Orange County basketball highlights for Tuesday, Jan. 22
Highlights and top scorers from the Orange County basketball games on Tuesday, Jan. 22.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Tuesday’s basketball scoreboard
Cypress senior Jared Brown surpassed the 1,000-point mark for his career in leading the No. 7 Centurions to a 75-56 win over Pacifica in an Empire League game at Pacifica High. Brown had 25 points and stands at 1,017 for his varsity career. Anthony Tello added 16 points, nine rebounds and eight assists, and Clifton Patterson had 15 points and 12 rebounds for Cypress (23-2, 7-0).
Ja’len Overstreet scored 30 points, 20 over his average, and No. 8 La Habra stayed unbeaten in the Freeway League with a 68-38 win at Sunny Hills. Sam Howlin added 10 points and eight rebounds for the Highlanders (22-2, 7-0).
Daniel Esparza scored 23 points and No. 18 Sonora (18-7, 6-1) stayed close to La Habra in the Freeway League race with an 81-57 win over Fullerton. Sage Guillen led Fullerton with 20 points on six 3-pointers and Will Hollon had 18 points and six assists.
Jon Scherer scored 25 points and No. 25 Crean Lutheran broke a second-place tie with Tustin by beating the Tillers 65-61 in an Empire League game at Crean. Aiden Gilbert added 14 points for the Saints (12-11, 5-2). Kyan Patel took game-high honors with 26 points for Tustin (13-10, 4-3).
Jorge Galvan hit the game-winning 3-pointer with 21 seconds left and Orangewood Academy edged Saddleback Valley Christian 60-59 in a San Joaquin League game. Galvan finished with 19 points.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Tuesday’s basketball scoreboard
No. 22 Tustin played spoiler in the Empire League race, beating No. 21 Crean Lutheran 61-43 at Tustin High to deal a severe blow to the Saints’ title hopes. Crean (20-4, 5-2) was looking at a possible first-place showdown with No. 19 Kennedy on Friday but now must win just to keep its flickering hopes alive. Kennedy (15-8, 7-0) can clinch the title outright with a win. Tustin (20-5, 4-3) held on to a slim chance for a title share.
Regenus Gates scored 30 points and No. 19 Kennedy opened up a two-game lead in the Empire League with a 67-41 win at Valencia. Diya Tailor added 16 points for the Fighting Irish, who can wrap up the outright title with a win over second-place Crean Lutheran on Friday.
No. 13 Aliso Niguel clinched at least a share of the South Coast League title with a 46-35 win at Tesoro. Carley Brown had 15 points and eight rebounds and Sarah Matossian made nine steals to go with her 10 points for the Wolverines (20-5, 6-0).
No. 25 Corona del Mar had a lot more trouble with Edison in their second Surf League meeting of the season Tuesday night. Twelve days after a 28-point victory at Edison, the Sea Kings barely held off the Chargers 40-39 at Corona del Mar. Edison sank a free throw with two seconds left to pull within one point but missed the second free throw. Samantha Uehara scored 17 points and Tati Bruening had 10 points and 10 rebounds for CdM (16-10, 3-1), which set up a first-place showdown at No. 9 Los Alamitos on Thursday. Lainey Johnson led Edison (11-13, 0-4) with 15 points.
San Juan Hills scored the first 18 points of the game and beat Capistrano Valley 55-35 at Capo Valley. Liza Hladek scored 14 points and Jordan Parkhurst had 12 points and nine rebounds for the Stallions (17-6, 5-1), who took sole possession of first place in the Sea View League by a half-game over Laguna Hills.
Newport Harbor got 46 rebounds out of three players in beating Laguna Beach 49-25. Willa Rath had 20 rebounds to go with her 19 points, Emma Fults grabbed 18 caroms and Genevieve Perry pulled down eight.
Tuesday’s top scorers
BOYS
Pts Player, school
30 Overstreet, La Habra
27 Dubose, Laguna Hills
26 Patel, Tustin
26 Ruelas, Los Amigos
26 Suri, Tarbut V’Torah
25 J. Brown, Cypress
25 Scherer, Crean Lutheran
25 Siegel, Tarbut V’Torah
24 Francis, Esperanza
24 Terner, Tarbut V’Torah
23 A. Brown, Pacifica
23 Esparza, Sonora
22 Mallette, Pacifica Christian
22 G. O’Neill, Saddleback Valley Christian
20 Guillen, Fullerton
20 Halverson, Brea Olinda
20 Seesemann, Troy
19 Galvan, Orangewood Academy
19 Jimenez, Fairmont Prep
19 Nguyen, Rancho Alamitos
19 Turner, El Dorado
18 Aboagye, Fairmont Prep
18 Hollon, Fullerton
17 Bakke, El Dorado
17 Rasmussen, El Modena
17 Waite, Canyon
17 Wright, Fairmont Prep
16 Miller, Saddleback Valley Christian
16 Tello, Cypress
15 Bopp, Orangewood Academy
15 Patterson, Cypress
14 Arcadio, Troy
14 A. Gilbert, Crean Lutheran
14 Hosozawa, Sunny Hills
14 Paraizo, Orangewood Academy
13 Fransisco, Laguna Hills
13 Poling, El Dorado
13 Valentyn, Aliso Niguel
12 Brown, Pacifica Christian
12 Fabisiak, Pacifica
12 Stines, Sonora
12 Yauney, Troy
GIRLS
Pts Player, school
30 Gates, Kennedy
26 Manning, Capistrano Valley
20 K. Kubo, Esperanza
19 Lee, Brea Olinda
19 L. Mirhan, Valencia
19 Rath, Newport Harbor
19 Uehara, Corona del Mar
18 Jones, Foothill
18 Monty, Orangewood Academy
18 Tran, La Quinta
17 Fries, Esperanza
17 Goostrey, Rosary
17 Nguyen, Marina
17 Ross, Orangewood Academy
17 A. Sherfey, Whittier Christian
16 Jo. Corona, Whittier Christian
16 Tailor, Kennedy
15 Avinger, Rosary
15 Brown, Aliso Niguel
15 Healy, Marina
15 Johnson, Edison
14 Esquivel, Katella
14 Hladek, San Juan Hills
14 Sakamoto, Marina
13 DeGree, San Clemente
13 Price, Brea Olinda
13 Tafuna, Villa Park
12 El-Atwi, Century
12 Gardiner, San Clemente
12 Parkhurst, San Juan Hills
Coaches and team representatives are encouraged to email their scores and stats after every game to the Register at preps@ocregister.com.