La Jolla, in building its early lead over Mission Bay Feb. 17, limited its turnovers. The lead was crucial, because the Vikings were able to fend off the Bucs in the later going with Reed Farley playing with four fouls the second half partly because of the cushion they had enjoyed earlier.
"I think the biggest thing for us was only having eight turnovers against a team that last time forced 20-plus on us," said shooting guard Ladd Castellano.
Said Alex Pitrofsky, "It was really cool to have back-to-back buzzer-beater wins," referring to the win at University City Feb. 13.
"We all played good defense in stopping the other key players from scoring their usual 14 or so and we all played together," said senior guard Zach Duffy.
Both Reed Farley and Pitrofsky referred to Coach Paul Baranowski's comments to the team after the game that they stayed to the game plan. "We stuck to the plan and everyone did what they had to do," said Farley, who scored the winning basket with three seconds left.
"After the game, Coach told us that we did really well sticking to the plan," echoed Pitrofsky.
Copyright 2015 Ed Piper
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