Foothill’s Brown Is Feeling Better

Chavaughn Brown tore tendons in her foot and sprained her ankle in Foothill’s final league volleyball game. Brown, still working herself into basketball shape while recovering from her injury, instilled some pain on fifth-ranked San Clemente Monday.

Brown scored twice at the buzzer to end quarters, once more as the shot clock expired and convertedtwo free throws with 14 seconds left in the game to lead fourth-ranked Foothill to a 62-58 victory over San Clemente in a pool-play game at the San Clemente tournament.

Brown’s performance--it was the first time this season she played a full game--moved the Knights (6-2) into tonight’s championship game against sixth-ranked El Toro.

San Clemente (7-1) will play Laguna Hills in the third-place game.

Brown, a 6-foot-1 center who signed to play at Idaho, scored 20 points and had nine rebounds.

Teammate Kristen Mann had 17 points and four blocked shots, including Kim Buffum’s three-point attempt in the final seconds.

But it was Brown’s night. With only one second left on the shot clock, Brown took an inbounds pass under her basket and scored with 2 minutes 8 seconds remaining, tying the score at 58.

With 28 seconds left, she stole a pass from San Clemente’s Whitney Jones, and Jacky Williams converted two free throws two seconds later for a 60-58 lead.

Jones missed a six-footer and Brown rebounded, then converted a one-and-one opportunity for the 62-58 margin.

San Clemente trailed by eight in the fourth quarter but tied the score, 56-56, with 3:04 left on free throws by Kristin Jenkins (19 points) and took the lead 58-56 on a layup by Kalena Jackson (10 points) with 2:45 remaining.

In another tournament game:

No. 6 El Toro 64, Laguna Hills 44--Giuliana Mendiola made seven of eight three-point attempts and scored 33 as El Toro (6-1) avenged its only loss, a 67-55 setback. Mendiola also had a team-high eight rebounds.

In the Artesia tournament:

No. 7 Rosary 78, Pasadena Muir 67--Guard Maggie Barnett came off the bench to score 17 points in Rosary’s quarterfinal victory. Rosary (8-1) hit 24 of 32 free throws.

Rosary plays Long Beach Wilson in a semifinal game tonight.

In the Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions:

No. 3 Troy 56, Oregon Marist 51--Veronica Johns-Richardson scored 17 points, and had 10 rebounds and 10 assists for Troy (7-2). Katie Hardeman went five for seven in free throws and scored 10 of her 21 points in the third quarter for the Warriors, who will play Mater Dei for the consolation championship final at 2 p.m.

No. 2 Mater Dei 62, Arizona Chaparral 54--Kyra Melville scored eight of her 22 points in the fourth quarter and went four-for-four in free throws in the last two minutes for Mater Dei (8-1).

No. 10 Edison 71, Stockdale 52--Michelle Zylstra had 24 points, 16 rebounds and six blocks and teammate Katy Monteleone chipped in with 19 points for Edison. The Chargers (6-3) take on Sunset League rival Esperanza tonight in the semifinals.In nonleague:

Woodbridge 66, University 37--Natalie Quinn scored 16 points, including four three point shots, for host Woodbridge (7-3).