Prep roundup: Acalanes girls crush University, Bellarmine outduels Monte Vista

LAFAYETTE Two games into the season Acalanes already moves like a band in mid-February form The Dons offense worked like a symphony as players sliced in for backcuts and hit uncontested -pointers On the other end of the floor the Dons smothered visiting University-San Francisco holding the run and gun offense to below points In the end Acalanes cruised to a - win at home on Tuesday in just its second challenge of the season Acalanes High s Millie Jones drives to the basket past University s Maya Castro and Makayla Lundy in the third quarter of their event at Acalanes High School in Lafayette Calif on Tuesday Dec Jane Tyska Bay Area News Group Any win at this point is big because we don t know what we had Acalanes coach Margaret Gartner whose group lost four key starters from last season revealed It s fun It s exciting Every tournament is big for us Senior point guard Lexi Le had points six rebounds five assists and a steal Sofia Fernandez added points and three steals and freshman Millie Jones had points University coming off a solid win over Sacred Heart Cathedral over the weekend was led by Anna Beischer who led all scorers and had a double-double with points and rebounds It s definitely good getting our younger players into the groove of the things Le mentioned University is a great company great campaign We just got to work on getting stronger and being more physical Acalanes didn t waste any time getting into its groove The Dons opened with a - run forcing University to call an early timeout Acalanes constant movement led to a barrage of buckets from the paint and beyond the arc Le exploded in the second quarter scoring of her points in the period alone to give Acalanes a - lead by halftime The Lafayette school continued its momentum into the second half and didn t let University come within striking distance as the Dons cruised to an easy win Gartner used every competitor available to her Tuesday night in the win I think the chemistry will get better Gartner noted St Mary s-Stockton No SRV Despite San Jose State-bound guard Alyssa Rudd scoring points SRV couldn t escape an early hole and fell at St Mary s SRV fell behind - to open the first period The Wolves would eventually tie the battle at but could not take the lead away from the Rams Carly Stern and Ella Gunderson each had points in the loss Kori Rogers scored points and Evelini Smith had for St Mary s No Salesian San Marin Emma Bryant scored points in Salesian s -point rout of San Marin Ezra Palec added points Naomi Young chipped in and Faith Thompson had seven for Salesian which won its season opener Senior Gianna Garbarino had a team-high points for San Marin Monta Vista Harker Monta Vista escaped with an early-season overtime win over Harker buoyed by a clutch performance from Kaylee Kwok who scored six of her seven points in the extra period Monta Vista s Allie Rummelhoff scored points to lead all scorers Sanika Das led Harker with points Notre Dame-Belmont Westmont Notre Dame handed Belmont its first loss of the season in a -point thumping at home Sammy Kakala had a game-high points for Notre Dame Sophomore Naviya Popli had seven for Westmont which dropped to - Boys basketball No Salesian Ygnacio Valley Salesian had this battle over by the end of the first quarter in a dominant win over Ygnacio Valley at home Juelz Richo scored a game-high points Asante Johnson added and Michael Richardson had Salesian s starters hardly played in the second half as the Pride cruised to an easy win Machai Alston led YV with points Branson No Oakland Tech A cold shooting night from the Bulldogs resulted in a win for North Bay powerhouse Branson Tech shot just from the field and allowed the Bulls to shoot Brandon Woodards had points and Jasen Davis had points for Tech Saddiq Alarbesh added eight points No Bellarmine No Monte Vista Will Corbett poured in another high-scoring night dropping points in a low-scoring win over Monte Vista Bellarmine had a big third-quarter push outscoring Monte Vista - to give itself a -point advantage going into the final period Brennan Williams added points for Bellarmine Junior point guard Max Nishikawa led the Mustangs with points Bellarmine which improved to - handed Monte Vista its first loss of the season No Valley Christian Leigh Bryant Clark had points Evan Lee had and Freddy Dauda and Jadon Shabaglian each had eight to lead Valley Christian to a -point win over Leigh at home Adrian Delanuez and Cade Robertson each had points for Leigh which dropped its first meeting of the season Valley Christian - will play Windward on Wednesday Antioch Napa Dereon Ourm-Blackman scored a game-high points to lead Antioch to a -point conquest over Napa at home Kamren Anderson had points and Ke Mari Rowe-Simms added six for Antioch which improved to - Livermore College Park Livermore remained undefeated beating previously unbeaten College Park at home Sophomore Amare Chandler led the way with points while Zach Lininger had Senior Dylan Wherry added Sophomore Miles Cooper stayed hot pouring in points for College Park