SoCalHoops High School News

Game Scores and Details From
Wednesday 1/31/01--(Feb. 1, 2001)

Quite a few games played on Wednesday night;  most of the CIF Southern Section and City was in action and since we've finally managed to catch up from our backlog, we can actually post this stuff only a day later. . . so here's what happened last night as we manage to all creep ever-closer to the playoffs, where only the strongest will survive the next month and into March for the State finals.   As always, if we missed a score or don't have the details, send it in either by e-mail, or by posting to the message board.

Coliseum League

Fremont 86, Jefferson 50--details not available

Locke 67, Manual Arts 56--details not available

Dorsey 94, Crenshaw 71--details not available

Eastern League

South Gate 60, Huntington Park 46--Senior guard Keymon Maddox scored 11 of his game-high 16 points in the first half to lead the Rams (16-6, 7-0) over the host Spartans.

Roosevelt 60, Bell 52--details not available

Jordan 85, Garfield 83--details not available

Marine League

Carson 56, Banning 52--Despite missing 3 starters due to injury, the Colts (14-8, 4-3) got 14 points from senior guard Marques Washington and came from behind to beat the visiting Pilots (1-6 league). Banning had a 4-point lead with 2 minute to go in the game but couldn't hang on to their lead. Gregory Mayfield hit a 3-point shot with 1:30 remaining to give host Carson a five-point lead and the victory.  Mayfield finished with 11 points, Marques Washington led Carson with 14 points and Louis White added 12. Banning fell to 1-6 in league despite 19 points from Joey Saavedra and 16 from Alberto Aguirre.

Narbonne 73, San Pedro 64--Senior forward Brannon Nichols made three 3-pointers in the second half en route to scoring a game-high 22 points as the Gauchos (17-5, 5-2) defeated the host Pirates (9-13, 1-6).  Freshman point guard Christian Smith added 12 points, four assists and four steals as he filled in for injured Reggie Simms. Beto Delgado had 14 and Dozie Nzenwa contributed 13. Joseph Hunt had 18 points for San Pedro.

Washington 61, Gardena 55--details not available

Northern League

Marshall 53, Lincoln 50--details not available

Wilson 83, Belmont 55--details not available

Sunset Six League

Canoga Park 72, Verdugo Hills 48--Cecil Brown scored 19 points in the first half of a Sunset Six League victory at Canoga Park. Brown had 30 points and 10 rebounds for Canoga Park (12-10, 5-2).

North Hollywood 64, Poly 30--Ken Hauser scored eight of his 18 points in the second quarter to help the Huskies take a 26-8 halftime lead in a Sunset Six League game at Poly. North Hollywood (16-5, 6-1) is ranked No. 6 in the region.

Grant 95, Hollywood 89--Gino Riney scored 31 points and the Lancers won a Sunset Six League game at Hollywood. Dwayne Anderson had 29 points and 10 rebounds, and Mike Charleston added 24 points for Grant (16-6, 6-1).  Derick Wright scored 44 points for the Sheiks (10-12, 3-4).

Valley Mission League

Sylmar 96, Kennedy 49--Sylmar improved to 12-9, 7-0 with the win as George O'Garro had 7 and 12 rebounds, and 8 assists and 5 blocks.   Darby had 18 an d15 rebounds for Sylmar while Williams had 18 p;oints and 9 rebounds.  Kennedy dropped to 8-14, 3-4 and was led by Cooper with 14.

Reseda 56, Van Nuys 44-- Reseda improved to 12-10, 5=2 and was led again by Serge Lepiashinski with 20 and Nashid Beard with 12.  Van Nuys m(2-20, 0-7) was led by Talavera with 17 and Decipeda with 15.

Western League

Hamilton 73, Los Angeles 65--details not available

Westchester 77, Fairfax 56--Hassan Adams had 26 points and 10 rebounds in Westchester's road win over Fairfax. Trevor Ariza scored 11 points and Brandon Bowman chipped in 10 for the Comets (21-1, 9-0).

Venice 81, Palisades 74--details not available

West Valley League

Chatsworth 81, Granada Hills 78--Shayne Berry banked in a three-pointer with two seconds left and the Chancellors pulled out a West Valley League victory at Granada Hills. Berry finished with 28 points and 11 rebounds. Brandon Robinson had 16 points and nine rebounds for Chatsworth (15-7, 6-1). Granada Hills (9-13, 3-4) rallied from a nine-point deficit to take a 63-60 lead at the end of the third quarter. Mike Louthian had 21 points and seven rebounds for the Highlanders.

Taft 82, Birmingham 45--Steve Smith had 31 points and 12 rebounds for the Toreadors in a West Valley League victory at Birmingham Mustafa Asghari scored 14 points for Taft (17-5, 6-1), ranked No. 8 in the region. 

Cleveland 60, El Camino Real 50--Derrick Lambey had 15 points and nine rebounds at Cleveland and the Cavaliers (3-15, 2-5) won for the second time in three games since Andre Chevalier took over as coach.

