Trade Tech women sixth seed in regionals

Irvin Flores (20) of L.A. Trade Tech is closely defendedd by an East L.A. player. Tech opened the Southern California regionals this week. (Photo by Mario Villegas)

By WAVE STAFF

Story Created: Feb 24, 2010 at 3:53 PM PST

Story Updated: Feb 24, 2010 at 6:01 PM PST

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L.A. Trade Tech College has earned the No. 6 seed and a first-round home game for the South Regional women’s basketball tournament that gets under way this week.

The 18-team women’s competition began Wednesday with quarterfinal games between Santa Monica vs. Cypress and Santa Barbara vs. L.A. Southwest.

The Santa Monica-Cypress winner plays at No. 2 Ventura (29-1) Saturday. The Santa Barbara-Southwest winner moves on to face No. 1 Fullerton (28-1) Saturday.

Tech (22-3) hosts College of the Canyons (22-4) at 7 p.m. Saturday.

Guard Niauni Brown, averaging better than 20 points per game, leads the way for Tech. Other key players are Heather Sutherland, Aja Miller and Malika Jones.

In the men’s regional, Trade Tech (14-8) was scheduled to host Santa Ana (12-14) Wednesday in a quarterfinal. The winner travels to No. 2 Citrus (26-2) Saturday for the semifinals.

Tipoff for all games is 7 p.m. If there is a doubleheader at one site, starting times are 5:30 and 7:30.

Women’s South Regional
Semifinals
Friday
Palomar (21-6) at San Bernardino (24-5); Mt. San Jacinto (23-5) at Mt. San Antonio (22-6); Irvine (20-7) at Pasadena (23-4); Antelope Valley (25-5) at Grossmont (24-5)

Saturday
Canyons (22-4) at L.A. Trade Tech (22-3); Santa Monica-Cypress winner at Ventura (29-1); Cerritos (18-11) at Riverside (21-8); Santa Barbara-L.A. Southwest winner at Fullerton (28-1)

Men’s South Regional
Semifinals

Friday
Mt. San Jacinto (21-8) at Cuesta (25-5); Chaffey (19-8) at Saddleback (24-5); Cerritos (18-10) at Mt. San Antonio (24-4); Southwestern (22-4) at Bakersfield (23-5)

Saturday
L.A. Trade Tech-Santa Ana winner at Citrus (26-2); L.A. Valley-MiraCosta winner at Riverside (22-6); Antelope Valley-Miramar winner at Irvine Valley (24-4); L.A. Pierce-Moorpark winner at San Bernardino (28-2)

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