The Nordhoff Boys Basketball Tournament chugged along on Friday, with many local teams competing.
On top of the Santa Barbara area teams at Nordhoff, Dos Pueblos and Santa Barbara High faced off against a pair of powerhouse programs.
Carpinteria 51, Bishop Diego 45
The Warriors came out on top in a battle of local teams in the out-of-town tournament.
It was a wire-to-wire victory for Carpinteria, holding a commanding 27-13 lead at halftime. The Cardinals made a strong run in the fourth quarter behind the power of hot shooting, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the early deficit.
“Despite Bishop’s late surge, we took great care of the ball against their press and were able to maintain a level head in order to secure the win,” Warriors coach Jackson Hall said. “Something that I am most proud of for our team this year is our defensive effort. We have yet to give up more than 55 points in a game.
“Our guys know that if we can hold teams in the 40s and 50s we will always give ourselves a chance to win.”
Sebastian Reed turned in a great all-around game with 17 points to go along with solid rebounding and defensive efforts. Joining Reed in double figures for the Warriors were Sawyer Kelly and Carlo Suarez with 12 and 10 points, respectively.
Carpinteria (2-3) will close out its tournament with a matchup against Cate at 1:30 p.m.
Cate 41, Nordhoff 23
As for the Rams, they took down the tournament’s host by a score of 41-23.
The Cate defense was dominant, holding Nordhoff to just six points in the first half after a two-point first quarter.
“Although our shots were not falling you can never be upset with holding a team to six first half points,” Rams coach Andy Gil said. “We were loud and talking and did a better job of controlling the boards today than we did last night. It was a good team win tonight.”
On the offensive end, Tyler Martinez collected 11 points while Marcus Scudder put up eight.
Cate is now 3-1 ahead of its matchup with Carpinteria on Saturday.
Camarillo 57, San Marcos 45
The Royals fell in the semifinal matchup of the tournament by a margin of 12 points.
“I’m proud of our effort, (it was) one of those nights where things didn’t go our way, but no excuses,” San Marcos coach James Kinzler said.
Koji Hefner turned in a solid scoring night with 17 points to lead the team with Joe Pasternack following up with 11 points of his own.
Brody Green rounded out the top scoring trio for San Marcos with six points.
“I thought we were pretty solid on the defensive end, Koji especially was really active,” Kinzler said. “We cut into their lead a couple of times in the second half but could never quite get the stop or get the shot to fall when we needed it.”
Notre Dame 71, Santa Barbara High 54 @ Arizona Tournament
The Dons fell to powerhouse Notre Dame Prep, the fifth-ranked team in the state of Arizona.
After falling behind 18-6 in the first quarter, Santa Barbara High found a way to cut the lead down to five before the end of the first half.
However, Notre Dame pulled away in the second half on its way to the win.
Luke Zuffelato, playing point guard with Tobin Shyrock out, fell just two assists short of a triple-double. He ended the day with 17 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists.
Meanwhile, Owen Horn dropped 12 points and Finn Whipps collected 12 rebounds.
Notre Dame was led by Anthony Batson, a Rice University commit, who had 22 points.
Capistrano Valley 69, Dos Pueblos 49
The Chargers struggled in the second half en route to a 20-point loss to Capistrano Valley.
After keeping it close in the first two quarters, Capistrano Valley took advantage of Dos Pueblos turnovers to pull away for the victory.
Micah Goss made his return from injury with an elite rebounding effort and 12 points on the offensive side. Matthew Zamora led the team in scoring with 18 points while also initiating the Charger offense.
“It was a good experience going against a tough team like Capo,” Dos Pueblos coach Joe Zamora said. “They are always in the top 10 for CIF Division 2.”
The Chargers are now 2-2 on the young season.
