GIRLS’ BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Wilson Secures League Title With 38-36 Victory

Wilson High sophomore Donna Gordon and girls’ basketball Coach Doug Rightmer agree it’s an unusual arrangement. Gordon prefers to be held out for the first five minutes of each game instead of starting.

But as long as Wilson keeps on winning, neither is complaining.

On Wednesday, Gordon came off the bench to help the Mules emerge with a 38-36 victory over Franklin in a Northern Conference game at Wilson.

“Sometimes I get so pumped up I get so confused with all the different plays,” Gordon said. “I need the first five minutes to get myself in the game. I’m more relaxed so I’m ready to play.”

Gordon finished with a team-high 11 points, eight rebounds and eight steals for Wilson, which won eight of its last nine games to take the Northwest League championship. The 5-foot-6 guard also had two steals and a block in the final two minutes.

FRANKLIN--Perez 12, Ojeda 6, Olivera 5, Olguin 5, Renteria 5, Phan 3.

WILSON--Gordon 11, Lopez 10, Argumaniz 6, Aguilera 5, Brambila 4, Navarette 2.

Records: Franklin 11-6, Wilson 13-6.

FRIDAY

Roosevelt 63, Huntington Park 30--The possibility of Roosevelt losing to Huntington Park never crossed Lorenzo Garcia’s mind. The Roosevelt coach was so sure of a victory that would give the Roughriders the Eastern League title that he placed a banner on the gym’s wall the night before the game.

But team captain Liz Guevara wasn’t so sure and asked Garcia to cover the banner before the game. As it turned out, Roosevelt ran away with a victory in a Southeastern Conference game at home.

Denise Caudillo had a game-high 18 points and six steals for Roosevelt. HUNTINGTON PARK--Quinto 11, Del Toro 7, Rodriguez 4, Castro 3, Ojeda 3, Reyes 2.

ROOSEVELT--Caudillo 18, Hunt 12, Lisa Jacobs 7, Pantoja 6, Leona Jacobs 6, Guevara 3, Ascensio 3, O. Rodriguez 2, M. Rodriguez 2, Valdez 2, Gamboa 2.

Records: Huntington Park 1-13; Roosevelt 15-5.

Jefferson 47, Garfield 39--Shonte Tippie scored 19 to lead Jefferson to a Southeastern Conference win over Garfield.

GARFIELD--Blanco 13, Duran 8, Medrano 6, Hinojosa 4, Abundis 3, Medina 2, Hernandez 2, Camarena 1.

JEFFERSON--Tippie 19, Ruano 11, Brown 11, Smart 4, Leverette 2.

Records: Garfield 7-12; Jefferson 22-3.

Banning 38, Washington 36 --Despite 15 points from guard April Adams, Washington suffered its first loss ever to Banning.

WASHINGTON--Adams 15, Greer 6, McCormick 6, Bundy 5, Burrell 3, Pugh 1.

BANNING--Polk 18, Ramos 6, Fuller 4, Pittman 4, Burke 2, Slealy 2, Thugpen 2.

Record: Washington 9-14.

Franklin 51, Lincoln 37--Veronie Olguin and Sujeli Ojeda each scored 12 points as Franklin had four players score in double-figures in a Northern Conference game.

FRANKLIN--Olguin 12, Ojeda 12, Renteria 11, Olivera 11, Perez 3, Phan 2.

LINCOLN--Quinones 13, Martinez 7, Ibarra 7, Reyes 6, Nguyen 4.

Records: Franklin 9-5.

Dorsey 52, Carson 50--Donna Lincoln scored 19 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter, and Tamu Agiza scored 18 points and grabbed 18 rebounds to lead Dorsey to a narrow Southern Pacific Conference win.

DORSEY--Lincoln 19, Agiza 18, Boston 8, Williams 5, Vernon 2.

CARSON--McInytre 12, Ale 12, Andrews 9, Gray 7, Bass 6, Blunt 4.

Records: Dorsey 16-7.

Belmont 60, Wilson 49--Led by Maria Aguilar’s 18 points, Belmont avenged a 59-37 loss in January to Wilson in a Northern Conference game.

WILSON--Gordon 17, Argumaniz 9, Aguilera 7, Garinca 5, Brambia 5, Alvarez 2, Castellanos 2, Lopez 2.

BELMONT--Aguilar 18, Corado 15, Hernandez 13, M. Gracia 6, Munoz 3, N. Gracia 3, Quevedo 2.

Records: Wilson 13-7; Belmont 14-12.

Manual Arts 46, Hamilton 38--Jolie Kaba had 16 points and Ronneka Taylor scored 10 to lead the way for Manual Arts, which finished Coastal Conference play with a perfect 10-0 record.

MANUAL ARTS--Kaba 16, Taylor 10, Zuno 7, Cole 5, Jones 4, Avelar 2, Kelly 2.

HAMILTON--Dunbar 12, Steen 10, Bell 8, Rice 6, Gillenwaters 2.

Records: Manual Arts 13-2; Hamilton 5-14.

Crenshaw 100, San Pedro 21--Five Crenshaw players scored in double figures and the defense held San Pedro to five points in the first half as the Cougars rolled to a Southern Pacific Conference victory at home. Kimberly Howse pulled down 18 rebounds for Crenshaw.

