Drew Bennett (left) fights for the ball with
Central's Rhyanna Velasco-Martinez (center)
and Janelle Thomas (right) in the third quarter
of the Spartans' 67-42 win Sat., Dec. 28.
(Photo by Ed Piper)
By Ed Piper
The Vikings, with lead scorer Reagan Bennett on the bench due to foul trouble in the first half, lost the magic touch they had the day before in a win over Olympian, as Central Union (El Centro) (now 8-4) and sophomore guard Victoria Zamora shot threes to pull away for a 67-42 win in the Aztec Classic at Montgomery Classic Sat., Dec. 28.
Coach Nia De la Pena-Thompson's squad cut the Spartan lead to come within nine points in the third quarter. But Zamora's threes continued to rain, and La Jolla could not recapture the mix that led them to dominating wins on the first two days of the post-Christmas tournament in the South Bay.
Zamora scored 28 points, most from behind the arc. La Jolla fell to 10-6 on the season, with an early game scheduled for them in the Classic Mon., Dec. 30, on the final day of the tourney.
De la Pena-Thompson, in her first year as Viking coach, said, "We worked really hard," but they could just not overcome what grew to an 18-point Central lead in the frustrating second quarter.
"We played a box-and-one (on Zamora)," the coach said. Asked if the team learned anything in the loss, she said, "Effort. The girls took over the postgame locker room" and took ownership for their play.
In the early going, the game saw a duel between the two team's stars, Bennett driving for fastbreak baskets and Zamora answering with threes. La Jolla last led, 11-10, with 2:11 left in the first quarter, before the flood gates came down.
LJ's Elena Farrar (10)
drives for a basket.
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