Boys basketball: Mesa rolls again

ANAHEIM - Costa Mesa High senior point guard David Conte led four

Mustangs in double figures with 25 points to key an 81-45 blowout of

Valencia in the second round of pool play at the Loara Tournament

Wednesday.

Conte also added eight assists and seven steals to help the Mustangs

(2-0) overcome early deficit. After Valencian led, 8-2, Mesa outscored

the Tigers, 20-3, to end the first quarter and never looked back.

Senior Chad Vakili added 16 points, while Nolan Clark (14) and Danny

Krikorian (10) also led a balanced scoring attack.

Mesa Coach Bob Serven also praised sophomore Jordan Stroman, who came

off the bench to add six points. Stroman was 4 of 4 from the foul line,

where Mesa netted 16 of 19 attempts.

The Mustangs play Esperanza Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Loara High for the

championship of the pool.

LOARA TOURNAMENT

Pool play

Costa Mesa 81, Valencia 45

Score by Quarters

Costa Mesa 22 25 19 15 - 81

Home 11 9 12 13 - 45

Costa Mesa - Conte 25, Vakili 16, Clark 14, Krikorian 10, Stroman 6,

Jaime 4, Millward 3, Rowe 2, Kohara 1, Ball 0.

3-pt. goals - Conte 4, Krikorian 2, Vakili 1.

Fouled out - none.

Technicals - none.

Valencia - Helwich 10, Rodriguez 9, Tellez 7, Remigio 7, Aguilera 6,

Nguyen 2, Perez 2, Pe 2.

3-pt. goals - Remigio 1.

Fouled out - Nguyen.

Technicals - none.