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FOUNTAIN VALLEY — Fountain Valley’s girls basketball team wanted redemption and a better position in the race for the Sunset League title.

The Barons got both Thursday night.

Point guard Victoria Om sparked a 9-0 run to open the second half and shooting guard Sophie Hsieh sank four 3-pointers as the Barons defeated visiting Corona del Mar 44-30 in a Sunset League game at Fountain Valley High.

Fountain Valley (15-6, 6-2), ranked No. 19 in Orange County, avenged a 47-45 loss at Corona del Mar in the first round of league and moved past the No. 17 Sea Kings for second place in league.

The Barons are a half-game behind first-place Los Alamitos (17-6, 7-1).

“We really wanted to win so we trained really hard every single practice,” said Om, a senior who scored a game-high 16 points. “This is the game that determined if we’re going to be able to continue to (contend in) league.”

Fountain Valley led 21-18 halftime. Om, a transfer from Orangewood Academy’s shuttered powerhouse girls program, ignited the surge in the third quarter with a steal and layup for a 23-18 lead.

Two of Fountain Valley’s post players then connected for a basket in the paint as Karley Waite fed Avery Jones.

After another steal and layup by Om, Hsieh made a 3-pointer to cap a 9-0 run and open a 30-18 lead.

Fountain Valley, implementing a new 3-2 zone defense, held Corona del Mar (14-9, 6-2) without a point in the third until 1:09 left the period.

Fountain Valley opened the fourth quarter with an 8-0 run. The surge was highlighted by a 3-pointer banked in by Om to beat the shot clock and a 3-pointer by reserve by Kaylie Sasaki.

“(Our) last game (against Corona del Mar) ended kind of bitter so we wanted to make sure we won this time around,” said Hsieh, who made 4 of 6 shots from beyond the arc. “This will really help our confidence.”

Fountain Valley made all three of its 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and finished 8 for 19 (42 percent).

Sasaki and Jones helped Fountain Valley’s bench outscore Corona del Mar’s reserves 9-3.

Om finished with six rebounds, three assists and three steals.

Senior post Kayly Honig scored 10 of her 14 points in the first half to lead Corona del Mar, which lost its second consecutive league game.

Sophomore Sawyer Blumenkranz added five points and nine rebounds.

Corona del Mar finished 3 of 26 from beyond the arc.

“We obviously couldn’t hit a shot in the third and we did ourselves no favors as the ball did not move,” said Corona del Mar coach Brason Alexander, whose team recovered from an early 9-1 deficit to lead twice in the second period. “We’re going to keep chopping wood.”

“(Om) is a really good player and was the difference,” the coach added.

On Tuesday, Marina (14-10, 5-3) defeated Corona del Mar 53-41 behind 29 points by Rylee Bradley.

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