Boys basketball: Conte sparks Mesa

ORANGE - Costa Mesa High senior guard David Conte amassed 35 points

and 10 assists to lead the Mustangs to an 84-62 first-round Orange

Holiday Classic boys basketball win over Kent Lake of Washington

Wednesday at Chapman University.

Conte, whose career- and season-high scoring output is 43, scored 11

points in both the second and third quarters, nailing six three-pointers

for the game.

Senior Chad Vakili added 19 points and center Carlos Jaime had 12

points and six boards for the winners (8-4), who meet Cabrillo of Long

Beach today at 5:10 p.m. in a championship quarterfinal.

Coach Bob Serven’s Mustangs, who have now won four straight, outscored

Kent Lake in every quarter and seized a 19-8 lead after the first eight

minutes.

ORANGE HOLIDAY CLASSIC

First round

Costa Mesa 84, Kent Lake 62

Score by Quarters

Kent Lake 8 17 15 22 - 62

Costa Mesa 19 22 16 27 - 84

Kent Lake - Zimmer 15, Pargon 4, Cale 24, Ralph 6, Johnson 4, Lopata

4, Jordan 3, Potter 2.

3-pt. goals - Cale 6, Zimmer 2, Jordan 1.

Fouled out - none.

Technicals - none.

Costa Mesa - Vakili 19, Clark 4, Jaime 12, Conte 35, Krikorian 9,

Stroman 4, Millward 1, Rodriguez 0, Rowe 0, Ball 0, Kohara 0, Trinh 0.

3-pt. goals - Conte 6, Vakili 3, Krikorian 1.

Fouled out - none.

Technicals - none.