COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Oxnard Loses on Shot With 6 Seconds Left

After spending most of Saturday night playing catch-up, Oxnard College tied Bakersfield in the final 30 seconds only to lose a Western State Conference interdivision men’s basketball game, 46-44, on a shot with six seconds to play.

Oxnard trailed, 26-18, at halftime but the host Condors (11-7) outscored the Renegades by the same margin in the second half before Bakersfield’s Tim Levier sank a 14-foot jump shot from just inside the perimeter circle to break a 44-44 tie.

Oxnard called time out and designed a play to get the ball to Stevie Amar, who finished with a game-high 19 points. Amar took a pass at the top of the key, drove the lane and missed an off-balance layup as time ran out.

Levier finished with 13 points, Chris Brown 14 and Richard Nickerson 12 for Bakersfield (7-10).

WOMEN

Valley 74, Santa Barbara 65--Rosa Mendez scored 19 points and dished out six assists to lead the Monarchs past Santa Barbara in a Western State Conference inter-division game at Santa Barbara.

The victory extended the Monarchs’ WSC winning streak to three games. Valley is 17-4, 3-1 in conference play. Santa Barbara is 9-8, 2-2.

Valley got 17 points from Nicole Baynes; Mykia Saferite led Santa Barbara with 28 points.

Ventura 74, Canyons 48--Cori Herman had 17 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Pirates to their fourth consecutive WSC victory and sixth straight win.

Tara Sanders added 12 points and seven assists and Nicole Ellis scored 16 and pulled down 10 rebounds for Ventura (12-4, 4-0.

Jana Kovar and Kate Stoll led Canyons (7-12, 1-3) with 14 points each.