Friday, Jan. 15, 2010
Los Banos varsity girls improve to 3-0 CCC
By John-Joel Griffiths / jgriffiths@losbañosenterprise.com
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ReprintLos Baños junior guard Ieashia Isby of the girls basketball team caught fire during Tuesday's Central California Conference contest against Buhach Colony High of Atwater.
Isby finished with a game-high 21 points and knocked down three 3s during Los Baños' 68-37 win over Buhach Colony.
"(Isby) had another big scoring night," Los Baños head coach Mike Perkins said. "The only bad games Ieashia's had recently was when she was injured. She's had a nice run now that she's healthy.
"We came out with energy and set the tone. We put so much distance between us and them we were playing with a cushion. It was a team-effort."
Los Baños opened the game on a 25-7 run and never turned it off.
In the second quarter, Buhach Colony (0-2 CCC) contested with Los Baños, which improved to 2-1 in the conference standings.
Buhach Colony and LB each scored 15 points in the final eight minutes of the first half.
Isby made it a 20-point contest with a 3-ball in the second quarter, and Lalli Bobadilla made it 36-14.
Isby also scored the last bucket of the opening half to make it 40-22 heading into the locker room.
In the second half, Isby picked up where she left off with another basket.
Buhach Colony went 1 of 6 on its next three trips to the free-throw line. The Thunder went 15 of 33 as a team.
Michelle Ceja and Brianna Harden scored the Tigers' next 9 points to make it a 24-point contest.
Jessica Neira started the fourth quarter with a two and Priscilla Gutierrez followed that with a bucket.
Los Baños opened the fourth quarter on an 8-0 run, which was capped by baskets from Isby and Harden (12 points).
Isby knocked down a trey to stretch LB's lead out to 35 -- its largest of the ball game.
Gutierrez connected on a trey and Shelby Severino scored Los Baños last two points from the free-throw line.
Severino and Neira had 2 points apiece and Taylor Clancy scored 4.
Bobadilla had 8, Ceja 10 and Gutierrez 9. Terri Tate led Buhach Colony with 11 points, while Jessica Silva and Evelyn Gonzalez had 7 each.
On Jan. 7, L.os Baños lost against Atwater on the road to fall to 1-1 in CCC.
Los Baños was on the road Thursday to face Turlock High in Turlock. Tuesday the Tigers will have a bye, followed by Merced High on Thursday.
To contact John-Joel Griffiths, e-mail jgriffiths@losbañosenterprise.com or call 826-3831 ext. 565.