Sidney Reilly blocks a shot against Escondido.Valley Center’s varsity girls basketball team started off the week with a key defensive win, but the Lady Jaguars couldn’t keep momentum rolling in a big loss to finish off the week.
The Lady Jags started off with a game at Fallbrook on Wednesday, and the combination of a solid offense and a stifling defense led to a 46–30 win.
Valley Center practically flew out of the gate, scoring 14 points in the first quarter, while holding the Lady Warrriors to just four, to take an early ten-point lead. It was more of the same in the second quarter, as the Lady Jaguars racked up ten points and held Fallbrook to just six to take a 14-point lead at halftime.
The Lady Jags added 12 more points in the third quarter, while once again limiting Fallbrook to just six, which increased the lead to 20 points heading into the final period. Valley Center’s coaches made sure that the subs got plenty of playing time down the stretch, and even though the Lady Warriors scored 14 in the fourth quarter, the Lady Jaguars tacked on ten points of their own to seal the win.
Miriam Zabinsky dropped 22 points to lead all scorers, while Andie Wagner added seven, Sidney Reilly, Sophie Hernandez and Vinessa Perryman each scored four, Victoria Navarro and Kelli Imgrund each scored two and Tyler Carr scored one.
But Valley Center couldn’t match the defensive effort of Wednesday’s win in Friday’s away game at Escondido, and the Lady Jaguars were handed a tough 60–39 loss.
The Lady Jags started out on a positive note, scoring 12 points in the first quarter and taking a two-point lead through the opening period. But the Lady Cougars roared back with 16 points in the second quarter, while holding Valley Center to just seven, to pull ahead by seven at halftime.
The teams played a mostly-even third quarter on both sides of the ball, but Escondido started creating points off of turnovers late in the period to total 18 points in the quarter and hold a 12-point lead heading into the fourth. Down the stretch, the Lady Cougars kept the pedal to the metal and outscored the Lady Jaguars 16–7 in the final period to ice the 21-point win.
Navarro and Reilly each scored ten points to lead the Lady Jags, while Zabinsky and Wagner each scored eight and Perryman scored three.
The Lady Jaguars are now 9–7 overall and play two more games this week, starting with an away game at Ramona on Thursday, followed by a home game against El Capitan on Friday. Both games are scheduled for 7 p.m.
Andie Wagner takes a baseline jump shot at Escondido.
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