The Vanguard University men's basketball team begins its season 2-0
after knocking off No. 12-ranked Lubbock Christian University, 68-67,
Friday night in the round-robin Golden State Athletic Conference
Classic at Vanguard.
Vanguard took the lead and never trailed in the opening 20
minutes, and the Lions went into halftime up, 39-27. Eight Lions
combined to shoot 55.2 percent from the field (16-29) and Vanguard
outrebounded the Chaparrals, 25-11.
The Chaparrals made a slow but steady comeback and came to within
one point with 58 seconds remaining, but Vanguard held on in the
final seconds as the clock ran out.
Brian Kim led the Lions with 18 points, while Tim Burnette, Kevin
Dalafu and Antquon James had 12 each.
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Golden State Athletic Conference Classic
Vanguard 68, Lubbock Christian 67
Lubbock Christian -- Jar. Fears 8, Horner 11, Muzurovic 12, Jones 12, Hughes 3, Jam. Fears 11, Patterson 4, Nunley 2, Sheets 4. 3-pt. goals -- Muzurovic 1, Hughes 2, Jam. Fears 3. Fouled out -- None. Technicals -- None. Vanguard -- Burnette 12, Dalafu
12, Rosborough 6, Kim 18, Duplessie 2, Strocsher 4, James 12, Henry 2. 3-pt. Goals -- Dalafu 2, Rosborough 1, Kim 1, James 2. Fouled out -- None. Technicals -- None. Halftime -- Vanguard, 39-27.
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UCI's Morton advances
* TENNIS: UC Irvine senior Brian Morton reached the semifinals in
singles and the quarterfinals in doubles with three victories Friday
in the 48th Southern California Intercollegiates at the Los Angeles
Tennis Club.
The unseeded Morton, a former Corona del Mar High standout, downed
USC's Brian Wright, 6-0, 6-3, in the round of 16 before ousting
Mathieu Dehuane of UCLA, 7-6 (10-8), 6-3, in the quarterfinals.
Morton faces top-seeded Luben Pampoulov of UCLA in the semifinals
at 11 a.m.
Morton and partner Ryusuke Kashiwabara defeated UC Santa Barbara's
Hagen Brodie and Anders Dalskov, 8-5, in the round of 32. The duo
will face Billy Mertz and Luigi Dagord from the University of Alabama
in the round of 16 at 1 p.m. today.
Ex-Tar Mackey triples
* SWIMMING: UC Irvine swimmers Tom Randall and Lara Bjargardottir,
along with diver Jackie Jones, each won one event while former
Newport Harbor High standout Nicole Mackey claimed three events in
the Big West Conference Shootout at the Anteater Aquatics Complex
Friday.
Mackey, who attends the University of Hawaii, paced the field in
the women's 100 backstroke (55.67), 200 back (2:01.18) and 100
butterfly (56.37).
Randall won the men's 50-meter freestyle in 20.94 while Jones
