Saturday, December 20, 2003
Copyright ? Las Vegas Review-Journal
LAS VEGAS INVITATIONAL: Durango trips in semifinals
La Rocque upset with effort in 57-53 loss to Mountain View (Ariz.)
REVIEW-JOURNAL
 Durango's Houston Power tries to drive past Mountain View's Ryan Heintz on Friday in the first half of their semifinal game in the Las Vegas Invitational at Green Valley High School. |
It wasn't the final score that bothered Durango coach Al La Rocque on Friday. It was what led to his team's 57-53 loss to Mountain View (Ariz.) in the semifinals of the Las Vegas Invitational at Green Valley High School.
"I'm not overly disappointed with the game," La Rocque said. "I'm just completely disappointed with the effort. It's more about effort than anything."
The Toros advance to the title game against Harvard-Westlake (Calif.) at 3:30 p.m. today.
Except for a 27-27 tie early in the second half, the Toros led all game. But Mountain View never was able to pull away completely. Durango had opportunities late in the game, but missed layups and free throws cost the Trailblazers.
Durango's Tywain McTyer came up with a steal with 47 seconds remaining and the Toros leading 53-51. He drove the length of the court, but his layup fell off the rim, and Mountain View rebounded.
McTyer scored on a back-door cut with 16 seconds to play to trim the lead to 56-53. After a Durango timeout, Mountain View mishandled the ball, but the Trailblazers were unable to grab it and the loose ball went off Houston Power's foot and out of bounds. That gave the ball back to Mountain View with less than 10 seconds to play.
"Ty, he's banged up, he's hurt, so how can you get mad at him?" La Rocque said. "But he has a steal to tie the game. And then the ball rolled off Houston's foot at the end. It was almost like the Keystone Cops."
The Toros' Matt Welker scored 12 points, and Tyler Molesworth added 10 points. Eric Bossom had a game-high 13 rebounds for Mountain View, which had a 41-31 rebounding edge.
"We have to rebound," La Rocque said. "We had a lot of guys standing around and watching. You can't win games if you're going to stand around and watch rebounds."
Power led Durango with 14 points. The Trailblazers will play Bishop Gorman in the third-place game at 2 p.m.
? Harvard-Westlake (Calif.) 80, Bishop Gorman 64 -- The Wolverines continued to impress, jumping to a 22-4 lead and rolling past the Gaels.
Harvard-Westlake again used its size to dominate. The Wolverines start five players 6 feet 4 inches or taller, and the team had a 53-31 rebounding edge. Harvard-Westlake finished with 22 offensive rebounds.
Bryce Taylor led the Wolverines with 24 points and seven rebounds, and 6-8 sophomore Alex Stepheson added 17 points and 18 rebounds.
Kashif Watson led Gorman with 18 points, and teammate Cori Anderson scored 13.
? Basic 66, Green Valley 65 -- Victor Armendariz hit a 3-pointer with three seconds to play, lifting the Wolves over the Gators.
Green Valley led by as many as 11 in the second half, but Basic's A.J. Montano scored eight consecutive points to cut the lead to 44-41.
Montano led the Wolves with 17 points, and his brother Chris added 14 points. Armendariz came off the bench to score 10 points, and Donnie Eredia grabbed 10 rebounds.
Marquis Pittman led Green Valley with 18 points and seven rebounds, and teammate Jordan Ragan had 14 points and seven assists.
? Western 64, Silverado 51 -- Jovan McIver hit five 3-pointers in the second half as the Warriors rallied to defeat the Skyhawks.
Silverado led 31-19 before a McIver 3-pointer started a 16-4 run for Western. He finished with 26 points, shooting 6-for-10 from 3-point range.
Ryan Whitesitt had 29 points, including four 3-pointers, to lead the Skyhawks. Kyle Rath added 12 points and nine rebounds.
Western will play Basic for fifth place at 12:30 p.m. Silverado will play Green Valley for seventh place at 11 a.m.
SIERRA VISTA INVITATIONAL
? Foothill 52, Sierra Vista 45 -- Jamaal Smith scored a game-high 25 points to rally the Falcons past the Lions on the first day of the Sierra Vista Invitational.
Smith scored Foothill's final nine points, breaking a 44-44 tie with 2:38 to play.
The Falcons, who trailed by as many as nine points in the first half, took their first lead on Alan Potter's jumper with 6:24 to play. He finished with 13 points.
Fariest Brown led Sierra Vista with 12 points, and Jonathan Johnson added 10 points.
? Palo Verde 77, Mojave 69 -- Nate Schulte scored 11 of his game-high 26 points in the fourth quarter to help the Panthers rally past the Rattlers.
Palo Verde, which trailed 55-47 with 6:15 left, made 17 of 22 foul shots down the stretch to surge ahead.
The Panthers' Amir Ahmad scored 16 points, and P'Allen Stinnett added 14 points.
Mojave's Ricky Terry and Eric Jones each scored 14 points, and Brandon Bell and Dominigue Watson added 12 points apiece.
? Valley 62, Liberty 52 -- Juan Patillo and Justin Everett each scored 14 points to lead the Vikings over the Patriots.
Josh Rivers added 11 points for Valley.
Liberty's Charles Broadbent scored 14 points, and Sha'ricky Ormond added 10 points.
? Shadow Ridge 100, Pahrump Valley 43 -- Chris Berkley scored 20 points to lead the Mustangs past the Trojans.
Jamarion Lewis added 15 points, Jessie Walker had 12 points and Ryan VanBergen and Tony Richardson each scored 10 for Shadow Ridge.
Pahrump's Parminder Atwal and Collin Dean each scored eight.
NONTOURNAMENT
? Coronado 83, Desert Pines 46 -- At Coronado, Sid Stanley had 18 points, five assists and five steals, leading the Cougars past the Jaguars.
Mike Kale added 14 points and 11 rebounds for Coronado, which led 42-13 at halftime.
The Cougars' Travis Stuman had 13 points, and Ali Amin scored 10.
? Bonanza 81, Chaparral 51 -- At Bonanza, Ernie Domanico had 18 points and Cornell Johnson 17 as the Bengals defeated the Cowboys.
Bonanza's Cory Peterson added 15 points, hitting all five 3-point attempts, and Roemon Turner added 12 points.
Chaparral's DaVan Evans and Rodney Bennett each had 15 points.
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