CHAFFEY WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM HOST 6TH ANNUAL PANTHER PRIDE TOURNAMENT DEC 2-4. DRAWS AN 8 TEAM FIELD.

IN THE 1ST ROUND WIN OVER SOUTHWESTERN CHAFFEY LED AT THE HALF 32-17 ON THEIR WAY TO A 69-49 VICTORY.  CHAFFEY OUTREBOUNDED SOUTHWESTERN 44 TO 33 AND THE BENCH PRODUCED 34 PTS. MELANIE HERNANDEZ 14 PTS., ALEXIS FRONDARINA 10 PTS., AND VICTORIA SOSA 12 PTS. OFF THE BENCH. HALEY MCKINNEY HAD 6 REBOUNDS & 4 ASSISTS.  BREANNA MORALES HAD 12 PTS. FOR SOUTHWESTERN.

IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL AGAINST SADDLEBACK, CHAFFEY COULD ONLY SCORE 20 PTS. IN THE 1ST HALF LOSING 72-55.  THE SADDLEBACK DEFENSE FORCED 22 CHAFFEY TURNOVERS AND SCORED 20 PTS. OFF THE TURNOVERS. SADDLEBACK LED BY 22 WITH 6:14 LEFT IN THE 4TH QUARTER. FOR THE PANTHERS MELANIE HENDERSON 10 PTS. & 3 ASSISTS, MYKIAH TROTTER 7 REBOUNDS, AND DANIELLE SOKOGZ 9 PTS. COMING OFF THE BENCH.  KIAZHA GINWRIGHT OF SADDLEBACK LED ALL SCORERS WITH 21 PTS.

AFTER THE SADDLEBACK LOSS CHAFFEY PLAYED FOR 3RD PLACE AGAINST LA TRADE TECH LOSING 75-44. THE PANTHER WOMEN STRUGGLED TO SCORE THE ENTIRE GAME SCORING ONLY 18 PTS. THE 2ND HALF. CHAFFEY HAD 33 TURNOVERS RESUTLTING 1N 30 LA TRADE PTS. FOR CHAFFEY ALEXIS FRONDARINA HAD 15 PTS. OFF THE BENCH & ALEEZAH BUTLER HAD 8 REBOUNDS.  FOR LA TRADE TECH BIANCA KING LED ALL SCORERS WITH 18 PTS.

FINAL TOURNAMENT RESULTS:

MT. SAN JACINTO DEFEATED SADDLEBACK IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME 67-60

LA TRADE TECH DEFEATED CHAFFEY 75-44 TO WIN 3RD PLACE. 

SKYLINE COLLEGE DEFEATED SOUTHWESTERN 61-48 FOR THE CONSOLATION CHAMPIONSHIP.

CHAFFEY'S MELANIE HENDERSON WAS VOTED TO THE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM. RANDI JOHNSON OF MT. SAN JACINTO WAS VOTED THE TOURNAMENT MVP.

CHAFFEY PANTHERS SEASON RECORD GOES TO 7-5.  THE CHAFFEY WOMEN PLAY CITRUS COLLEGE AT CITRUS ON DEC 10TH AND THEN PARTICIPATE IN THE ORANGE COAST CHRISTMAS CLASSIC DEC. 19-21.