Oxnard High had waited weeks for this moment.

After relying on its half-court man-to-man defense for the better part of the regular season, Oxnard returned to full-court pressure.

Holding San Luis Obispo's leading scorer Casey Lowe without a point until the last four minutes of the game, Pacific View League champion Oxnard (18-8) pushed the tempo for a 70-52 win Friday night in a CIF-Southern Section Division II-A boys' basketball game at home.

David Shepherd-Dykes had 21 points and Kevin Mulloy added 17 points and four blocks for Oxnard, which won its 11th straight game.

"We had been working (on the press) for five weeks," said Shepherd-Dykes, who helped get the ball rolling by scoring seven points in Oxnard's 17-8 run in the first nine minutes of the game.

Oxnard bumped the margin to 18 points late the third quarter and never looked back.

"We had shown a little bit of the press in league," said Oxnard coach Henry Lobo.

"Our goal was to shut down Lowe. We had seen film of him hitting deep 3s. We didn't want to see that happen tonight."

With teamwork in trapping San Luis Obispo's guards and meeting Lowe at the 3-point line every time he caught a pass, scoring opportunities were few.

"Everybody did their job to help out and make sure he didn't get a shot off," said Shepherd-Dykes.

Shane Kennedy had 14 points for San Luis Obispo (15-11).

After scoring 70 points only once in its first 19 games, Oxnard has reached that total five times in its last seven games.

And that was with only limited playing time from forward Derek Shutt. Not only was Shutt at less than full strength because of an injury to his right ankle two weeks ago, the senior had early foul problems and spent long periods of time on the bench.

With Shutt out, Mulloy seemed to make it his personal mission to control the paint on both ends of the court. The sophomore center showed he can score from the outside, too, hitting a 3-pointer on his only attempt.

Not even a scorekeeping snafu could stop Oxnard.

At halftime, the referees had to settle a scoring dispute between the two bookkeepers. Oxnard, which has the official book, had the halftime score as 32-22. San Luis Obispo's scorekeeper argued that the score should be 32-24. The scoreboard read 32-22.

"Time Warner had the same score (32-22)," said Oxnard athletic director Ted Lawrence, who was handling the scoreboard.

The way Oxnard was playing, the outcome was not going to be decided by two points.