SAN PEDRO--Davis 4, Watts 3, Moore 2, Roberts 2, Silva 2, Aquile 2, Edwards 0, Henry 0. CRENSHAW--Lattin 20, Beasley 15, Keyes 14, Barton 13, Grice 10, Ruffin 8, Howse 8 Tillett 6, Wynne 6.

Record: Crenshaw 20-2.

WEDNESDAY

Crenshaw 68, Dorsey 55--Kimberly Howse and Tanya Barton each scored eight points in the fourth quarter to help the Cougars rally from a six-point deficit with five minutes to play in a Southern Pacific Conference game.

Howse finished with 17 points for Crenshaw, which defeated Dorsey for the third time this season and secured its first league title in six seasons. DORSEY--Agiza 28, Lincoln 15, Boston 7, Vernon 2, Burkes 2, Williams 1.

CRENSHAW--Howse 17, Grice 15, Barton 13, Keyes 13, Lattin 8, Wynne 2.

Records: Dorsey 15-7; Crenshaw 19-2.

Manual Arts 59, University 45--Twanda Cole had 14 points and 10 rebounds as the host Toilers won their ninth game in a row in a Coastal Conference game. Ronneka Taylor had 12 points and six steals and Tynisa Jones added five assists for Manual Arts.

UNIVERSITY--Ford 10, Quinones 8, Ishimaru 7, Shimano 7, Hymes 6, Ginoza 5, Inouye 2.

MANUAL ARTS--Cole 14, Taylor 12, Vasquez 8, Zuno 7, Jones 6, Kaba 5, Avelar 4, Angol 3.

Record: Manual Arts 12-2.

Washington 50, Narbonne 48--A steal by Tina Greer with 10 seconds left helped Washington preserve a Southern Pacific Conference victory.

Greer and Mercedes Edwards scored 14 and 13 points respectively for Washington, which led by 13 points entering the fourth quarter but had three starters foul out and another pick up her fourth foul in the final eight minutes.

WASHINGTON--Greer 14, Edwards 13, Bundy 7, Adams 6, Pugh 6, Branch 2, Burrell 2.

NARBONNE--Takamoto 14, Knapp 12, Ogawa 8, Tuisalo’o 8, Burris 2, Sutton 2, Warren 2.

Record: Washington 12-10.

Belmont 50, Lincoln 44 (OT)--Maricela Gracia scored a game-high 14 points and had six of Belmont’s eight points in overtime to seal a Northern Conference victory. Inocencia Ibarra, who had a team-high 13 points for Lincoln, made a short jump shot with 11 seconds left in regulation to send the game into overtime.

LINCOLN--Ibarra 13, Reyes 10, Garcia 7, Quinnones 7, Martinez 3, Nguyen 4.

BELMONT--N. Gracia 14, M. Gracia 7, Quevedo 7, Corrado 6, Hernandez 6, Munoz 4, Balderas 4, Aguilar 2.

Record: Belmont 13-12.

Roosevelt 50, Fremont 36--Denise Caudillo scored 22 points and Zenobia Hunt had 11 points and nine rebounds as visiting Roosevelt clinched a share of the Eastern League title in a Southeastern Conference game.

ROOSEVELT--Caudillo 22, Hunt 11, Guevara 8, Pantoja 4, Leona Jacobs 2, Lisa Jacobs 2, Rodriguez 1.

FREMONT--Paige 14, Davis 8, Drummer 6, Perkins 4, McDaniel 2, Avila 2.

Records: Roosevelt 14-5; Fremont 15-7.

South Gate 74, Grant 30--Michelle Gonzalez scored 22 points and Letty Madrigal had 21 to pace South Gate to a nonconference victory at home.

GRANT--Ebule 12, Kiley 11, Tomikawa 4, Nguyen 3, Bilaver 0.

SOUTH GATE--Gonzalez 22, Madrigal 21, N. Maciel 13, R. Maciel 10, Roesner 6, Perales 1.

Record: South Gate 17-3.

Garfield 53, Bell 49--Deena Duran had 12 points and Norma Medrano had 11 as Garfield held off a late Bell rally to break a two-game losing streak in a Southeastern Conference game.

BELL--Henriquez 12, Garcia 11, Cordova 10, Serrano 8, Sanchez 6, Purcell 1, Guerrero 1.

GARFIELD--Duran 12, Medrano 11, Blanco 10, Camarena 9, Medina 4, Hinojosa 4, Silva 2, Hernandez 1.

Records: Bell 7-13; Garfield 7-9.

Pilgrim 56, La Verne Lutheran 51--Dawn Fields scored 30 points and had 12 rebounds and six assists to lead Pilgrim to a Southern Section V-A Division first-round playoff victory.

LA VERNE LUTHERAN--Berg 22, Lucas 15, Kapa 3, Hammer 2, Priddy 2, Coppick 2, Jones 2, DeJurnett 2, Timpane 1.

PILGRIM--Fields 30, Locsin 11, Ogbunamari 5, Osaki 5, Potter 4, Sino-Cruz 1.

Records: Pilgrim 14-7; La Verne Lutheran 13-8.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Cal State Northridge 62, Cal State Los Angeles 53--Pamm Ross scored a game-high 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Golden Eagles in a nonconference loss.

CAL STATE L.A.--Ross 20, Inouye 10, Benson 8, Keeton 7, Cruz 6, Nwamuo 2.

CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE--Espino 17, Griffith 14, Esparza 8, Vega 6, Caldwell 6, Bittner 6, Collins 5.

Records: CSLA 5-18; CSUN 5-17.