POTTER VALLEY >> Isaiah Garcia’s triple-double performance sparked the Upper Lake Cougars in a 91-29 blowout victory over the Potter Valley Bearcats on Saturday in the seventh-place game of the Potter Valley Tournament.
“We couldn’t miss there in the first half,” Upper Lake coach Justin Dutcher said. “We had lots of steals and layups.”
Garcia led the Cougars with 24 points, including a pair of 3-pointers, 13 rebounds and 10 steals. Derek Pritchard added 18 points while Kenny Hodges had 14 points and nine assists.
“(Tim) Beffa and Hodges were having their own battle trying to see who could get the most assists,” Dutcher said.
Beffa finished with 10 assists and also had six points.
Upper Lake led 31-4 after the first quarter and 57-8 by halftime.
Garcia scored 20 points in the first half alone, 16 of them in the opening quarter.
“Everybody played with intensity and focus,” Dutcher said.
Upper Lake suited up nine players for the game and they all scored.
In other boys tournament action Saturday:
Stevenson 65, K’ville 43
At Pebble Beach, Stevenson High School’s up-tempo offense found the range on a baker’s dozen worth of 3-pointers in a victory over the Kelseyville Knights during third-round play at the Stevenson Tournament.
“They play an up-tempo offense and pressure you on defense,” Kelseyville coach Scott Conrad said. “They have five or six kids who can really shoot it.”
Stevenson didn’t waste any time jumping all over the Knights (5-2). It was 17-7 after one quarter and 39-18 by halftime.
“We allowed them to control the tempo,” Conrad said. “That’s never a good thing.”
The majority of Stevenson’s 3-pointers were contested shots, according to Conrad.
“Most of them were deep and we had a hand up,” he said. “They take a lot of threes. That the style of game they play and they live or die by it.”
Kyle Ellis (16 points) was the lone Kelseyville player to crack double figures. Randy Pfann added six points.
The Knights return to action Thursday against Lower Lake at 7 p.m. in the opening round of the 23rd annual Record-Bee Hoop Classic at Kelseyville High School. Kelseyville is the defending champion.
St. Helena 56, Clear Lake 51
At Cloverdale, a 39-point second half couldn’t make up for a 12-point first half as the Clear Lake Cardinals fell to St. Helena in the third-place game of the John McMillan Holiday Invitational.
It was Clear Lake’s second straight loss to a North Central League I team in the tournament, that following a 58-37 loss to Cloverdale on Friday in the semifinals.
Tanner Hutton’s 14 points paced the Cardinals (3-3) while Ryan Damiata added 12 and Max De Leon had 10.
Clear Lake plays Middletown on Thursday at 4 p.m. in the opening round of the 23rd annual Record-Bee Hoop Classic at Kelseyville High School.
St. Bernard’s 52, Middletown 50
At Healdsburg, All-Tournament selection Thomas Cook scored 16 points but the Middletown Mustangs fell just short to St. Bernard’s in the consolation championship game of the Redwood Empire Invitational.
Trevor LaFave had 12 points for the Mustangs.
JV basketball
Clear Lake 69, Kelseyville 41
At Willits, Preston Jones scored 18 points, Brady McGuire added 17 and Josh Damiata had 15 as the Clear Lake junior varsity boys squad beat Kelseyville in the championship game of the Willits Tournament. Anthony Pantaleon led Kelseyville with 11 points, Joey Mendonca contributed 10 and Robert Chavez had nine.
Jones was the high scorer for Clear Lake (6-0) in all three of its tournament wins.
Upper Lake 59, Fort Bragg 46
Upper Lake clinched third place at the Willits Tournament with a 59-46 win over Fort Bragg. Dylan Armstrong led the Cougars with 24 points and Ray Moran had 12.
