Mercury defeats West Huntington Beach, 30-24

The East Huntington Beach Mercury bolted to an early nine point

lead, but then had to battle from behind in the second half Thursday to

score a 30-24 victory over West Huntington Beach in an National Junior

Basketball girls All-Net 7th-grade contest at the West Newport Community

Center.

East Huntington Beach took a 14-5 through the first 1 1/2 quarters of

play, but the Mercury had to settle for a 14-11 halftime lead.

West Huntington Beach continued to rally early in the second half and

even forged a 19-14 lead, before East Huntington Beach closed the game

with a 16-5 run.

Kay-Dee Lane scored 10 points, DJ Butler scored six points to go along

with 11 rebounds and two blocked shots, and Allison Budzinski scored six

points with four assists.