Simi Valley 111, Thousand Oaks 84--Brett Michel...

Simi Valley 111, Thousand Oaks 84--Brett Michel scored 23 of his 32 points in the first half to help the Pioneers (24-2, 11-0) to a near-record point total in a Marmonte League game at Thousand Oaks.

Top-ranked Simi Valley, which clinched the league title outright, scored a school-record 113 points against Roosevelt earlier this season.

Newbury Park 86, Agoura 64--Brian Polen had 27 points and 16 rebounds to help the Panthers (17-5, 9-2) clinch second place in the Marmonte League at Agoura (13-12, 7-4).

Cleveland 68, Kennedy 61--Kent Dennis had 23 points and six steals for the Cavaliers (19-4, 9-0), ranked No. 5, in a West Valley League victory over Kennedy (13-10, 5-4) at Cleveland.

Chatsworth 74, Taft 72--Ronald Ruffin scored 21 points, Richard Harrison had 17 points and 14 rebounds, and the No. 8-ranked Chancellors (15-3, 6-2) survived a fourth-quarter rally by Taft (11-8, 4-5) at Chatsworth.

Loyola 85, Harvard-Westlake 84--David Salvatore’s put-back basket with two seconds remaining spoiled Harvard-Westlake’s comeback effort in a Mission League game at Loyola.

The Wolverines (14-12, 7-5), who trailed by 12 points in the third quarter, took an 84-83 lead with 20 seconds to play on a three-point play by Eric Geffner.

GIRLS’ GAMES

El Camino Real 61, Taft 55--Karen Shun scored 14 of her 21 points in the second half to help the Conquistadores (20-4, 9-0) come from behind and clinch the West Valley League title at Taft.

Taft (15-4, 7-2) forced No. 7-ranked El Camino Real to rally for a victory in the teams’ first meeting Jan. 29.

Taft handed El Camino Real its only loss in conference play last year in a regular-season finale.

Shun and Leslie Lara, who came off the bench to collect six points and four steals in the second half, made certain there was no repeat.

--LAUREN PETERSON

Grant 99, Van Nuys 32--Natalie Gabor scored a school-record 44 points on 19-of-22 shooting to lead the Lancers over the Wolves (3-16, 1-8) in a Mid-Valley League game at Grant.

Grant (16-8, 8-1) must beat North Hollywood on Friday to get a share of the league title.

North Hollywood 70, Monroe 50--Tashean Thomas scored 17 of her 28 points in the first quarter and the Huskies (19-5, 9-0) clinched a share of the Mid-Valley League title at Monroe (9-12, 5-4).

Birmingham 64, Granada Hills 40--Ofalanga Mailangi had 25 points and 15 rebounds for host Birmingham (13-7, 6-3) in a North Valley League game.

The Patriots double-teamed Kelly Patterson, limiting her to 18 points after she scored 33 to lead Granada Hills (3-6, 8-11) to a victory over Birmingham earlier in the season.

Royal 59, Westlake 37--Mari Myllykoski had 17 points and six steals to help the Highlanders (12-10, 6-5) clinch a playoff berth with a Marmonte League victory at Westlake (8-15, 3-8).

Simi Valley 53, Thousand Oaks 35--Elise Metcalf scored 12 points and the host Pioneers (19-6, 8-3) used a 16-0 run in the third quarter to break open the Marmonte League game.

Channel Islands 66, Oxnard 40--Jaline Bradley scored 23 points and Channel Islands (19-7, 6-2) beat visiting Oxnard (12-14, 6-2) to create a three-way tie for first place with Camarillo.

Buena 57, Rio Mesa 37--Courtney LaVere scored 16 points and the top-ranked Bulldogs (22-3) won a nonleague game at Buena.