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Garden Grove basketball tops Ocean View, grabs control of Golden West League race

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HUNTINGTON BEACH — Garden Grove’s strategy of drawing fouls and going inside as often as possible to Miguel Ortega worked to near perfection in the Argonauts’ 66-45 victory over Ocean View in a key Golden West League boys basketball game Friday at Ocean View High School.

Ortega, a 6-foot-1, 215-pound forward, led the Argonauts (18-8, 6-2) with 22 points, mostly by muscling his way to the basket and either scoring or drawing fouls.

Ortega was 6 of 10 at the free-throw line and the Argonauts were 16 of 25 from the line as a team.

“I knew I had to step it up because they are a lot bigger than me and I had to use more of my physicality down low,” Ortega said. “That’s where I’m best.”

The victory was huge for the Argonauts because it put them in first place by themselves, one game ahead of the Seahawks (15-11, 5-3) with two games remaining in the regular season.

Ocean View’s point total matched its lowest of the season.

The only player the Argonauts weren’t able to contain was guard Luke Washington, who led all scorers with 29, including seven 3-pointers.

“It seemed like everything he put up went in the basket,” Garden Grove coach Brian Girard said of Washington.

Garden Grove essentially put the game away by going on a 17-0 run that started in the first quarter and carried over to the second.

The Argonauts also held the Seahawks to a single basket from the field and five total points in the third quarter.

“Tonight we played the defense we are accustomed to playing,” Girard said. “It’s a young team, so sometimes we’re up and sometimes we’re down, but tonight we played the defense we expect.”

Garden Grove finishes the regular season at home against Western on Tuesday, Feb. 4 and on the road vs. Segerstrom on Thursday, Feb. 6. The Argonauts defeated the Pioneers and Jaguars in the first round of league play.

Ocean View finishes the season with a home game against Segerstrom on Tuesday, Feb. 4 and on the road against Godinez on Thursday, Feb. 6. The Seahawks defeated Segerstrom in the teams’ first meeting and lost to Grizzlies.

The Seahawks won the first meeting against Garden Grove 67-55 on Jan. 15 at Garden Grove.


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