The Irvine Valley women's basketball team, ranked No. 7 in the state, used a big, 34-point third quarter, to pull away and beat Fullerton, 95-57, Monday night at home in a Orange Empire Conference game.
The contest was tight through most of the first half.
IVC led, 23-20, after the first quarter and then, 46-32, at the end of the first half.
But the Lasers took control in the third quarter. Irvine Valley out-scored Fullerton, 34-12, in the period and never looked back.
It was the fourth time this season that IVC has scored at least 90 points in a victory and the ninth time this season that the Lasers have won a game by at least 30 points.
IVC stayed at the top of the OEC standings and improved its record to 16-2 overall and 5-0 in conference. Fullerton went to 10-11 overall and 3-3 in conference.
The Lasers received contributions from all around, but especially from sophomore guard Paola Roa, who finished with a triple-double.
She had 17 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists.
Freshman post player Sarah Matossian had another big game with 24 points and nine rebounds and sophomore guard Morgan Higgins was another 20-point scorer for IVC with 21 points.
Higgins added seven rebounds, five assists and two blocks.
And sophomore guard Jessica Suruor contributed 11 points, three rebounds, two assists and three steals.
Janelle Ramos and Jocelyn Rea led Fullerton with 11 points apiece.
IVC shot 44.7 percent from the field as a team.
And the Lasers won battles with rebounds (55-31), turnovers (21-8) and points in the paint (62-36).
Irvine Valley plays again on Wednesday at Santa Ana in another conference game at 7 p.m.
