Carrie Korver and Andrea Villanueva battle for a loose ball.
(Covina) – Bishop Amat knew coming into the game the key to defeating Valley Christian was stopping Carrie Korver’s three-point assault. For a quarter the Lancers defense shut-down Korver to pull away with a 47-32 win in the Third Place game of the Covina Christmas Classic.
All-tournament selection Viani Austin scored 15 points and Leticia Galarza showed signs of returning to her 2009 form with 15 points as well.
After spotting the Crusaders a 6-0 to start the game, the Lancers went on a 29-5 run to end the half.
Bishop Amat stopped Korver every time down the court and if not for Athenia Sanchez’s field goal with 2:04 remaining Valley Christian would have been shut out for the second quarter.
The Crusaders never gave up in the second half with a 16-9 run cutting the lead to 12 midway through the fourth quarter. Kristen Lester made a key steal and score late in the game to give Valley Christian some life.
Leeah Powell stopped any hope of a late comeback with a layup to with 1:02 remaining in the game.
Korver ended the night with a game-high 20 points with 17 coming in the second half after having foul trouble in the first half.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | |||||
| BISHOP AMAT | 10 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 47 | ||||
| VALLEY CHRISTIAN | 9 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 32 | ||||
| THIRD PLACE – COVINA CHRISTMAS CLASSIC | |||||||||
| BISHOP AMAT | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | 3P | 3PA | POINTS | ||
| Kayse Tanag | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Andrea Villanueva | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Leeah Powell | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Janeae Chamois | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Viani Austin | 4 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | ||
| Meghann Ellis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jennifer Vasquez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michelle Yamamoto | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Alexis Hernandez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Adrianna Galarza | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leiticia Galarza | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 15 | ||
| Dagmar Ramirez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jodie Arevalo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTALS | 13 | 41 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 47 | ||
| VALLEY CHRISTIAN | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | 3P | 3PA | POINTS | ||
| Carrie Korver | 6 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 20 | ||
| Jamie Perez | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Savannah Hanson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kristen Lester | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Nia Archer | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lianna Tanis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenna Mageo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ashlyn Lear | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Athenia Sanchez | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jelissa Holder | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vanna Mageo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTALS | 11 | 47 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 32 | ||
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