Kiani Rojas tossed in 19 points on Saturday and San Marcos took down Moorpark 51-41 in the third-place game of the Nordhoff Tournament.
Ariel Plourde added nine points for the Royals, including 4-4 on free throws in the fourth quarter.
San Marcos was outstanding in the first half when they scored twice as many points for a 32-16 lead. The Royals led by 20 points with 3 1/2 minutes to play.
“We played an outstanding first half, probably our best half of the season,” said coach Aaron Solis. “Now we have to figure out how to put two halves together. All-tourney selection Alyssa Hernandez led the defense today. She might not have got all the steal stats, but the way she was playing was forcing bad decisions on their end, which in turn gave us some easy buckets in transition.
“This was Kiani’s best game of the year on both ends of the court. Hopefully she can use this game as a launching point for the rest of the season.”