Non-Conference

Bravo 70, USC Mast 67--details not available

Baseline League

Upland 84, Glendora 64--Four Highlanders' starters scored in double figures, led by Kirk Snyder's 25 points, as Upland blew out visiting Glendora 84-64 to remain unbeaten in league play and continue its dominance of the Inland Valley.  It was the Tartans' game early as Glendora (18-5, 4-3), which lost by only five points in the teams' first meeting Jan. 9, ran right at the interior of Upland's defense. Guard Lauren Smith had a layup through traffic at the seven-minute mark of the first quarter, followed by Larry Monroe's back-to-back jump shots to put the Tartans ahead 8-4. The Highlanders (23-1, 7-0), momentarily stunned by Glendora's fast start, countered by slowing the game's pace. Upland point guard Sheldon Pace worked the ball inside to Snyder and Prentice Harris. By the midway point of the quarter, the Highlanders' superior size wore down Glendora's defense. Upland led by just five points at the half, but pulled away in the third quarter. The Highlanders hit 10 of 14 shots to increase their lead to 10 entering the final quarter. Jason Harris had 20 points, while Prentice Harris finished with 16. Pace, who scored 18 points despite taking only two shots in the second half, tossed in 11 assists.  Glendora's Kyle Bechler, who attended Upland last season, contributed 12 points and Smith had 11.   GLENDORA (64) Smith 12, Monroe 20, Bechler 12, Mehanna 10, Foster 8, Bryan 2. UPLAND (84) Pace 18, Pruitt 5, J. Harris 20, P. Harris 16, Snyder 25. Glendora 14 18 16 16 --  64 Upland 22 15 21 26 -- 84 Total fouls: G 15, U 11. Fouled out: Foster (G). Technical fouls: none .

Walnut 64, Don Lugo 46--The Mustangs parlayed Daniel Jones' 17 points with a cold-shooting night from the Conquistadores in the Baseline League game.  Andy Galindo, Kevin Plutko and Raphael Asafo-Agyei scored 11 points apiece for Don Lugo (7-17, 2-5), which was 4 of 22 (18.1%) from beyond the three-point arc and 16 of 52 from the field (30.7%). Walnut improved to 6-17, 1-6. WALNUT (54) Joseph 2, Wright 10, Tafhroudian 2, Mason 13, Carstensen 10, Jones 17. DON LUGO (46) Deseran 2, Galindo 11, Plutko 11, Hill 7, Snyder 4, Asafo-Agyei 11. Walnut 17 12 9 16 -- 54 Don Lugo 7 14 6 19 -- 46 Total fouls: W 15, DL 17. Fouled out: none. Technical fouls: none.

Claremont 79, Chino 63 --Sean Terrell made four three-pointers en route to a game-high 22 points as the Wolfpack rebounded from last Friday's loss to Glendora and regained second place in the Baseline League.   Claremont's Shaddean Aaron added 18 points, Kevyn White scored 15 with eight assists and Davar Wilburn has seven points and 11 rebounds as the Wolfpack improved to 17-6, 5-2.  Chino (7-16, 2-5) trailed by seven points with 2:30 remaining in the game before Claremont connected on several free throws for the final margin. Aaron Marcey led the Cowboys with 20 points, including five three-pointers, and Robert White added 17 points and five rebounds.  CHINO (63) Nafis 7, White 17, Marcey 20, Malone 12, Putnam 7. CLAREMONT (79) White 15, Terrell 22, Patton 2, Oliver 5, Aaron 18, Wilburn 7, Lombard 6, Maxwell 3. Chino 14 17 9 23 -- 63 Claremont 19 21 13 26 -- 79 Total fouls: Ch 15, Cl 19. Fouled out: none. Technical fouls: none.

Bay League

Redondo 80, Leuzinger 41--Dijon Thompson was 9-for-11 from the field en route to 21 points and nine rebounds. Redondo (18-5, 10-1) outrebounded Leuzinger 58-18 and had 21 assists compared to Leuzinger's four. Center Paul Meynen had his first double-double this season with 10 points and 12 rebounds. Adam Zahn also had an 18-point, 13-rebound double-double. Derrick Clark had 15 points and seven rebounds and Jonathan Smith had 10 points for Leuzinger (11-11, 3-7).

Mira Costa 57, North Torrance 36--DeWayne Morris led the Mustangs with 24 points and 7 rebounds in the road win over North. Mira Costa (14-9, 6-5) held North to only 8 points in the fourth quarter. Jacob Insler also had 10 assists for the Mustangs.

Santa Monica 64, Peninsula 53--details not avialable.

