Ventura Wildcat Basketball, Inc.
P.O. Box 4788
Ventura, CA 93007
Phone: 805 647-4325
Fax: 805 647-8744
070109
Panthers and Pumas
Alone at the Top
Two others close behind
Standings
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1 ….Panthers………… 5 ….…. 0 ….… 37.4 …. 26.0 …..... RGA Family
2 ….Pumas………….… 4 ….…. 1 ……. 36.0 … 22.6 …..... E Ventura Optimists
3 ….Jaguars…….…… 3 ………. 2 ……. 33.8 … 31.4 …..... V N
4 ….Lions………..…… 3 ….….. 2 ……. 38.8 … 37.8 …...… Dole Foods
5 ….Leopards….…… 1 ………. 3 ……. ....... … ....... …... Courtney Davis
6 ….Bearcats………… 1 ………. 4 ……. ....... … ....... …... B D Team
7 ….Bengals……….… 0 ….…. 5 ……. ....... … ....... ….....Jays Automotive
Kayalin Irby scored 45 points in two games to move into second place among League scorers. 1 ….. Holly Guzman ….……. Bearcats ………..…. 18.0
2 ….. Kayalin Irby ………….… Panthers ….….…… 15.0
3 ….. Aubri Smith ……………. Lions ………………... 13.8
4 ….. Jasmyne Watkins …… Lions …….…………. 12.4
5 ….. Natalie Smith …………. Pumas ………………. 11.4
6 ….. Maleea Christian …….. Bengals …….…….. 10.5
7 ….. Alyssa McLaughlin …… Jaguars …………….. 8.2
8 ….. Jessica Murillo …………. Leopards …………. 8.0
9 ….. Ashley Adams …………. Jaguars ….…………. 7.8
10 …. Alleia Jordan ……………. Lions ……………….. 7.3
11 …. Jennifer Orozco ………… Pumas ………….…. 7.2
12 …. Katie Campbell ……….. Jaguars ……………. 7.0
13 …. Clarissa Magallon …… Pumas …..….……… 6.8
14 …. Camille Werner ……….… Panthers ……….. 6.8
15 …. Christina Gonzalez …… Bengals ………….. 5.2
16 …. Hailie Mace ……………… Jaguars …………….. 5.2
17 …. Maryssa Rillo ….…….... Pumas ……………… 4.6
18 …. Robin Fallandy ………… Leopards …………. 4.5
19 …. Makayla Flinn ………….. Bearcats …………. 4.4
20 …. Mikela Moore ………….. Bengals …………… 4.0
Smith gets 21 in two quarters . . .
Pumas Stay in the Hunt
40-25 after fast start
July 1, 2009
The East Ventura Optimist Pumas needed three seconds to take an all-game lead as Jennifer Orozco streaked for a layup off the opening tip prompting Coach Jayson Root of the Jay’s Automotive Bengals to comment, “Well, that’s not the way we wanted to start.”
Orozco stole the ball and scored again 90 seconds later and in between Clarissa Magallon scored and the Pumas were off to a 40-25 win and sole possession of second place in the Wildcat League.
The Bengals Ashley Steinberger came up with one steal and three assists to account for the golden girls first three baskets, one to Christina Gonzalez and two more by Elyssa Root to close the margin to six points with three minutes left in the first quarter.
Christina Gonzalez (35) went hard to the basket often and led the Bengals in scoring.
Then, the other shoe dropped.
The Pumas swarmed the court and dropped in an amazing ten points in less than two minutes, almost enough points to last the entire game.
There’s one thing to remember about the Bengals however: They never say die.
With no subs and down by 18 points at the end of one, the Bengals outscored the Pumas 19-16 in the last 25 minutes supporting the ongoing theory that any team that takes the Bengals for granted will be making a mistake.
In fact, ten of the final 12 points went through the Gold basket and half of those came on alert assist passes by Amy Jameson.
Amy Jameson (far left/inbounding) played a great game with strong defense, smart shooting, and three consecutive assist passes to get the Bengals' fourth quarter offense rolling.
The Pumas were led in scoring by Natalie Smith with 21 points, all of those scored in just two quarters; a rate of 42 points per game.
Hannah Harader takes a shot at the ball as Mikela Moore pulls up her dribble.
The Bengals were led by the resurgence of Christina Gonzalez with eight points while Root had seven. Every Bengal player scored. And, the Bengals scored more points than the Pumas give up on a points-per-game basis.
Credit the coaches with some good work this summer as both teams shot exactly 50% from the free throw line.
Bengals……………6……..7……..4………8…………….…25
Pumas…………….24…….2…….12………2……………...40
Bengals
C Rodriguez 8
E Root 7
A Jameson 4
M Moore 4
A Steinberger 2
Fouls: 7
Free throws: 3/6
Pumas
A Smith 21
J Orozco 6
C Magallon 5
R Negrete 2
M Gremaud 2
M Rillo 2
Unaccounted 2
Fouls: 11
Free throws: 2/4
Kayalin blows it open . . .
44-28
July 1, 2009
Kayalin Irby is a D-1 prospect and she can pretty much just turn it on whenever she wants which was early and often against the V N Jaguars as her first place RGA Family Panthers stormed to a 44-28 win.
For Kay (pronounced “Kie”), transition is an adventure in blast-and-crash and it’s relatively frightening to think of somebody getting in her way.
Kayalin Irby was unstoppable and finished with 22 points.
With the Panthers leading by just a single point, Irby hit the switch, scored eight points in less than seven minutes, got some help from Andrea Centeno and Brittany Rodriguez and the Panthers were up by eight after one quarter.
With Kay on the bench and Jaguar guard Katie Campbell lofting successive three pointers in 55 seconds to go with a nice shot inside, the Jaguars rallied to tie the game at the half.
Katie Campbell had two three pointers in 55 seconds and another score 19 seconds later to lead the Jaguars.
Kay time.
Kay powered her way to six points in 60 seconds to start second half scoring and with a nice score from guard Camille Werner, the halftime tie turned into an eight point lead for the Panthers; a lead they would not relinquish. Another score by Rodriguez put the Panthers up by double-digits and the lead never went single again.
Brittany Rodriguez (white) put the Panthers into a double-digit margin.
Campbell led the Jaguars with 12 points and Ashley Adams six but the plentiful gaggle of guards on the Jaguars could have scored much more had they been able to finish repeated breaks ahead of the Panthers defense. So frustrating was the problem that a four-on-zero break resulted in just one shot and no points. When they finish their breaks, the Jags are very hard to beat.
The teams combined for 29 fouls.
The Panthers were six for 12 from the line while the Jaguars started 2-for-2, then went 0-for-10 the rest of the way.
Scoring
Panthers………….14……..2…….16…….12…………………44
Jaguars……………6…….10……..4……...8…………….…….28
Panthers
Kayalin Irby 22
A Centeno 6
C Werner 6
J Brady 4
B Rodriguez 4
Klio Irby 2
Fouls: 17
Free throws: 6/12
Jaguars
K Campbell 12
A Adams 6
A McLaughlin 4
N Harasta 2
P Larson 2
H Mace 2
Fouls: 12
Free throws: 2/10