Curry Is Cooled by Villanova

Edneisha Curry was plagued by poor shooting and Cal State Northridge lost to Villanova, 72-52, Friday, in the first game of the Nevada tournament in Reno, Nev.

Curry finished with 15 points, five rebounds, three assists, five turnovers and four fouls.

She made six of 19 shots, including three of 10 three-pointers.

Neda Milic had 15 points and seven rebounds for the Matadors (1-1).

Jenea Skeeters scored 21 points and Katie Davis had 18 points and seven rebounds for the Wildcats (2-1).

Villanova forced 22 turnovers while committing 15.

Albertson 85, The Master’s 64--Nikki Hover scored 18 points, Karen Gormley added 17 but the Mustangs (6-1) committed 22 turnovers and lost in the first round of the Northwest Nazarene tournament in Idaho.

Alyson Pincock scored 24 points and had 14 rebounds for Albertson (5-2).

MOTOR SPORTS

Jay Drake, formerly of Val Verde, never really had the opportunity to defend his championship in the 50th annual Home Depot Turkey Night Grand Prix 100-lap midget race Thursday night at Irwindale Speedway.

Drake, who lives in Indianapolis, finished 10th even though the car’s brakes stopped functioning on the fifth lap.

“The pedal just hit the floor, and nothing,” said Drake, who qualified seventh. “You try not to run over the guys in front of you and hope nothing crazy happens.”

Drake finished fifth in the United States Auto Club MCI Worldcom National Midget points standings.

Greg Edenholm of Agoura failed in his bid to capture the USAC MCI Worldcom TQ midget points championship. On the first lap of the 20-lap feature, his car touched wheels with J.J. Ercse’s car. Edenholm spun into the first-turn retaining wall.

Edenholm, who started from the pole position, was sent to the back of the pack for the restart. The impact bent the car’s rear axle and Edenholm finished eighth.

Ercse, of Lakewood, was the winner. Josh Wise of Riverside finished second and captured the points title from Edenholm, 418-396.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Second-seeded Ventura, which defeated Victor Valley in Tuesday’s first round, 15-7, 15-7, 15-11, hosts No. 10 Irvine Valley at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the in the Community College Southern California Regional.

No. 5 Moorpark travels to No. 4 Cuesta and No. 6 Canyons travels to No. 3 Santa Barbara. Both matches begin at 7.