ROUNDUP : Amar Scores 33, Oxnard Pulls Away at the End

Stevie Amar scored 33 points and Jason McLean hit a three-point basket to key a late Oxnard College run as the visiting Condors defeated Victor Valley, 83-78, in a men’s nonconference basketball opener Friday night.

With the score tied, 68-68, Oxnard went on a 7-0 run--started by McLean’s long shot--to take a 75-68 lead. The basket that triggered the run accounted for McLean’s only points.

Amar, a freshman, is one of three former Santa Clara High players on Oxnard’s team. The others are sophomore Tony Ziuraitis, who scored 17 points, and freshman Chris Cole, who did not play because of a jammed big toe on his right foot.

“We lucked out tonight,” Oxnard Coach Remy McCarthy said. “We didn’t play very well, but Jason hit that big shot and we rode Stevie to the win.”

Marlowe Durmiendo scored 11 points for Oxnard and teammate Jasper Satterwhite added 10.

Lance Fay, the Southern Section Division I co-player of the year at Buena High last season, was held to three points.

In other men’s games:

Irvine Valley 98, Canyons 87--Irvine Valley made 17 three-point baskets in a nonconference game at College of the Canyons. Former Quartz Hill High standout Gabe Higa scored a game-high 23 points and teammate Chris Kostoff chipped in with 22 for the Lasers.

Steve Tampus came off the bench to score 23 points and Rasaan Hall added 21 for the Cougars, the two-time Western State Conference Southern Division champions.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Pierce 72, Cypress 68--Forward Shani Samuels and center Yolanda Davidian combined for 41 points and 26 rebounds as the host Brahmas won the nonconference season opener after disbanding their team seven games into the 1991-92 season because of a lack of players.

Samuels had 24 points and 10 rebounds for Pierce, and Davidian contributed 17 points and 16 rebounds. Teammate Michelle Brewer added 10 points.

Joan Maurer scored a game-high 27 points for Cypress, and Briana Yoshina added 15.

Santa Barbara City 67, Antelope Valley 52--The Mauraders led, 48-45, with 10 minutes left but were outscored 22-4 the rest of the way in the nonconference opener for both schools at Santa Barbara.

Aimee Grimes had 16 points for Antelope Valley and Bernice Adkinson added 13. Santa Barbara’s Mica Safertie scored a game-high 24.

BOYS’ WATER POLO

Harvard-Westlake 15, Tustin 11--Jim Toring scored seven goals and Ryan Salceda added three as Harvard won the opening round match of the Southern Section Division I playoffs at home.

The Wolverines (26-2) led, 9-4, at halftime, then blew the match open in the third period by outscoring Tustin, 4-1.

Harvard, which won the 3-A Division title last year, will play Foothill, a 13-10 winner over Dana Hills, on Tuesday.

Wolverine goalie Peter Kiefer had eight saves and teammate Sherwin Khayatian had five.

Royal 16, Crescenta Valley 6--Jack Kocur and Andy Bruininga each had four goals, and Myles Bozinovski and Luke Frazier each added three for the Highlanders (27-1) in a Division II second-round match at Rancho Simi Pool.

Long Beach Wilson 15, Crespi 6--Ben Blaber and Pat Cochran each scored six goals for the Bruins (22-4) in a first-round Division I victory over Crespi (17-10) at Belmont Plaza.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Moorpark 1, Santa Barbara City 0--Rachel Gagliano’s goal at the 25-minute mark was the difference as visiting Moorpark clinched its second consecutive Western State Conference title, at Dwight Murphy Park in Santa Barbara.

Moorpark (11-4-6, 6-0-3 in WSC play), the defending state champion, will enter next week’s state playoffs on a roll, having gone 6-0-3 in it last nine matches.

Goalkeeper Aimee Lyman had three saves for Moorpark.