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Fountain Valley’s Kat Luu is Wave League girls’ basketball MVP

Fountain Valley's Kat Luu drives past Newport Harbor's Chloe Swanson for a layup.
Fountain Valley’s Kat Luu drives past Newport Harbor’s Chloe Swanson for a layup during a Wave League game on the road on Jan. 24, 2019.
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Fountain Valley High senior forward Kat Luu earned the Wave League girls’ basketball MVP award for leading the Barons to their first league title since the 1995-96 campaign.

Luu averaged 10.3 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.6 steals per game for the Barons (16-13, 5-1 in league), who lost to No. 3-seeded Calabasas Viewpoint 47-32 in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 3A playoffs.

Fountain Valley sophomore guards Audrey Tengan and Madison Suekawa were first-team selections, as were Marina senior power forward Greta Graeler and junior guard Kat Robinson.

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The first team also included Newport Harbor junior forward Willa Rath and sophomore forward Emma Fults, and Laguna Beach senior forward Madilyn Garwal.

Tengan scored 6.5 points to go with 3.2 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 1.2 assists per game. She scored a career-high 25 points in the Barons’ 60-48 road win over Marina on Jan. 30.

Suekawa produced 6.2 points, 2.6 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.3 steals per contest.

Graeler posted averages of 11.4 points, 9.3 rebounds, 1.5 steals and 1.2 blocks per game for second-place Marina (8-21, 4-2), which lost to top seed and eventual champion Long Beach Wilson 62-19 in the Division 3A first round. Robinson averaged 8.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.8 steals and 1.6 assists per game.

Rath contributed a team-high average of 10 points per game to go with 7.6 rebounds, 2.2 steals and 1.4 blocked shots for third-place Newport Harbor (13-14, 3-3). Fults led the Sailors with 9.5 rebounds per contest, and she also averaged 6.8 points, 1.7 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.1 blocks.

Garwal provided 4.1 points, 12.6 rebounds, 2.9 steals and 2.8 assists per game for the last-place Breakers (10-18, 0-6).

Laguna Beach coach Matthew Tietz said Garwal broke the school’s career rebounding record, totaling 917 rebounds in her three seasons.

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Updates

1:23 p.m. March 24, 2020: The article was updated with stats for Marina’s Greta Graeler and Kat Robinson.

The article was originally published on March 23 at 8:14 p.m.

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