BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Cal Lutheran Falls Victim to Balance of Occidental

Occidental College received double-figure scoring from five players Thursday to fuel an 97-87 upset of host Cal Lutheran in a Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men’s basketball game.

Jeff deLaveaga scored a game-high 39 points for Cal Lutheran (11-10, 7-2 in conference play) on 12-of-28 shooting. However, Occidental (8-12, 2-7) had enough balance to offset that performance.

Errol Garnett (22 points), Blair Slattery (22), Jeff Muir (19), Dimitris Markopoulos (18) and Hung Duong (14) each scored in double figures for the Tigers.

In other men’s games:

Santa Monica 81, Glendale 66--Harry Marks finished with 20 points, including five three-point baskets, for Glendale (13-13, 3-4) in a Western State Conference game at home. Will Burr had 15 points and Osiris Nalls had 11 for Glendale. Brandon Battle had 18 for Santa Monica.

Oxnard 88, Cuesta 55--Art Wallace scored a game-high 26 points and Tony Ziuraitis added 19 for host Oxnard (17-10, 5-1) in a WSC North Division game. Shawn Talley scored 15 points for Oxnard.

WOMEN

Canyons 58, Valley 49--Shannon Solway scored 15 points and teammate Kelli McCaskill had 13 to help visiting Canyons (14-14, 8-4) shock host Valley (24-4, 11-1) in a Western State Conference South Division game.

The victory was the third in a row for Canyons and it snapped Valley’s winning streak at 10 games. It also avenged a 74-73 loss to Valley in the first round of division play.

Santa Monica 82, Glendale 55--Denise Dal Ponte scored 18 points, including three three-point baskets, to lead Glendale (9-15, 3-7) in a WSC game at home.

BOYS

Ventura 48, Dos Pueblos 33--Curt Vaughan had 17 points and nine rebounds for Ventura (20-4, 10-3) in a Channel League game at Dos Pueblos.

Westlake 72, Camarillo 65--Joey Leavitt scored 18 points and Brad Schwan added 13 for Westlake (10-12, 6-7) in a Marmonte League game. Ruben Flores had 18 points and Jimmy Harbour added 17 for host Camarillo (3-18, 1-12).

Royal 53, Agoura 48--Brett Osterhoudt scored 17 points to lead the host Highlanders (10-13, 7-6) in a Marmonte League game. Eddie Corridori paced the Chargers (15-7, 8-5) with a game-high 20 points.

Montclair Prep 86, Marshall Fundamental 45--In an Alpha League game, Kris Johnson (22), Chris Sanger (11), Jared Sonne (10) and Kimo Atkins (10) led Montclair Prep (23-1, 10-0) to its 21st consecutive win.

Faith Baptist 84, Buckley 36--Etienne Moore scored 22 points, added 20 rebounds and four blocked shots as Faith Baptist (20-5, 11-1) clinched a share of the Delphic League title with Crossroads.

Birmingham 66, Sylmar 43--Booker Montgomery scored a game-high 17 points and Greg Whiteside added 13 for Birmingham (10-9, 6-4) in a Valley Pac-8 Conference game at Sylmar.

Village Christian 87, Western Christian 52--David Fennell scored 27 points and Vic Lozano added 19 for Village Christian (11-13, 6-4) in an Alpha League game.

GIRLS

Alemany 71, Notre Dame 55--Sarah Guziel had 26 points and 10 rebounds as the Indians clinched their fifth league title in a row in a Mission League game.

Sam Rigley added 13 points and nine assists for Alemany (21-4, 9-1).

Simi Valley 63, Newbury Park 55--Sophomore point guard Sara Griffin had 14 points, nine steals and seven rebounds for host Simi Valley (10-12, 6-7) in a Marmonte League game. Heather Eubanks led Simi Valley scorers with 15 points.

Shannon Swales scored a game-high 19 points for Newbury Park (9-12, 3-10).

Westlake 61, Camarillo 51--Lauren Goldstine had a game-high 27 points and 12 rebounds to lead host Westlake (20-4, 12-1) in a Marmonte League game.