By Ed Piper
Maybe the Vikings mixed up their holidays. Two days after Christmas, Reagan Bennett and company were sharing the love, which is very much in the season's spirit.
But it wasn't Valentine's Day, and who knows? Maybe they thought they were exchanging gifts because of the just-passed holiday.
In any case, first-year coach Nia De la Pena-Thompson's bunch shared the ball, passed for assists, and distributed the scoring behind Bennett's 27 points: fast Elena Farrar (who outruns her dribble) contributed 17, A.J. Jacoby came off the bench for 16, and senior Carmen Jativa had 8 points, a total of eight Vikings in the scoring column.
La Jolla out-heighted and out-quicked Olympia, 86-57, building a 24-point lead at halftime as Jacoby, providing her physicality, showed a deft touch underneath, receiving passes from Bennett and others to score.
Early in the second quarter, A.J., a sophomore, netted three of four Viking baskets as La Jolla moved out to a double-digit lead.
Asked about her teammate as a "scoring machine", Reagan acknowledged, "She's gotten better at finishing."
On the team's 27 assists, the high-scorer and captain said, "I think through the (young) season, we've gotten better at sharing the ball."
Drew Bennett, Reagan's twin and fellow captain, led the squad in play-making with 7 assists.
Jacoby pulled down 13 rebounds in part-time play, while Farrar added 10.
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