Camino Real League

St. Anthony 57, Mary Star 56-- Is St. Anthony about to start another "miracle finish" to their season?  Who knows, but they got off to a similar start to the second half of league play last night, finishing in dramatic form, reminiscent of their victory over Pacific Hills in last year's playoffs which sent St. Anthony to the finals.  On Wednesday, it was Alan Cerino's 21-foot 3-point shot with three seconds remaining that game host St. Anthony a 57-56 win over Mary Star in a critical Camino Real League game for both teams.  The game was critical simply because both teams are battling for a playoff spot, and trying to avoid finishing in the bottom half of the league race, which is really between Verbum Dei and St. Monica's for the top two spots, with Verb in the driver's seat at this point.  On Wednesday, the Stars had a chance to win the game, but Adrian Navarro's last-second, 60-foot shot bounced off the front of the rim.  Jack Kalmeta led Mary Star (7-15, 4-3) with 18 points, Chris Navarre added 11 points, while Navarro had 10 points and 9 rebounds.    Mary Star tied the score at 45-45 on Kalmeta's turnaround jumper and then the teams went back and forth until the Stars opened up a 56-52 lead with 29 seconds remaining, after Chris Cosgrove made both ends of a 1-and-1. St. Anthony cut the deficit to 56-54 on two free throws from Brown with 24 seconds left. Cosgrove had a chance to put the game away with 21 seconds on the clock, but both of his free throws rattled in and out, opening the door for Cerino's heroics.Lauren Brown, a junior guard, led St. Anthony with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 5 steals. Jay Arizabal added 11 points and 8 rebounds, while Jonathon Watson had a team-high 9 rebounds for the Saints (11-15, 3-3), who kept their playoff hopes alive with the win.

Channel League

Dos Pueblos 60, Santa Barbara 55--Dommanic Ingerson returned to the lineup for Santa Barbara High, but Dos Pueblos pulled out a 60-55 Channel League basketball win on the Dons' court. Steven Graybill of Dos Pueblos led all scorers with 25 points.  Ingerson, the county player of the year, returned from a two-game suspension and scored 14 points to lead Santa Barbara. Ingerson led the Dons in rebounding and earned 14 foul shots. Ingerson hit a 3-pointer with 4:41 left to give the Dons their first and only lead of the second half at 51-50. He also tied the game at 53 with a rebound basket after Graybill and Scott Roegner had combined for three free throws.   But the Chargers retook the lead on a driving shot by Graybill and got some separation when Jenkins found Roegner for a back-door basket. Brandon Duke cut the lead to 57-55 with 58 seconds to play but two free throws by Jenkins and one by Roegner, sandwiched around two misses under pressure by Ingerson, put the game away.  The Chargers move into a first-place tie with Ventura and Buena at 3-2 while Santa Barbara drops to 3-3. Dos Pueblos is 13-6 overall and Santa Barbara is 13-10.  Santa Barbara got a 12-point game from Dante DeRose, including four straight free throws in the third quarter after the Chargers had pulled ahead 46-35.  Logan Burrus followed with two free throws and Dante Bogan and Trey Putnam hit 3-pointers to close the gap, but Graybill was able to stop the bleeding with two free throws and a basket.  DOS PUEBLOS -- Ortiz 6, Cowan 2, Graybill 25, Roegner 18, Sherman 5, Jenkins 6. Totals 20 16-28 60. SANTA BARBARA -- Putnam 8, Burrus 2, Koester 2, Ingerson 14, Bogan 7, DeRose 12, Duke 6, Waterman 4. Totals 16 19-27 55. Dos Pueblos . . . 13 15 18 14 -- 60  Santa Barbara . . . 10 17 14 14 -- 55  3-point goals--DP 4 (Graybill 2, Ortiz 2), SB 4 (Putnam 2, Ingerson 1, Bogan 1). Fouled out--Waterman (4:36). Technical foul--Ingerson.

Ventura 72, San Marcos 66 --Both teams continually hit from long range to combine for 20 3-pointers, but the Cougars managed to escape with the Channel League victory.  Ventura was 12-of-29 from 3-point range. Brian Easterly led the Cougars with 23 points, including four treys.  San Marcos' Asher Kupperman tallied 15 points, seven rebounds and five assists while teammate Aaron Mercer recorded his first double-double (16 points and 12 rebounds) of the year. San Marcos (1-5, 5-14) hit eight 3-pointers, including three by Drew Spaventa.  VENTURA -- Easterly 23, Ebell 10, Ikeda 8, Aikens 1, Robinson 9, Wagner 3, Tanner 2, Davis 3, Gruber 13. Totals 26 10-14 72. SAN MARCOS -- Kupperman 15, Carlsen 4, Spaventa 9, Hopkins 2, Fortune 7, Hill 3, Mercer 16, McKiernan 6, Below 4. Totals 24 10-12 66.  Ventura . . . 12 19 19 22 -- 72   San Marcos . . . 5 18 19 24 -- 66  3-point goals -- V 12 (Easterly 4, Ebell 3, Ikeda 2, Robinson 1, Davis 1, Wagner 1), SM 8 (Spaventa 3, Kupperman 2, Mercer 2, Fortune 1). Totals fouls -- V 12, SM 17. Fouled out -- none. Technicals -- none. Record --4-2. SM 5-14, 1-5.

