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Center Desmond Penigar’s 52 points in Ventura College’s 110-106 overtime victory over Oxnard on Saturday in a Western State Conference Northern Division game tied a school record.

Penigar made a four-point play with 11 seconds to play in overtime to lift the Pirates (18-5, 3-0 in division play).

The 6-7 sophomore made seven three-point baskets.

Duane Asplund scored 52 points for the Pirates in a game in the 1953-54 season.

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The men’s basketball teams from Valley and Moorpark colleges on Saturday looked nothing like the state semifinalists they were last season.

Or like state championship contenders this season.

First-place Valley lost to last-place Citrus, 68-65, in a WSC Southern Division game.

The Monarchs (4-1 in the division) blew a 15-point halftime lead. Citrus is 1-5.

Moorpark gave up a seven-point halftime advantage and lost to Santa Barbara City, 64-51, in a WSC Northern Division game.

Moorpark (14-6, 1-2) fell two games behind first-place Ventura and one game behind second-place Santa Barbara (12-12, 2-1).