BASIC TOURNEY: Bonanza girls take down Shadow Ridge

Bonanza’s girls already had speed, accurate shooting and a pesky defense on their side.

On Monday, the Bengals found another valuable weapon for their arsenal — a fantastic rebounding game.

Bonanza, a team with no player taller than 5 feet 10 inches, owned the boards against Shadow Ridge, outrebounding the Mustangs 52-21 in a 77-35 victory at the Lady Wolves Holiday Tournament at Basic.

“We’ve been struggling in the rebounding department,” Bonanza coach Dean Bosch said. “Today was the best rebounding game we’ve had all year.”

The Bengals missed 34 shots from the field, but got 20 offensive rebounds to create a number of second and third chances.

“We’ve been working on rebounding for so long. It was just nice to see it come together today,” senior post player Aimee Doyle said. “It was a total team effort.”

Doyle led Bonanza with 11 rebounds, six offensive.

“We’ve been waiting for her to have a breakout game like this,” Bosch said of Doyle. “This will do a lot of good things for her confidence.”

Bonanza led 43-14 at halftime after a 22-2 second-quarter run and never looked back.

Bonanza had 16 offensive rebounds in the first half.

The Bengals worked their transition game — with speedsters Shirley Pitts and Alice Pitts —  to near perfection, passed the ball well and held Shadow Ridge to 30 percent shooting from the field.

“It was probably the best defensive game we’ve played all year,” said Bosch, whose team improved to 11-1 with two victories Monday.

Bonanza beat Moapa Valley, 78-54 in its first game.

Shirley Pitts had 19 points against Shadow Ridge, all in the first three quarters. Christin Figgins added  18 and Alice Pitts 11.

Elisha Hensey led the Mustangs (6-7) with 11 points. Shadow Ridge lost to Bonanza for the second time this season.

“They’re just a better team than us,” Mustangs coach Gary Markuson said.

Bonanza 78, Moapa Valley 54 — Shirley Pitts had 28 points, and the Bengals used a 24-8 third-quarter burst to put away Moapa Valley.

Figgins added 20 points and Alice Pitts 10 for Bonanza.

Brianne Olige led Moapa Valley with 18 points. Caley Dunlap scored 11.

Moapa Valley 46, Canyon Springs 43 — Olige, Dunlap and Jessica Waite led a balanced attack with eight points apiece as the Pirates held off Canyon Springs.

Diamond Broadus led Canyon Springs with 13.

Shadow Ridge 56, Canyon Springs 40 — Cheyana Slocum scored 15 of her 23 points in the first half to help the Mustangs build a 30-14 halftime lead on their way to the win.

Hensey scored 13 points and Jessica Scarpati 10 for Shadow Ridge.
Broadus led Canyon Springs with 13 points. Sabriya Brooks added 11 points for the Pioneers.

Colony (Alaska) 53, Foothill 26 — Alex Coon led all scorers with 19 points, and Colony used an 18-1 third-quarter run to down the Falcons.

Mercedes Starr paced the Foothill with seven points.

Denver East 51, Foothill 45 — Starr drained five 3-pointers and had 17 points, but Denver East outscored the Falcons 13-7 in the fourth quarter to earn the win.

Alysse Thummel added 11 points for Foothill.

South Torrance (Calif.) 52, Desert Pines 40 — Desert Pines made just 13 of 54 shots and had 22 turnovers in a loss to South Torrance.

TaQuiyyah Boyles led Desert Pines with 10 points.

Desert Pines 66, Boulder City 31 — Clarissa Davis’ 20 points helped the Jaguars bounce back with a win over Boulder City.

LaBrea Walker added 17 points and Andrea Jefferson 14 for the Jaguars.

Caiti Forrester led Boulder City with 22 points.

Mount Eden (Calif.) 38, Boulder City 35 — Mount Eden made just nine field goals, but held off the Eagles.

Forrester had 14 points for the Eagles.

Basic 44, Steveston (Canada) 30 — Kailai Brantner had 15 points to lead Basic, which outscored Steveston, 27-9 in the second half.

Noemi Hernandez added 11 points and Michaela Thomas 10 for the Wolves.

Alameda (Calif.) 60, Basic 27 — Alameda held Basic to just nine second-half points in the win.

Thomas scored 10 for Basic, which went 9-for-37 from the field and had 31 turnovers.

Alameda (Calif.) 55, Cheyenne 31 — Khyra Conerly’s 17 points helped Alameda top the Desert Shields.

Sabrina King led the Desert Shields with 11 points, and teammate Taryn Hicks scored 10.

Cheyenne 46, Steveston (Canada) 30 — King scored 14 points, and the Desert Shields put the game away by outscoring Steveston 19-9 in the fourth quarter.

Shaunice Cameron added 10 points for Cheyenne.