COLLEGE ROUNDUP

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Orange Coast 78,

Southwestern 65

COSTA MESA — Led by Courtney Ford’s 18 points and nine rebounds, the Pirates finished third place in their eight-team Coast Christmas Classic tournament Wednesday.

Christina Calcagno contributed 14 points and Brittany Taylor added 11 points for the Pirates, who improved to 12-3. Orange Coast forced 38 turnovers, 24 in the first half, when the Pirates built a 40-25 lead.

Karla Medina and Nicole Anderson scored 22 points each to lead Southwestern (4-9). Ford and Rachel Maulit, who scored seven points Wednesday, were named to the all-tournament team.

Leslie Ortiz, who scored 49 points in the tournament and led CoC to a 76-69 win over Cerritos in the title game, was named the tourney’s Most Valuable Player.

Coast Christmas Classic

Third-place Game

Orange Coast 78,

Southwestern 65

Southwestern -- Medina 22, Anderson 22, Garrett 15, Montgomery 4, Kelly 2.

3-pt. goals -- Medina 1.

Fouled out -- None.

Technicals -- None.

Orange Coast -- Ford 18, Calcagno 14, Taylor 11, Hundley 9, Maulit 7, Smith 5, Allen 4, Kissee 3, Schmidt 3, Barne 2, Honda 2.

3-pt. goals -- Ford 2, Smith 1, Kissee 1, Maulit 1.

Fouled out -- None.

Halftime -- 40-25, OCC.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

UC Santa Barbara 90,

Vanguard 63

SANTA BARBARA — Dennis Heenan, a Newport Harbor High product, led the Lions with 18 points in the nonconference loss Tuesday.

Brandon Henderson finished with nine points for Vanguard (2-8), which plays in the NAIA. Heenan hit four of seven from three-point range.

Chris Devine led the Gauchos (8-2), who play in the NCAA’s Big West Conference, with 22 points.

Nonconference

UC Santa Barbara 90,

Vanguard 63

Vanguard -- Davis 4, Henderson 9, Dalfu 4, Heenan 18, Scott 7, Roberts 6, Bergerson 5, Watson 8, Rosales 2.

3-pt. goals -- Heenan 4, Roberts 2, Scott 1.

Fouled out -- None.

Technicals -- None.

UC Santa Barbara -- Devine 22, Elliott 12, Powell 5, Joyner 2, Harris 18, Roemer 2, Brown 6, Gibb 6, Bing 8, Garlepp 5, Turner 4.

3-pt. goals -- Elliott 2, Bing 2, Powell 1, Harris 1, Garlepp 1.

Fouled out -- None.

Technicals -- None.

Halftime -- 39-28, UCSB.