Coastal Life League

Price 96, San Gabriel Academy 73-- Price was led by Chris Alexander with 21, Andre Haword with 16, Kalief Washington 18, Oscar Edwards 15 and Bradon Herron 12.  SGA was led by Chris Ostos with 23, Jason Killebrew 15, Nick Rosas 18.  SGA is now 13-5, 3-3.

Condor League

Laguna Blanca 60, Dunn 48--Eric Geeb tallied 17 points and 10 assists while Trevor Scott poured in 20 to lead the Owls to an emotional victory over the Earwigs.  Laguna Blanca (2-3, 7-10) also received eight points and 12 rebounds from Ryan Jeffrey.  DUNN -- Greene 13, Walker 16, Dickson 12, Tong 2, McSorley 5. Totals 19 4-8 48. LAGUNA BLANCA -- Geeb 17, Scott 20, Nelson 6, Jeffrey 8, Wicks 4, Lewis 2, Kaufman 3. Totals 24 7-14 60. Dunn . . . 17 7 16 8 -- 48  Laguna Blanca . . . 11 22 16 11 -- 60  3-point goals -- D 6 (Greene 1, Walker 4, McSorely 1), LB 5 (Geeb 3, Scott 1, Kaufman 1). Total fouls -- D 14, 10. Fouled out -- none. Technicals -- Dunn coach. Record -- D: 3-2. LB: 2-3, 7-10.

Villanova 49, Cate 46--The Wildcats hit two 3-pointers in the final 40 seconds of the game to top the Rams during the Condor League contest.  Nick Altman scored a team-high 10 points while Reuel Banner added nine points. VILLANOVA -- Fore 24, Namikas 4, Bullen 2, Roach 4, Gibson 11, Langelier 4. Totals 18 10-24 49. CATE -- Banner 9, Mack 8, Altman 10, Nagano 6, Hackleman 5, Barton 2, McCammack 2, Hsu 4. Totals 19 3-8 46. Villanova . . . 15 15 5 14 -- 49  Cate . . . 12 9 16 9 -- 46 3-point goals -- V 3 (Fore 3), C 5 (Banner 3, Altman 2). Total fouls -- V 11, C 20. Fouled out -- Mack, Nagano. Technicals -- Fore. Record -- C: 0-6, 2-8.

De Anza League

Beaumont 56, Big Bear 54-- With 40 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, Nate Mendoza made a field goal to put Beaumont ahead 56-52 to secure the win in a De Anza League game. BIG BEAR (54) -- Wegener 5, Crider 11, Zuidena 18, Foulkes 12, Anderson 2, Ortiz 6.  BEAUMONT (56) -- Mitchell 15, Ramos 3, Koumparis 9, Mendoza 13, Curtis 16. Halftime score -- Beaumont 30-26. Three-point goals -- Curtis 4, Koumparis 3, Crider 3, Zuidena 4. Total fouls -- Big Bear 13, Beaumont 10. Fouled out -- none.   Records: Beaumont 8-3, 13-10. Big Bear 3-8 in league.

San Jacinto 79, Riverside Notre Dame 62 -- SAN JACINTO (79) -- Duguid 14, Padilla 14, Luna 0, Hyland 6, Frazier 26, Medina 10, Sullivan 9. NOTRE DAME (62) -- Lyons 13, Richards 2, Durrough 6, Morales 2, Sanders 35, McSherry 2, Pasqua 2.  Halftime score -- San Jacinto 45-30. Three-point goals -- Sanders 6, Duguid 2, Frazier, Medina. Total fouls -- San Jacinto 18, Notre Dame 17. Fouled out -- none. Technical fouls -- none. Records: San Jacinto 10-1, 14-7.

Del Rey League

St. Paul 63, Serra 60 (OT)--Sophomore guard Rudy Serna made a 3-pointer in overtime to put the Swordsmen (13-10, 2-3) ahead for good as they went on to beat the host Cavaliers (13-11, 2-4). Senior center Fausto Gonzales, who had 27 points and 14 rebounds, also scored 4 points in the extra period for St. Paul (13-10, 2-3).  Gonzalez finished off the Cavaliers with a layup with seconds left. Serna finished with 15 points, and Dontay Holloway had nine for the Swordsmen.  Serra trailed by seven entering the final quarter but produced a big rally in the fourth. The Cavaliers outscored St. Paul 14-7 to force overtime.  Eugene Jeter scored 20 points, seven assists and four steals the loss for Serra while in Serra's home loss. Pierre Johnson added 13 points, five rebounds and four assists for Serra (12-11, 2-4). St. Paul improved to 2-3 in league.

St. Bernard 61, Bishop Amat 46--Donald Penn and Bruce Bevans each scored 14 in the road win over Bishop Amat. Marquis Taylor added 12 points while Brandon Brooks had 10 for the Vikings (12-12, 2-4).

