City Invitational bracket--First Round results

The LA City Section Invitational bracket went just about according to the seeding, with all of the higher seeded teams winning with the exception of a one point "upset" win by Reseda against Canoga Park, and No. 9 Hamilton which knocked off No. 8 Granada Hills. Here's the bracket updated, and the results (and details) where we could locate them. Second Round games are all on Wednesday, 2/21.

City Invitational Bracket Playoffs 2000-2001
First Round Matchups All Games Friday 2/16/01	Second Round Wednesday, Feb 21	Semifinals Friday/Sat. Feb 23/24	Finals Saturday March 3
No. 1 Jordan (#2 Eastern) 57 v. No. 16 Kennedy (#4 Valley Mission) 50	Hamilton @ Jordan
No. 8 Granada Hills (#3 West Valley) 68 vs. No. 9 Hamilton (#5 Western) 72
No. 5 Eagle Rock (#2 Northern) 51 vs. No. 12 Franklin (#3 Northern) 39	Eagle Rock @ Garfield
No. 4 Garfield (#3 Eastern) 62 vs. No. 13 Locke (#5 Coliseum) 55

No. 3 Carson (#4 Marine) 50 v. No. 14 LACES (#1 Magnet) 40	Birmingham @ Carson
No. 6. Birmingham (#3 West Valley) 51 vs. No. 11 Jefferson (#4 Coliseum) 48
No. 7 Canoga Park (#3 Sunset Six) 70 vs. No. 10. Reseda (#2 Valley Mission) 71	Reseda @ Narbonne
No. 2 Narbonne (#3 Marine) 74 v. No. 15 Monroe (#3 Valley Mission) 60

Hamilton 72, Granada Hills 68--Ryan Hicks had 18 points and Eddie Degerman added 17 points and 17 rebounds, but it wasn't enough for the Highlanders (11-15) in a first-round loss at Granada Hills.

Carson 50, LACES 40-- While his brother was pulling it out for Crenshaw in the Championship bracket, Carson's Ekene Ibekwe had 16 points and 11 rebounds to lead third-seeded Carson (15-11) to a second-round win at home. Carson started the game with a 14-6 first-quarter run. Errol Jackson added nine points and seven rebounds. Carson will host Birmingham Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.

Birmingham 51, Jefferson 48--Haig Tatian had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and Nick Halic scored 10 for the Patriots (10-10) in a victory at Birmingham.

Reseda 71, Canoga Park 70--Sergei Lepiashinski and Eric Johnson each made five free throws in the fourth quarter and the Regents (14-12) held on in a first-round game at Canoga Park. Reseda outscored the Hunters, 19-12, in the fourth quarter. Lepiashinski finished with 23 points and Johnson scored 11. Cecil Brown of Canoga Park, who scored 36 points including seven on three-point baskets, was held to eight points in the second half by a box-and-one defense that used Edwin Reed as the chaser.

Narbonne 74, Monroe 60--Beto Delgado hit five 3-pointers on his way to 25 points, nine assists and five rebounds to lead No. 2 seeded Narbonne (19-7). Brannon Nichols scored 13 points and had six rebounds. Christian Smith scored 11 points and five assists and Matthew Terry added 10 points. The 15th-seeded Vikings led, 49-47, after three quarters but were unable to upset the No. 2 Gauchos at Narbonne. Ramal Goodrich scored 25 points and Tylon Jones added 12, but Monroe (11-14) was hurt by an intentional foul call late in the fourth quarter, which led to five Narbonne points and an eight-point lead.

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