Down 36-19 at halftime in Marysville on Friday night after trailing by as many as 20 points in the first half, the Napa Valley College women’s basketball team talked about how to stop Yuba.

“We came out real slow in the first half, so we talked about having heart and coming out and playing as hard as we could and just being aggressive,” assistant coach Chris Morrison said. “We also figured out their zone in the second half and repeatedly used the same play to break it down.”

The Storm ended up leaving the 49ers’ gym with their biggest win in years, a 69-63 Bay Valley Conference victory, and enjoying every minute of their long ride home.

Jessica Zeller, a freshman out of Vintage High, turned in an impressive triple-double of 13 points, 14 rebounds and 10 steals, and even had a blocked shot. Misty Lee led Napa Valley (6-9 overall, 3-11 BVC) with 15 points and added seven boards. Erika Hornsby supplied 13 points and three rebounds, Cherish Bustos 14 points and five steals, Melissa Thornton two points and two boards, Jacquie Willis five points and Tasha Jackson seven points.

Morrison said the Storm had a tough time cutting Yuba’s lead to single digits until a Willis 3-pointer did the job. Napa Valley tied it on two free throws by Lee, and took the lead for good with 1:23 left on a Bustos 3-pointer.

The Storm missed just five free throws all night.

“The bench never stopped cheering our chant, ‘D-D-D-Up,” Morrison added. “We were all losing our voices.”

Napa Valley — which is tied for second place in the BVC with Mendocino behind first-place Solano — hosts Los Medanos-Pittburg at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Varsity Girls

• Kelseyville 33,

St. Helena 27

Kate Wignall had nine points and nine rebounds to lead the Saints (8-10 overall) in Saturday afternoon’s home loss. Maddy Densberger, Jamie Marshall and Missy Particelli each tallied six points. Densberger also added eight rebounds and five steals. Particelli also grabbed seven rebounds.

The Saints host St. Vincent-Petaluma at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Junior Varsity Boys

• Napa 56, Vintage 54

Ellis Good scored 10 of his game-high 20 points in the second period, helping the Indians build an 11-point lead going into halftime on Friday. Napa held the same margin at the end of three quarters but barely hung on for the Monticello Empire League victory as the visiting Crushers outscored them 23-14 in the final period.

Christian Gullord added 16 points for the Indians and had three steals. Nick Roberts had seven points and three rebounds, and Mario Giovannoni added five points and four rebounds for Napa (7-10 overall, 4-2 MEL).

Junior Varsity Girls

• Justin-Siena 50,

St. Patrick-St. Vincent 25

Freshman Katherine Lee  scored a career-high 30 points as the undefeated Braves rolled to a victory over their nonleague rival on Saturday night.

Lee, who bettered her previous best by six points, came within two points of Justin-Siena JV scoring record. She finished with eight 3-pointers, scoring 13 points in the first half and tallying 27 through the first three quarters. Lee also grabbed four rebounds.

“When she gets going, she’s almost impossible to stop,” Braves coach Andrew Bettencourt said. “It was fun to watch her. She’s an exceptional player.”

Despite Lee’s dominance, Bettencourt — whose team improved to 17-0 overall — said the victory still felt like a team performance.

“This was pone of our best efforts of the season,” he said. “All 12 players really commited to playing defense and that’s what won us this game. We were ferocious on the defensive end.”

Chelsea Lazzari contributed six points and six rebounds, while Bailee Carter added four points and Marie Eberwein two points, five assists, five steals and four rebounds. Caroline Zaia had two points, nine rebounds and three steals, and Claudia Muñoz notched six rebounds, two steals and two assists and played well defensively.

The Braves will take a 6-0 Marin County Athletic League record into Tuesday’s 4:30 p.m. contest at San Marin.

• St. Helena 35,

Kelseyville 23

The Saints led nearly the entire game on Saturday, improving to 7-4 overall with the home victory.

Noemi Sanchez tallied a game-high 16 points and also grabbed 17 rebounds. Shelby Zumwalt added eight points and six boards while Araceli Leon added five rebounds and three steals.

The Saints host St. Vincent-Petaluma at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Freshman Boys

• Vintage 50, Napa 49

With six seconds remaining in Friday’s game, Omar Sorouli hit the second of two free throws to put Vintage ahead 50-49. A last minute shot by Napa just missed and the Crushers held on for the MEL road win.

Matt Scott led the Crushers (6-8 overall, 4-2 MEL) with 15 points while Omar Sorouli added 14 points, Carlo Mendoza chipped in nine points, CJ DeRosa came up with seven points, Jerson Guerrero scored three and Mike Richardson tallied two.

Napa (3-14 overall, 0-6 MEL) was led by Brad Forster’s 17 points, seven rebounds and four steals while Brennan Wheeler added 13 points and four steals. Austin Diskin chipped in 11 points and Evan Zimny gathered six boards, three assists and two steals.

Freshman Girls

• Justin-Siena 30,

St. Patrick-St. Vincent 23

Teal Geyer had 12 points and six rebounds as the Braves widened a 16-13 halftime lead en route to the nonleague win on Saturday.

Sarah Francke and Lindsey Grazer each had six points, with Francke adding five rebounds. Jen Cardey had four points, Sarah Halsey two points and Jenna Joske three assists and three steals for Justin-Siena (14-1 overall, 4-1 MCAL). The Braves host San Marin at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.