Desert Valley League

Palm Springs 56, Coachella Valley 47--   Palm Springs may have earned the league’s final playoff berth while the Arabs may have been bumped out of the playoff picture.   Palm Springs improved to 5-4 in the DVL despite playing for most of the game without its leading scorer, rebounder and shot blocker Antonio Greer, who got into foul trouble early in the game.  Caleb Barton scored 14 points for Palm Springs (11-10).  Coachella Valley 10 12  11   14 -- 47;  Palm Springs 8 18  18 12 -- 56 Coachella Valley: Perez 2, Badena 5, Lomeli 18, Anaya 4, Garcia 3, Gonzalez 12 Palm Springs: Barton 14, Howard 12, Fenton 4, Harris 4, Johnson 2, Greer 2, Dahlin 2, Whitted 15 3-pointers: Whitted 2, Howard 2, Gonzalez 2

Cathedral City 81, Desert Hot Springs 50-- Paul Heredia scored 17 of his 24 points in the first quarter as the Lions (9-0, 10-5) remained undefeated in the DVL against the Golden Eagles (1-9).  Cathedral City raced to a 17-0 lead before using a heavy rotation. Every Lions player notched about eight minutes of playing time.  Gerald DeVance had 17 points, including five 3-pointers and Thomas Shewmake added 12. Heredia also had four 3-pointers.  Mateo Ortega led the Golden Eagles with 12 points. Cathedral City--33  17  18  13 -- 81 Desert Hot Springs--9  11  12  18 -- 50 Cathedral City: Parris 4, Hansen 2, DeVance 17, Lambert 4, Otteson 10, Heredia 24, Gray 4, Lewis 1, T. Shewmake 12, Matthews 3.  Desert Hot Springs: Meyer 3, Ray 8, McSwain 5, Ortega 12, Brown 6, Edmund 3, S. Shewmake 4, Moore 9.  3-pointers: CC (DeVance 5, Heredia 4), DHS (Meyer 1, Ortega 2, Moore 1)

Palm Desert 68, Indio 40--Chase McQuillen scored 20 points and Josh Zazulia had 16 points and 12 rebounds as the Aztecs (6-4, 16-7) broke the game open in the second half. Don Brady had four points and eight assists for Palm Desert. Daniel Cruz led Indio with 17 points, and Earl Issacson added 12.  Palm Desert--12  14  17  25 -- 68 Indio--10  13  10  7 -- 40 Palm Desert: Zazulia 16, McQuillen 20, Harris 6, Brady 4, Smith 6, Henry 7, Bohm 3, Alexander 6. Indio: Cruz 17, Issacson 12, King 2, Lopez 2, Roberson 1, Haynes 1, Salvado 3, Perez 2.   3-pointers: Palm Desert 6 (Alexander 2, Zazulia 1, McQuillen 2, Henry 1) Indio 4 (Cruz 3, Salvado 1).

Empire League

Loara 57, Cypress 38--Visiting Loara (18-5, 7-0) maintained its two-game lead over second-place El Dorado. Bryce Sheldon had 12 points, Chad Lozano 10 and Chris Moses had nine points for the Saxons.

El Dorado 43, Kennedy 33-- El Dorado was led by Evan Bull who scorecd 10 points for the Golden Hawks (19-4, 5-2).  Kennedy was led by Reyes with 14, and fell to 13-10, 3-4.

Katella 52, Century 40--Philip Tyson scored 23 points to lead the Knights (12-11, 1-6) as they picked up their first league win.  Century dropped to 2-5 in league and was led by Chris Ferretti with 14.

Freeway League

Sonora 59, Troy 29--Robert Abreu's 14 points led the No. 8 Raiders (21-3, 7-0) as they clinched the league title.

Sunny Hills 56, Buena Park 50--Clay Carmody had 16 points to lead the Lancers (15-6, 4-3).  buana Park dropped to 7-16, 3-4.

Fullerton  70, La Habra 32-- Neither teams' record was printed by the OC Register. Fullerton was led by Bobar with 20 and Felis with 17;  La Habra had no one score more that 8 (Sato and McDonough).

Garden Grove League

Bolsa Grande 47, La Quinta 44--Omar Amaral, the county's leading scorer, scored only 10 points but the Matadors (7-16, 5-4) still won.

Los Amigos 76, Santiago 57 --Peter Vu had another big game, scoring 37 points with 12 rebounds for the Lobos (14-10, 7-2).

Golden West League

Tustin 64, Santa Ana 32--Anthony Lares scored 11 points to lead the Titals (10-3, 3-3) over Santa Ana, which remains winless at 0-6 in league play.

