Kowack UCSC's all-time leader
She delivers 26 points in becoming school's scoring record-holder
Ashley Kowack became the alltime leading scorer in UC Santa Cruz women's basketball history on Saturday, and the Banana Slugs routed visiting Bethesda 9435 at the West Field House.
Kowack scored 18 of her gamehigh 26 points in the second half. She set the scoring record on a layup with 8:55 left in the fourth quarter. On the next possession, Kowack drained a corner three to put her at exactly 1,500. Kayleigh Calandri held the scoring record of 1,496 career points since 2009.
“The points have come from all of the people that have lead up to this moment, and although it's not something I cherish above the team's success, I attribute my success to the amazing people I have encountered along the way,” Kowack told goslugs.com.
Kaylee Murphy scored 11 points and had team-high totals of 13 rebounds and seven assists. She became the second person in school history with 300 assists. Ariel Anderson scored 13 off the bench, and Amanda Inserra added 12 points.
The Banana Slugs (15-4) head to Newport News, Virginia, to face Mary Washington (17-3) on Saturday at 9 a.m. and undefeated Christopher Newport (190) on Sunday at 9 a.m. in CoastTo-Coast Conference play.
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Aptos senior Dante Aranda (220 pounds) took first place in his weight class as the No. 5 seed at the 58th Overfelt Classic, which featured 45 teams on Saturday.
Aranda went 4-0 with four wins by fall, all of which came in the first period. He pinned Overfelt junior Izak Nguyen in 1:25 in the final
Santa Cruz junior Daniel Evert (126) took second place after going 3-1 with two wins by fall and another by technical fall, a win by 15 points or more. He dropped a 7-4 decision to Alvarez freshman Jacob Perez in the final.
Aptos' Andrew Acevedo (132) took third, Santa Cruz's Diego Sanchez (120) took seventh, and the Mariners' Diego Hernandez (106) took eighth.
Palma (163.0 points) of Salinas won the team title, Granada (154.0) of Livermore took second, and Reno (153.0) of Nevada took third. Aptos (74.0) took 12th.
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Monte Vista Christian's Rykin Resurreccion (134 pounds) forfeited his final match and finished in second place in his weight class at the 35-team Hunter Diemert Memorial at Livermore High on Saturday.
Resurreccion finished 3-1 with three wins by fall. Alex Chiu (134) of James Logan won the title.
Clovis North (225.0) won the team title. MVC (36.0) took 21st.
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