Girls basketball: Eagles pull away

LOS ANGELES - Estancia High senior Tory Matsufuji hit a

three-pointer to break a 17-17 tie at the end of the first quarter and

the visiting Eagles pulled away from there for a 65-51 nonleague girls

basketball win over Notre Dame Academy Thursday.

Matsufuji hit another three-pointer en route to a career-high 11

points, while Xochitl Byfield and Tisha Gray added 18 and 10 points,

respectively, to help Coach Paul Kirby’s Eagles improve to 4-2.

Notre Dame Academy fell to 2-6.

Estancia visits Dana Hills for another nonleague clash Saturday.

NONLEAGUE

Estancia 65, Notre Dame Academy 51

Score by Quarters

Estancia 20 13 19 13 - 65

Notre Dame 17 10 15 9 - 51

Estancia - Byfield 18, Matsufuji 11, Gray 10, Barrera 8, Hirata 8,

Wase 6, Orellana 4, Cassity 0, Rodriguez 0, Cachola 0, Vasquez 0.

3-pt. goals - Matsufuji 2, Hirata 1.

Fouled out - None.

Technicals - None.

Notre Dame Academy - Townsend 16, Harris 15, Gonzalez 10, Macias 6,

Bragg 2, Caimi 2.

3-pt. goals - None.

Fouled out - None.

Technicals - None.