Liberty League

Buckley 52, Oakwood 44-- Ranked No. 2 in D-VAA in CIF and No. 6 in the State by Cal-Hi Sports in Division V,  the Griffins (18-2, 9-1) got back on track last night with a win over Oakwood (17-4, 7-3) and are now tied with league rival Division IVA No. 8 ranked Providence at 9-1.  Buckley and Providence will meet again on Monday in a game which will determine the league title . Last night though the Griffins got off to a shaky start, and despite Colin Ward Henninger's 26 points and 8 rebounds, the team never really found its rythym, largely due to starting point guard David Gale's foul trouble early foul trouble in the first half, which resulted in two fouls in the first quarter, another two before the half, and a quick exit midway through the third quarter when he attempted to avoid contact on a fast break but was called for a blocking foul anyway.  Gale finished with 3 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds and 3 steals,  and in addition to early foul trouble, the other offensive weapons weren't hitting:  Royal Weaver did not score, and three-point specialist Alex Clancy was held to 13 points.  Other scoring for Buckley: Steve Broukhim 4, Matt Wolf 2, Murali Sivalingam 2, Jake Scannell 2--52;   Oakwood was led by Nick Mark with 17 points, while Eric Noble had 7, Mitch Fierstein 4, Derrick Fetty 8, Yoni Howard 6, and I. Stuart 2--44.   Buckley will play Windward on Friday at Buckley.  Oakwood plays Providence @ Providence on Friday night. In the first meeting of the latter two teams, Oakwood beat Providence at the Pioneers' home court to win the Providence tournament in December.

Los Padres League

Santa Ynez 69, St. Joseph 55-- Mike Wooten and Matt McKinney combined for 49 points as the Pirates posted a Los Padres League victory in Santa Maria. Wooten, a senior guard, scored 25 points for the Pirates (6-1, 13-7) while the 6-8 McKinney 25 points and 18 rebounds. Freshman Stewart Kuller topped the Knights (1-6, 8-14) with 14 points and eight rebounds. SANTA YNEZ -- Richman 1, Gilmour 2, Wooten 25, McKinney 24, Dreher 2, Palmer 1, Alegria 4, Billings 6, Mueller 4. Totals 25 21-26 69. ST. JOSEPH -- Nunez 2, Savey 2, Kelly 15, Tiley 5, Smith 14, Zilli 3, Kussler 14. Totals 24 6-12 55. Santa Ynez . . . 16 15 20 18 -- 69 St. Joseph . . . 12 13 12 18 -- 55 3-point goals--SY 0, SJ 1 (Kussler). Total fouls--SY 10, SJ 18. Fouled out--None. Technicals--None.

Marmonte League

Newbury Park 56, Simi Valley 48--Chris Randall had 15 points and 10 rebounds in a Marmonte League victory for the Panthers (13-9, 3-6) at Newbury Park. Dustin Villepigue scored 15 points for the Pioneers (16-8, 5-5).

Agoura 61, Moorpark 58--Kevin Cornwell scored 17 points and the Chargers (18-4, 7-2) won a Marmonte League game at Moorpark.

Westlake 88, Royal 57--  Westlake improved to 11-8, 5-3 while Royal dropped it's 9th straight game in league (1-20, 0-9).

Miramonte League

Pomona 73, Garey 50 --Embert Madison had eight quick points as the Red Devils reeled off an 11-0 run to open the Miramonte League game. Madison finished with 28 points, while Odell Howard and John Dang each contributed 10 points for Pomona (18-5, 6-1). Jevon Davis led Garey with 11 points. 

Diamond Ranch 55, Wilson 53 -- Kenneth Ubom sank a layup with two seconds left, giving the visiting Panthers the come-from-behind Miramonte League victory.  Diamond Ranch (14-9, 5-2) trailed 44-35 entering the fourth quarter, but outscored Wilson 20-9 in the period. With 35 seconds left and the score tied 53-53, Joe Davis stole the ball for the Panthers, who then ran the clock until Ubom's game-winning shot.  Daniel Knott scored a game-high 18 points for Diamond Ranch.   DIAMOND RANCH (55) Laurie 5, Coombs 4, Williams 6, Ubom 13, Lyons 4, Davis 5, Knott 18. WILSON (53) Griffin 15, Johnson 5, Parker 6, Moreno 14, Richards 1, Quesada 7, Sturm 5.  Diamond Ranch 12 5 18 20 -- 55 Wilson 8 15 21 9 -- 53 Total fouls: DR 12, W 18. Fouled out: none. Technical fouls: none.

Mission League

St. Francis 64, Harvard-Westlake 54-- In a do or die situation for both teams hoping to squeak into the playoffs, St. Francis did, and Harvard-Westlake died, as the Golden Knights kept their chances alive for a playoff berth and improved their record to 9-12 and 4-6 in league while Harvard-Westlake dropped to 6th place in the seven team Mission League, and with only three games remaining in the regular season schedule, they will need to win 2 out of 3 just to qualify for an at-large berth (if there are any) in the Divsion IIIAA playoff bracket.   With a potential 4-way tie between Crespi, Chaminade, Notre Dame and Loyola for first place, it seems a virtual certainty that neither St. Francis nor H-W will get a spot except by petitioning for an at-large. On Wednesday  St. Francis' Michael Jenkins was held to 14 points (10 below his average), but Thomas Mason stepped up and hit for 17. St. Francis dominated the fourth quarter as it limited Harvard-Westlake (9-13, 3-6 in league) to 1-15 (6.7%) shooting from the field. After Wolverine guard Austin Scott -- who had a team-high 12 points -- sank one of two free throws with 5:32 remaining to tie the game at 50, St. Francis went on a 14-4 run to end the fourth quarter.  Brett Mitchell had 13 points and junior forward Chris Miller added 11 points and nine rebounds for St. Francis. Harvard-Westlake 13 17 16 8 -- 54  St. Francis 16 15 17 16 -- 64   Harvard-Westlake -- Scott 12, Weinstein 11, Matthies 10, Weinberger 6, Coffey 6 and 12 rebounds, Taylor 4, Royster 3, Chung 2.  Three-pointers: Scott. St. Francis -- Mason 17, Jenkins 14, Mitchell 13, Miller 11 and 9 rebounds, Davies 3, Sciara 2, Trejo 2, Gonzalez 2.  Three-pointers: Jenkins 2, Mitchell, Mason, Davies.

