). Helping were Steve Pack with 14 points, Bob Nolan with 10, and Chad Lemons with nine. Mark Puckett had 14 rebounds to go with eight points. John Burns scored 16 for Orange Glen.

Mt. Carmel 76, San Dieguito 59--Dana Pope scored 23 points to lead second-ranked Mt. Carmel (13-1, 2-0). Shaun Howard led San Dieguito (8-5, 1-1) with 14.

Poway 64, Torrey Pines 46--Matt Fletcher scored 18 points, including four three-pointers to lead third-ranked Poway (7-3, 1-1). Fletcher has 11 treys in his past two games. The Titans’ Kyle Milling had 15 points and 15 rebounds and Frank Garrett had 14 points and 14 rebounds. Matt Fletcher had four three-pointers. John Allred led Torrey Pines (11-4, 1-1) with 12 points.

Avocado League

Carlsbad 50, Escondido 47--Chad Nelson led Carlsbad (1-1) with 17 points and Kewan Shariff added 11. Damian Cephas scored 13 points, and Quoc Huynh and Scott Crisco each added nine for Escondido (3-6, 1-1). Carlsbad led, 31-22, at halftime.

San Pasqual 94, Rancho Bernardo 64--San Pasqual’s Erik Meek led all scorers with 26 points and 11 rebounds. Chris Hancock added 15 points and Richard Stark scored 11 for San Pasqual (5-5, 1-1). San Pasqual jumped to a 49-31 halftime lead.

El Camino 76, Oceanside 55--Shaun Scurry led El Camino (9-2, 2-0) with 20 points. Heath McCoy added 16 points and Bryant Westbrook scored 15 points. El Camino led, 37-28, at halftime.

Ramona 71, San Marcos 49--Clint Cook scored 23 and Alfonso De La Nuez added 22 for Ramona (7-3).

Santana Tournament

Southwest 61, Patrick Henry 49--Jerry Racette scored 19 points, Roger Galang 11 and Devin Patterson 10 to lead Southwest (8-7). John Pike scored 23 points, grabbed 17 rebounds and had five blocks for Patrick Henry (5-8).

Grossmont 81, Hilltop 60--Ryan Gregory led a balanced Grossmont (7-5) attack with 20 points. Charles Brown scored 22 to lead Hilltop.

Coastal League

La Jolla Country Day 64, Santa Fe Christian 61--Jason Boyle scored 25 to lead LJCD (8-3, 1-0) in the league opener. Noah Katsell and Josh Tepper, who had eight assists, added 12 points. Dave Ulrich had 19 for Santa Fe Christian, 0-1 in league.

Aztec Highland Tournament

USDHS 87, El Cajon Valley 53--David Withers had 21 points and 11 rebounds and Eric Barajas 21 points to lead USDHS (9-2) in a semifinal game at Montgomery. David Silva added 15 points and Ryan Walker nine assists. Mike Harris led El Cajon Valley with 14. The Dons will play Christian in the championship at 7:30 tonight.

Christian 65, Montgomery 58--Christian, which led by one with two minutes left, advanced to the finals by outscoring Montgomery (3-9) 17-12 in the fourth quarter. Chad DeGrenier scored 23 points, David Peister 16 and Jeff Rose 11 for Christian. John Rodriguez was five for five from three-point range and had 17 for Montgomery; Ryan Payton scored 18.

Hoover 72, West Hills 40--Hoover took a 38-16 first-half lead and never looked back. Mike Martin led with 31 points and Roger Blake had 18. Vince Trombacco scored 19 for West Hills.

Castle Park 73, Mar Vista 59--Castle Park trailed 18-5 after one quarter but outscored Mar Vista 28-7 in the second to decide the game. Benji Gil led with 29 points and Eric Bell had 28 for Castle Park. Mar Vista’s Chris Anglin scored 25.

Madhouse Roundup

At Madison

Point Loma 43, Clairemont 38--Justin Miller scored 12 and Eddie Greer 10 to lead Point Loma (2-11). Clairemont (2-6) got 15 from Alex Love and 11 from John Brady.

Madison 73, University City 62--Madison (6-5) trailed by three entering the fourth quarter, but junior Matt Baker scored 10 of his career high 27, Hooney Kim seven of his 12 and Deaune Boyd six of his 11 in the final period to pull out the victory. Baker had six three-point baskets. University City (6-4) got 16 points from Ray Hooper and 13 from Elliott Alexander.

Nonleague

Marian 70, Tri-City Christian 60--John Asshari led Tri-City Christian (8-7) with 18 points and Jerry Sherlock and Nathan Durrance each added 11 points. Marian led, 41-25, at halftime.

San Diego 75, Monte Vista 64--Marlin Wells scored 16 points, grabbed seven rebounds, had five steals and added five assists for San Diego 9-2. The Cavers’ J.R. Grier scored 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Jabari Williams and Paul Watson scored 19 apiece to lead Monte Vista.