All of the Padres' 15 points in the first quarter came off three-pointers, making Padres head coach John Grosey wonder if he should take the rims with him after the game.

"We shot really well," said Grosey in an understatement. "I'm really proud of our defense and had we not shot as well, I believe our defense would have kept us in the game."

The Vikings managed only two points in the opening quarter, which came off inside penetration by Tak Abe.

The team fared somewhat better at the start of the second quarter, putting together a 6-2 run in the first three and a half minutes, before the Padres started hitting those nasty three-pointers again.

When the Vikings (4-6) did manage to stop the Padres with some nice defensive pressures, the Vikings could not answer of the offensive end.

"It's frustrating when we can't hit the open shot," said Palo Alto head coach Peter Diepenbrock.

The Vikings could do little to penetrate inside for a shot, but could not hit anything from the outside, leaving them struggling for points in the game.

Sophomore Jon Whetstone scored a team high seven points, five of which came in the fourth quarter against the Padresi second team.

Padre Matt Powers shot a game-high 11 points. Eight of the nine Padres players who scored a basket hit a three-pointer at some point in the game, while five of those players hit two or more treys.

The Vikings did not hit a three.

Diepenbrock said he felt his team has been playing some good man-to-man aggressive defense, as well as very good defensive rebounding. He added that offensive execution in running plays and handling the ball have been his team's weaknesses.

Serra (4-4) featured a team that lacked two of its best players due to injury and flu -- six-foot-eight senior Dave Alnajjar and last year's First Team WAL player Jason Hardee.