Crespi 82, Alemany 63-- Crespi improved to 17-4, 7-2 while Alemany lost its 8th straight league game (5-15, 0-8) behind 20 points from Andrew Moore and 16 from Kingsley Anywanwu.

Chaminade 59, Loyola 41-- Chaminade was led by Scott Borachart with 20 points and 16 rebounds. Loyola did not have any scorers over 10 points; Omar Wilkes had a team-high 9 points.  Loyola is now 15-6, 6-3, while Chaminade improved to 15-8, 6-4.

Mission Valley League

Gabrielino 53, El Monte 44--Junior forward Jose Castro scored 12 of his 14 points in the first half to jump start the Eagles. Senior forward Marvin Garcia knocked down three 3-pointers to help Gabrielino (4-3 in league).

Moore League

Millikan 74, Compton 51--The Rams (17-9, 5-4) jumped out to a 25-6 first quarter lead and senior guard Keith Moore had 18 points and 10 assists in a victory over the host Tarbabes (5-4 league). Senior guard Rodney Spencer also scored 16 points and junior forward Dominic Freeman added 13 for Millikan.

Mt. Baldy League

Ontario 81, Rancho Cucamonga 47 -- Marlon Mitchell scored 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds, leading the Jaguars to the lopsided Mount Baldy League victory.  Cameron Munoz added 15 points and David Stepney had 13 for second-ranked Ontario (17-5, 7-0). Justian Hamilton led Rancho Cucamonga (7-15, 1-6) with 18 points.  RANCHO CUCAMONGA (47) Ford 6, Hamilton 18, Acuna 2, Stienmetz 4, Dorn 4, Aylor 4, Brown 2, Powell 4, Watts 3. ONTARIO (81) Rasheed 8, Marcel Mack 1, Munoz 15, Marcus Mack 8, Stepney 13, Mitchell 22, Alhadeff 4, Kinney 3, Dunn 7. Rancho C 9 13 11 14 -- 47 Ontario 17 28 21 15 -- 81 Total fouls: RC 22, O 15. Fouled out: Stienmetz (RC). Technical fouls: Hamilton (RC).

Chaffey 68, Etiwanda 64  -- The Tigers upset the defending league-champion Eagles and force a second-place tie in the Mount Baldy League. Daryl Sconiers notched his seventh double-double of the year with 10 points and 15 rebounds and Mikey Miranda and Cheddell Hunte each scored 22 points for the Tigers (11-10 5-2).   Jonathan Boyd led Etiwanda with 24 and Nate Dowd added 17.  CHAFFEY (68) Avina 4, Miranda 22, Hunt 22, Sconiers 10, Stubbs 10. ETIWANDA (64) Vasquez 5, J. Dowd 4, Hougt 4, Johnson 4, Boyd 24, N. Dowd 17, Chadwick 6. Chaffey 16 25 11 16 -- 68 Etiwanda 8 23 15 18 -- 64 Total fouls: C 13, E 12. Fouled out: none. Technical fouls: none.

Alta Loma 74, Montclair 69--The Braves nearly blew a 17-point lead before holding off the Cavaliers for the Mount Baldy League victory. Sean Moore led Alta Loma (10-13, 3-4) with 14 points and nine rebounds. DeJuan Patterson had nine points and six rebounds, while Chris Stanley added eight points and seven rebounds.   Demetris Walk paced Montclair with 24 points. Milton Stanley added 16 points and Quincy Fields supplied 11.  MONTCLAIR (69) Walk 24, Stanley 16, Fields 11, Jenkins 5, Fregoso 2, Robins 9, Moore 2. ALTA LOMA (74) Denson 2, Patterson 9, Richardson 6, Cotton 2, Campbell 5, Staley 8, Yaisrael 8, Luna 5, Newton 1, Moore 14, Evans 6, Cade 4, Hynes 4. Montclair 5 21 15 28 -- 69 Alta Loma 19 18 12 25 -- 74 Total fouls: M 20, AL 27. Fouled out: none. Technical fouls: none.

