Girls' basketball teams compete over holidays Girls' basketball teams compete over holidays (January 02, 2004)

Local teams win in weekend tournament

By Samay Gheewala

Both Mountain View and St. Francis' girls' basketball teams had a strong showing at the Seaside Tournament, held the weekend of Dec. 27-28. Both teams swept through the second round with strong performances from across the board.

St. Francis, playing on Saturday, took out Gilroy 49-35, pulling ahead in the third quarter after a scrappy Gilroy team tied the score 23-23 at the half. Powered by sisters Mary Beth Curley, with 17 points, and Cynthia Curley, with 9 points, including a 3-pointer, the Lancers outscored Gilroy 16-9 in the third quarter and never looked back.

Mountain View had a much easier time against Watsonville, going up 13-3 by the end of the first quarter and building an imposing 23-7 lead at halftime before pulling their starters and cruising to a 35-25 win.

Michelle Peng led the Spartans with 11 points, followed by Biz Lynch with 8 points and Ausharre Harvey with 6.

E-mail Samay Gheewala at sports@mv-voice.com

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