Orange Coast College

Women's Basketball: Gomez, Ibbotson earn first-team All-OEC honors

Thursday, February 26, 2009

COSTA MESA -- The top two scorers on this year's Orange Coast College women's basketball team -- sophomores Simone Ibbotson and Casey Gomez -- each earned first-team, All-Orange Empire Conference honors this past weekend.

Ibbotson led the Pirates with a 13.2 points-per-game average (fifth-best in the OEC) and was third on the team in rebounding (4.8 rpg). The 5-foot-9 guard/forward from Edison High School led the Pirates at the free-throw line, making 69 of 86 attempts (80 percent) and her and Gomez each led Coast with 38 3-pointers made.

Gomez, a 5-foot-9 guard from University HS, averaged 12.7 points (seventh-best in the OEC), 3.6 rebounds and a conference-best 3.8 assists per game. She also notched a team-best 75 steals and was second on the team in blocks with 12.

Orange Coast will play at Antelope Valley in the Southern California Regional Playoffs on Friday night, beginning at 7 p.m.

ORANGE EMPIRE CONFERENCE
2008-2009 ALL CONFERENCE TEAM
MVP -- Quortlyn O'Neal, Cypress
CO-COACH OF THE YEAR -- Margaret Mohr, Cypress; Debi Woelke, Fullerton

FIRST TEAM
LeNiece Arevalo, Riverside
Danielle Ekno, Fullerton
Erika Garcia, Irvine Valley
Casey Gomez, Orange Coast
Taiyande Huskey, Fullerton
Simone Ibbotson, Orange Coast
Sequana Norris, Cypress
Kelly Thompson, Fullerton
Renee Wood, Fullerton

SECOND TEAM
Ashley Dunn, Irvine Valley
Courtney Kollasch, Irvine Valley
Jessie Korzelius, Santa Ana
Maria Mesa-Nauls, Riverside
Marlene Oeurn, Fullerton
Johnondra Patterson, Saddleback
Michelle Salemi, Cypress
Lindsey Sundin, Saddleback
Jacqueline Thomas, Riverside
Barbie Toscano, Santa Ana