Northern League

Arroyo Grande 65, San Luis Obispo 43-- San Luis Obispo turned the ball over six times in the first quarter, due in part to the Eagles’ half-court trap, and Arroyo Grande sprinted to a 10-2 lead and never looked back en route to its 21st victory in 23 games. Four Eagles scored in double figures and Arroyo Grande also compiled a 31-27 edge in rebounds to improve its league mark to 7-0. San Luis Obispo, which finished with 18 turnovers and made only 35 percent of its floor shots, fell to 3-4 in league games and 6-15 for the season. Senior forward David Romero scored 19 points while Ryan Zimmerman and Sean Shields each added 11 and Luke Caywood had 10 to give Arroyo Grande a balanced offensive attack. En route to an 11-point halftime advantage, Arroyo Grande’s first-half highlight was an alley-oop pass from Caywood to Zimmerman for a slam dunk midway through the second quarter. Johnson grabbed an offensive rebound and slammed the ball home for a 17-point Eagle cushion early in the third quarter. And Matt Landeros stole the ball and scored on a fastbreak layup to give Arroyo Grande its biggest lead of the game at 61-35 with 2:15 to play. Johnson, Arroyo Grande’s 6-11 senior center, was held to six points, but contributed seven rebounds and five blocked shots. San Luis Obispo, which never led, was paced by Brian Kasarjian with a dozen points. Greg Morales added 11 points and eight boards while Ian Jorgeson, given a rare start, responded with six points and 11 rebounds.  Arroyo Grande hosts Lompoc (14-9, 5-2) on Friday while San Luis Obispo entertains Santa Maria (5-14, 0-7). The Braves were idle Wednesday.

Righetti 49, Santa Maria 41-- At Wilson Gym, Robert Osorio scored 18 points as Righetti (13-10, 3-5) built an eight-point halftime lead and maintained that margin for the win. Santa Maria was led by James Zarling with 13 points. Three other Saints had eight points.

Ocean League

Centennial 71, West Torrance 33--Junior forward Sterling Byrd had 14 points and 7 rebounds while Anthony Davis scored 11 as the Apaches easily defeated the visiting Warriors. Matt Bellante led West (10-13, 3-8) with 11 points and Dewayne Hollyfield added 10 points, but Centennial (9-14, 2-7) hit eight 3-pointers at home to win.

El Segundo 45, South Torrance 44--El Segundo went 6-for-6 from the free throw line in the final minute to stave off a South Torrance rally in its 45-44 Ocean League win at South on Wednesday.  Deshawn Strong led El Segundo (14-10, 8-3) with 16 points and Jeramie Hopson added 15 points, despite South's attempt to slow the Eagles down with a triangle-and-two defense in the third quarter.  Hopson was 2-for-2 in that final minute and point guard Mike McCullough was 4-for-4. McCullough teamed with Tino Gomez to contain South's leading scorers, Clete Albitz and Michael Peterson, to five points each.  Daniel Brown scored 15 points and Un Koh had 11 for South (15-7, 8-3).

Culver City 76, Hawthorne 60--Darren Lewis scored 22 points and Jarrod Tennant added 16 for host Culver City (12-10, 7-4). Justin Goins added 15 points for Culver City.

Beverly Hills 96, Torrance 91--James Chang finished with 22 points, Marshawn Williams finished with 17 and Chris Judd added 16 in the double overtime game, but Torrance (13-10, 7-4) lost three-point leads at the end of regulation and at the end of the first overtime before committing four turnovers in the second overtime to drop the game at Beverly Hills.  Michael Wiliams added 14 points for Torrance.

Inglewood 77, Morningside 62--Ray Reed scored 21 points, Anthony Davis added 17 and Terrel Stoval had 15 points to lead host Inglewood (21-4, 11-0). DeAngelo Collins added 11 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks to lead Morningside while Inglewood was led by Khali Young's 19 points.

Orange League

Brea Olinda 70, Magnolia 66--The Wildcats, shooting 9 for 9 from the free-throw line in the final minute, took sole possession of first place.

Valencia 51, Anaheim 50--The Tigers (16-8, 5-2) overcame a 29-point effort from the Colonists' Quinn Hawking.

Pacific Coast League

Costa Mesa 72, University 58--The Mustangs (15-8, 5-2) forged a tie for first place by beating the Trojans (13-9, 5-2).

Northwood 72, Corona del Mar 45--CDM was outscored 22-7 in the first quarter and never recovered in a 72-45 Pacific Coast League loss at Northwood. Sea Kings senior Eric Snell scored a team-high 13 points and Idean Shahangian finished with eight. CDM (10-14, 4-3 in league) defeated the Timberwolves (17-6, 4-3), 56-50, in the first round of PCL.   The Sea Kings' loss caused a two-way tie for second place with Northwood, each one game behind PCL co-leaders Costa Mesa and University with three games remain before the CIF Southern Section playoffs.  Corona del Mar 7 12 17 9 - 45 Northwood 22 25 9 16 - 72 Corona del Mar - Snell 13, Shahangian 8, Alshuler 7, Brewster 6, Marston 6, K. Mancillas 5. Fouled out - none. Technicals - none. Northwood - Drew Terry 20, Selway 19, Sanchez 12, Bailey 7, Lee 6, Roggero 5, Susson 2, Howard 1. Fouled out - none. Technicals - none.