The La Jolla Country Day (LJCD) Lady Torreys defeated the Horizon Lady Panthers, 70-29, in a Coastal League basketball game at Horizon last Friday, Feb. 19. “Our pressure was really good tonight,” said Country Day coach Terri Bamford. “Especially our defensive pressure.” LJCD jumped out to a quick 12-4 lead early in the first quarter. Kelsey Plum, a 5-foot-9 freshman, led the Lady Torrey run with nine points, while 5-foot-7 junior Kaylah Miller added two and 5-foot-8 freshman Briteesha Solomon scored one point of her own. Country Day continued to pour it on with a 15-4 run to extend the edge to 27-8 at the end of the first quarter. Plum led LJCD with 14 points in the period, while Solomon scored five, Miller added two and 5-10 sophomore Mya Hood had six. In the second quarter, Country Day went on a crushing 24-4 scoring run to cruise into the locker room at halftime with a 51-12 cushion. “We executed exceptionally well in the first half,” Bamford said. After the intermission, it was more of the same as the Lady Torreys outscored the Lady Panthers 11-7 to advance their advantage to 62-19 at the end of the third quarter. Hood had five points in the period for LJCD, while Plum, Solomon and 5-foot-6 senior Ariana Elegado each picked up two apiece. Unfortunately for Horizon, that’s about as close as they would get as the officials chose to go with a running clock in the fourth quarter. Plum finished with a game-high 23 points and was followed in the Country Day scoring column by Solomon (19 points), Hood (14 points and her seventh double-double of the season), Elegado (7 points) and Miller (7 points). In more Coastal League action earlier in the week, the Lady Torreys defeated the Francis Parker Lady Lancers 78-24 at Francis Parker on Wednesday, Feb. 17. Solomon finished with a game-high 25 points and was followed in the Country Day scoring column by Plum (22 points), Hood (14 points), Miller (8 points), Elegado (4 points), 5-foot-7 junior Shayla Dinwiddie (4 points), and 5-foot-3 freshman Brianne Yasukochi (1 point). LJCD concludes the regular season with a record of 22-3 overall and 8-0 in Coastal League play.
