The Vikings made 15 3-pointers, with Anderson making seven. Abdelkader was held scoreless until she hit her first shot, a 3-pointer, in the third quarter. Hendrix hit a three, Jasmine Kong, who graduated from Arroyo in 2018, hit three of her own and Anderson knocked down two, helping DVC to cut the lead to 34-30 at halftime.ĭVC then went on an 8-2 run to close the third quarter and held a 55-50 lead going into the final eight minutes. Then the Vikings got hot, especially from behind the arc. Abdelkader finished with 16 points and Smith added 10 points.įor more Bay Area high school sports coverage follow Bay Area Preps on Flipboard.Īgainst Moorpark, though, DVC hit just two its first 12 shots and found itself down 26-10 midway through the second quarter. In the Vikings’ 67-59 semifinal win over San Joaquin Delta a day later, Hendrix had 17 points and 13 rebounds and Moncrease added 11 points and 11 rebounds. Smith had 22 points, Moncrease had 14 points, 12 rebounds and five steals, and Daisha Abdelkader had 10 assists.
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The Vikings got past host Ventura 59-57 in the March 15 state quarterfinals, as Leilani Moncrease hit two late free throws to secure the win. It wasn’t a whole lot different, it was just, ‘Hey, you know what? We’ve played 32 games, just keep doing what we’ve been doing, that’s been successful.'”ĭVC went 15-1 in the Big 8 and advanced to the Elite Eight after beating both Mission (84-42) and Sacramento City (54-50) in the Northern Regional playoffs earlier this month. And they shoot the ball so well that they know, once our kids start hitting some, we’ve got a chance.
The fact that most of them are sophomores – they never lose their composure.
“We play in a really tough (Big 8) conference, so we’ve been down before,” DVC coach Ramaundo Vaughn told the CCCAA afterward. Anderson and teammate Sierra Smith, a 2017 Salesian graduate, were named to the all-tournament team. Sophomore Jahnay Anderson, a 2016 Archbishop Mitty grad and one of three Vikings to play all 40 minutes, scored 21 points and Elite Eight Tournament MVP Zahria Hendrix added 12 points and 12 rebounds.
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