PREP BASKETBALL : Boys Roundup : Capistrano Valley Puts on a Press, and Rallies to Beat San Clemente

Capistrano Valley High School’s full-court press in the second quarter was too much for San Clemente to handle and the Cougars rallied to take a 72-59 South Coast League victory at Saddleback College Tuesday night.

San Clemente led at the end of the first quarter, 24-16, but the Cougar press resulted in many turnovers and Capistrano Valley outscored the Tritons, 21-9, in the second quarter to take a two-point halftime lead.

The Cougars were led by the backcourt combination of Greg Boujnousky and Nathan Call, who was suffering from a stomach flu. Call had 16 points and 11 assists in the win. Boujnousky led all scorers with 20 points.

Capistrano Valley (13-2) meets Dana Hills Friday at 4 p.m. at Saddleback College. The game is being played in the afternoon because the Saddleback College women’s basketball team has the use of the gym Friday night.

San Clemente dropped to 4-7.

In other nonleague action:

Savanna 56, Servite 45--Tim Pittman scored 23 points and had 12 rebounds to give the Rebels a nonleague victory at Anaheim.

Savanna saw its 24-10 lead early in the second quarter cut to four points at halftime, thanks to the Firars’ 10-0 rally. But steady free throw shooting in the second half proved to be the difference for the Rebels.

Savanna was 16 of 19 for the game at the free throw line, and Servite was 7 of 15. Matt Honikel led the Friars with 17 points. Savanna (10-4) hosts Artesia tonight.

SERVITE (45)--Honikel 17, Coady 2, Smalley 16, Hornung 4, Sullivan 4, Osgood 2.

SAVANNA (56)--Pittman 23, Madas 4, Veale 8, Hoffman 10, Koh 4, Smith 7.

Glendale 58, Huntington Beach 36--The Oilers were down by only four points at halftime, 20-16, but the undefeated Nitros pulled away for the win at Glendale.

Guard Rich Grande led the Nitros with 18 points. Darren Snow led the Oilers with nine points.

Glendale’s record improved to 13-0. Huntington Beach ( 5-5) hosts Long Beach Millikan tonight.

HUNTINGTON BEACH (36)--Howard 3, Miller 6, Hanavan 4, Schutz 2, Snow 9, Mills 6, Champion 2, Harrigan 4.

GLENDALE (58)--Mulcahey 4, Bickett 14, Svoboda 6, McDonald 2, Grande 18, Aubrey 2, Chai 7, Battaglia 3, Sahakian 2.

La Quinta 63, Westminster 55--Marty Schneggenburger scored 15 points and had 6 rebounds to lead the Aztecs to the win at Westminster.

Mike Zugates had 10 points and 6 rebounds and Nathan Barker 14 points and 5 rebounds for the Aztecs. Eric Schurman of Westminster led all scorers with 23 points. La Quinta is 4-7. LA QUINTA (63)--Lee 8, St. John 7, Barker 14, Zugates 10, Molin 6, Sch 15, Whitcomb 3.

WESTMINSTER (55)--Dever 12, Davis 12, Schurman 23, Love 4, Swoboda 4.

Muir 75, Fountain Valley 71--Tony Akins scored 37 points to lead the Mustangs to the win in Pasadena.

The Mustangs were ahead by nine points at the half, the Barons cut it to one point in the fourth quarter, but could not overtake the lead.

Carlos Briceno led the Barons with 27 points. FOUNTAIN VALLEY (71)--Martin 20, Thomas 8, Briceno 27, Horner 3, Emerson 8, E. Zeno 2, L. Zeno 3. MUIR (75)--Akins 37, Price 8, Marable 6, Kirk 2, Augman 16, Houston 6.