Irvine Valley Women's Basketball Tournament final day results
Dec 09, 2006
Saturday, Dec. 9 - Final Day results
Consolation championship game
Merced 62 – Irvine Valley 58
(The Lasers fell behind, 25-2, early, but steadily chipped away at Merced’s lead. IVC trailed, 36-26, at halftime and later took a 55-51 lead with 4:29 to play and led, 58-56, after a three-pointer by Danyelle Swenson with 1:44 to go. But Merced scored the final six points of the game. Merced took the lead for good on a basket by Wendy Vork with 54.2 seconds left. Irvine Valley had a chance to tie it up, but Katie Ryan’s shot in the lane came up short with 10 seconds to play. Merced was led by Christia Bryant, who had 18 points, seven rebounds and seven steals. Pamiela Bounkhoune added 14 points and seven assists. Swenson finished with 19 points, Kayla Acromite had 12 points and 12 rebounds and Ryan and Emily Luckeroth each finished with 10 points for Irvine Valley.)
Third place game
College of the Desert 76 – Golden West 61
(The Roadrunners were led by Crystal Gonzalez, who finished with 26 points, seven rebounds and five assists. Gonzalez made 5 of 12 shots from three-point range. Gonzalez was the tournament’s highest scorer, averaging 19.7 points per game (three games). Mya Ross added 19 points and Bianca Barragan had 17 points, nine rebounds and five assists for Desert. Golden West got 18 points and eight rebounds from Jessica Jones and 15 points and 13 rebounds from Michelle Torres along with 10 assists from Nao Kitsuda in the loss.)
Championship game
Chaffey 60 – San Diego Mesa 37 (Chaffey races out to a 40-16 halftime lead and never looks back. Christina Warren, who is named the tournament’s most valuable player, led Chaffey, which is ranked 12th in Southern California, with 20 points and 13 rebounds. Warren averaged 16.0 points and 11.3 rebounds per game in the tourney. Jessica Thorpe added eight points and Lillie Parks had 13 rebounds for the Panthers. San Diego Mesa was led by Joy Edwards, who had 15 points, nine rebounds and five steals. Mesa shot just 18.4 percent (14 of 76) from the floor in the game.)
All-Tournament team
Merced – Pamiela Bounkhoune
Irvine Valley – Kayla Acromite
Golden West – Jessica Jones
College of the Desert – Crystal Gonzalez
San Diego Mesa – Joy Edwards
Chaffey – Tierney Arnold
MVP - Chaffey – Christina Warren