The562\u2019s middle school sports coverage is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club<\/p>\n
It was a pattern at this year\u2019s middle school girls\u2019 basketball championships that the games all came down to the final minutes of the fourth quarter. That\u2019s exactly what happened in the final game of the afternoon, as the IVA Foxes defeated the Cubberley Cubs 31-30 to capture the All-City Girls\u2019 Basketball Division 3 Championship.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like when we kept up our intensity the whole time, even when we felt like they were pulling away, we were able to dig deep and do what we needed to do,\u201d said Cubberley coach Simone Gallimore.<\/p>\n
IVA started the game off well, with Mayumi Frausto nailing a step-back three to get the Foxes on the board.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 6th grader had a team-high 11 points to go along with her 9 steals.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe just comes out with confidence,\u201d said Gallimore. \u201cShe\u2019s a natural leader on the court\u201d.<\/p>\n
The score was tight at the end of the first, with IVA leading 8-6.<\/p>\n
Defensive stops seemed to be the theme of the night for the Foxes, as they opened the second quarter with three consecutive steals.<\/p>\n
However, the game\u2019s momentum began to shift as Cubberley found their footing offensively.<\/p>\n
They were led by 8th grader Jane McDonald, who scored 8 out of her team\u2019s 10 points in the second quarter to give Cubberley a 16-15 lead at the half.<\/p>\n
McDonald had a game-high 17 points to go along with her 3 blocks and 6 rebounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Both teams battled back and forth all game, continuously trading buckets with one another.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Starting the quarter strong once again, IVA began with a steal and assist by Mayumi Frausto to Clare Matthias to open the third, but Cubberley quickly responded with a basket from Arriana Rocha.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The crowd\u2019s energy spilled onto the court, fueling an increasingly physical game that led to technical fouls on both sides.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis whole season, we\u2019ve just come out and competed every single game,\u201d said Gallimore. \u201cWe have heart, we have drive, and we\u2019re scrappy\u201d.<\/p>\n
Cubberley began to find their groove, ending the third on a 7-0 run, leading 24-21.<\/p>\n
All game long, IVA began each quarter strong, and the fourth quarter was no exception, with a steal from Frausto and a layup from Drew Thomas-Brooks to open the quarter and tie the score once again.<\/p>\n
Catalina Mendoza\u2019s putback put the Cubs up by one with three minutes left, but a huge three-pointer from IVA\u2019s Yohanda Barber put the Foxes up by two, 31-29, with 30 seconds remaining.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cubberley had two chances to win the game at the free throw line in the last 20 seconds, but ultimately came up short, as the IVA Foxes were able to hold on for their gritty 31-30 victory.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe wanted to win so bad, and all the girls pushed so hard. I\u2019m just so appreciative and proud of everything this team has done,\u201d said Coach Gallimore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The562\u2019s middle school sports coverage is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club It was a pattern at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-212417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}