Girls basketball: Oilers pull away

Joseph Boo

LA PALMA - Corona del Mar High’s girls basketball team came back

from a nine-point halftime deficit to tie the game in the fourth quarter,

but Huntington Beach’s Amy Sanders had five free throws and a layup to

key a 46-38, win in the semifinals of the Troy-Kennedy Tournament

Thursday at Kennedy High.

CdM (3-1) made a frantic comeback from a 31-23 third-quarter deficit.

Kristen McCoy scored six of her 13 points, Charlene Quon hit two

three-pointers and Mijanou Pham hit two free throws for CdM to tie it at

37 with 2:46 left.

But Sanders, who finished with 31 points, was too much.

The Sea Kings play the Troy-Capistrano Valley loser in tonight’s 6:15

third-place game at Troy High.

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS

Troy-Kennedy Tournament

Huntington Beach 46, Corona del Mar 38

Score by Quarters

Huntington Beach 11 12 8 15 - 46

Corona del Mar 9 5 14 10 - 38

Huntington Beach - Sanders 31, Crawfis 3, Kimoto 6, Molden 4, Ito 2.

3-pt. goals - Kimoto 2.

Fouled out - Ito.

Technicals - None.

Corona del Mar - K. McCoy 13, Quon 12, Kawata 6, J. McCoy 3, Pham 2,

Kling 2, Gruber 0, Eyre 0, Meservey 0.

3-pt. goals - Quon 4, Kawata 1.

Fouled out - None.

Technicals - Team 1.