Griffins give Caires 200th career victory as GC coach

By Ramon Scott
Updated: January 9, 2016

EastCountySports.com staff report

EL CAJON – Grossmont College head coach Karen Caires won her 200th career game at the helm of the Lady Griffins on Friday night, as her 2015-16 squad brought home the milestone victory with a 64-38 win over visiting Mira Costa.

Grossmont jumped out to a 12-0 lead after just one quarter and Christina Barrameda continued her strong play with a game-high 22 points.

Caires

Caires took the helm of the Grossmont College women’s program in the 2002-2003 season.

She began her coaching career at her alumni, Cypress College, as an Assistant from 1989 to 1992. In 1992, Caires took over the John F. Kennedy High School girls’ basketball program. In her two years leading the Fighting Irish they posted two 2nd round CIF appearances and sent two players to the Division I level.

In 1994 Caires accepted her first Division I position at the University of Vermont as assistant coach and by 1996 was promoted to associate head coach.

In 1997, spent one year at Oregon State under Coach Judy Spoelstra, then was an assistant coach at the University of Arizona from 1998 to 2002.

In Caires’ first season at Grossmont, the Griffins posted only a 4-24 season record. The 2003-04 season improved to an 11-13 overall record and a fourth place conference finish. In the 2005-06 campaign, the Griffins finished second in the Pacific Coast Conference and 17-14 overall.

In 2006-07, Grossmont finished at fourth in the conference and posted only a 10-18 season. In 2007-08, the team finished with a 19-11 overall record and a second place finish in the Pacific Coast Conference.

MiraCosta at Grossmont
@ Grossmont College
1/8/2016 at 06:00 PM

MiraCosta
38

Grossmont
64

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
MiraCosta (0-11, 0-2)	0	17	10	11	38
Grossmont (4-10, 1-0)	12	18	20	14	64

#	STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
MiraCosta
1	Danielle Bosley	40	2-10	0-0	4-8	1	7	8	2	0	0	5	4	8
2	Kim Noland	40	3-10	1-3	3-4	1	0	1	1	3	0	8	0	10
3	Alynne Nguyen	40	5-16	4-13	0-0	2	2	4	0	0	0	5	2	14
4	Jessica Ramirez	40	1-8	0-5	1-2	1	1	2	1	6	0	2	0	3
10	Camille Blayecook	40	1-8	1-5	0-2	4	6	10	0	0	0	6	2	3
#	RESERVES	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
TM	Team					0	0	0				4	0
TOTALS			12-52 23.1%	6-26 23.1%	8-16 50.0%	9	16	25	4	9	0	30	8	38

#	STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
Grossmont
5	Jazmine Bradley	29	3-5	0-0	0-0	2	7	9	4	3	0	3	1	6
14	Christina Barrameda	24	9-18	4-11	0-0	1	3	4	1	3	1	1	1	22
21	Dominique Morrison	19	4-8	0-0	0-1	4	2	6	1	2	0	4	1	8
23	Justine Garde	27	2-6	0-3	0-2	1	1	2	2	1	0	2	2	4
24	Valeria Garay	25	1-4	0-0	3-4	3	4	7	0	0	0	6	2	5
#	RESERVES	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
3	Joanna Dela Cruz	17	1-4	1-4	0-0	1	3	4	1	1	0	2	4	3
10	Ashtyn Hurrell	21	2-7	0-4	0-0	0	3	3	4	2	0	1	5	4
22	Ranae Hannibal	15	3-8	0-0	0-0	3	5	8	1	3	2	2	0	6
31	Mariel Avila	10	1-3	0-1	0-0	2	1	3	2	0	0	2	1	2
32	Jackie Kadillak	13	2-7	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	4
TM	Team					0	0	0				4	0
TOTALS			28-70 40.0%	5-23 21.7%	3-7 42.9%	18	30	48	16	15	3	28	17	64

MIRACOSTA	TEAM STATISTICS	GROSSMONT
23.1% ( 12-52)	Field Goal %	40.0% ( 28-70)
23.1% ( 6-26)	3pt Field Goal %	21.7% ( 5-23)
50.0% ( 8-16)	Free Throw %	42.9% ( 3-7)
25	Rebounds	48
4	Assists	16
30	Turnovers	28
15	Points off Turnovers	31
1	2nd Chance Points	13
8	Points in the Paint	28
8	Fastbreak Points	10
0	Bench Points	19
0	Largest Lead	33
–	Time of Largest Lead	4th-05:02
Ties: 0; Lead Changes: 0