Boys Division 3AA bracket udated 0302

80-67. That was the final score as Bishop Montgomery, for the second year in a row, defeated Compton Centennial for the Divison III-AA Southern Section Championship. This was a game where Bishop Montgomery brought their hammers and saws, chisels and drills, and just went to work. Methodically, systematically, they pounded Centennial into submission, and at the half led 44-23 and the game was over. In fact, it was over in the first quarter, when the score was 24-13, it was just that Centennial, which lost to the Knights last year in the finals also, didn't quite know it yet. But with every possession, he game got further and further out of reach, and the Cravens, Errick and Derrick, just got better, faster,bigger and stronger anyone the Apaches had to offer up. This game was so one-sided that it literally took the Centennial coaching staff a few minutes into the half before they could bring themselves to get up off the bench and join the players in the locker room. Centennial made a valiant run in the third quarter and then again in the fourth, but they never got any closer than 11 points, and the game was never in doubt, particularly after Anthony Davis, Centennial's only real scoring threat last night, fouled out with about 4 minutes left ot play and Centennial trailing by 15. Derrick scored 21 points, and Errick scored 19. Between them they had 13 rebounds, but most remarkable of all was the Knights' shooting percentages: 72.1 % from the field for the game (73% in the first half) compared to Centennial's mere 47.8%. Davis finished with a game high 24, but he only shot 4-10 from three point range (not bad, but it really was their only offense last night besides Roscoe Biggers' infrequent attempts to drive into the lane).

This was another record-setting performance though for the Knights (26-2), and it marked the 4th time in four years that Bishop Montgomery has made it to the finals, the second in a row that they've won the title. Three years ago, Bishop Montgomery lost to San Dimas, and then in 1998, it was Chaminade when both Scott Borchart and the Cravens were just freshmen. But last night, it was all Bishop, and the stats below tell almost the whole story. The one thing they can't capture is just how hard the Cravens play, how tough DeVaughn Peace was, and how determined this Bishop Montgomery team really is. . . While they may see Centennial again in the State Regionals (as they did last year), we don't know of a team in their division who really has the horses to beat them. Guess we'll all find out next week. . .

OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE-- G A M E T O T A L S
Centennial High School vs Bishop Montgomery High School
03-01-01 7:45 p.m. at Long Beach State (The Pyramid)

No.	Name	FGM	FGA	3PTM	3PTA	FT	FTA	OR	DR	TOT	PF	TP	A	TO	BLK	STL	MIN
03	Biggers,Roscoe	4	15	2	5	8	11	1	2	3	4	18	7	4	0	2	32
23	Pruitt, Gabriel	1	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	2	21
31	Griffin, Antonio	3	3	0	0	2	2	1	1	2	2	8	0	2	1	1	17
33	Davis, Anthony	9	16	4	10	2	5	0	4	4	5	24	0	2	0	2	28
34	Barnes, Jamaal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	13
04	Afflalo, Arron	3	4	3	4	2	3	0	1	1	3	11	0	0	0	1	15
05	Eli, Tim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
10	Burrell, Corey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
15	Byrd Sterling	2	3	0	0	0	5	2	0	2	3	4	0	1	0	0	11
25	Bobby Like	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	9
35	Ratleff, Eric	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
	Team Totals	22	46	9	23	14	26	9	13	22	23	67	7	12	1	9	161

No.	Name	FGM	FGA	3PTM	3PTA	FT	FTA	OR	DR	TOT	PF	TP	A	TO	BLK	STL	MIN
	Craven, Derrick	8	10	0	0	5	10	1	4	5	3	21	2	4	0	1	26
	D'Oyen, Kenny	1	2	0	1	2	2	0	2	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	22
	Peace, DeVaughn	2	5	1	3	4	6	2	4	6	1	9	4	4	0	0	23
	Craven, Errick	7	11	1	2	4	6	1	7	8	4	19	3	4	0	2	24
	Washington, Fred	5	5	1	1	0	3	0	2	2	4	11	2	0	1	2	17
	Williams, Brandon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Dodd, Leland	5	6	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	2	10	2	0	0	0	20
	Rabot, Jonathan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Peace, Brandon	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	1	2	0	0	14
	Caldwell, Craig	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Binns, Kyle	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Lee, Gavin	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	12
	Team Totals	31	43	3	7	15	29	13	25	39	21	80	14	15	1	5	158

OFFICIALS: Ray Thomas, Bill Gaylor, Andre Bossieux
TECHNICAL FOULS :
Centennial High School--none
Bishop Montgomery High School--none
ATTENDANCE:
SCORE BY PERIODS:         1st     2nd    3rd    4th    OT1     OT2    TOTAL
Centennial High School      13      10         19    25                                 67
Bishop Montgomery HS      24      20         13   23                                 80

First round games February 14			Second Round Feb. 16	Quarterfinals Feb. 20	Semifinals Feb. 23 Alternate Site	Finals March 1 The Pyramid
Upper Half of Bracket
Bishop Montgomery	@	Bye	Bassett 42 @ Bishop Montgomery 102	Bishop Montgomery80 @ Pomona 35	Bishop Montgomery 74 @ Redondo Union HS Notre Dame 45	B. Montgomery 80 @The Pyramid Thurs. 7:30 p.m. Compton Centennial 67
Nordhoff 47	@	Bassett 49	Bassett 42 @ Bishop Montgomery 102
Bye	@	San Jacinto	Pomona 61 @ San Jacinto 49
Blair 66	@	Pomona 75	Pomona 61 @ San Jacinto 49
Covina 68	@	La Canada 79	La Canada 64 @ Costa Mesa 44	La Canada 47 @ Notre Dame 58
Bye	@	Costa Mesa	La Canada 64 @ Costa Mesa 44
Morningside 71	@	Santa Paula 73	Santa Paula 56 @ Notre Dame SO 67
Bye	@	Notre Dame SO	Santa Paula 56 @ Notre Dame SO 67
Lower Half of Bracket
Ridgecrest Burroughs	@	Bye	Chaminade 63 @ Ridgecrest Burroughs 53	Chaminade 74 @ Compton Centennial 75	Compton Centennial 59 @ San Dimas 57
Ganesha 67	@	Chaminade 71	Chaminade 63 @ Ridgecrest Burroughs 53
Bye	@	Santa Ynez	Compton Centennial 76 @ Santa Ynez 55
Compton Centennial 66	@	Workman 59	Compton Centennial 76 @ Santa Ynez 55
Bye	@	ML King	Banning 73 @ ML King 81	San Dimas 80 @ Riverside MLK 70
St. Francis 63	@	Banning 71	Banning 73 @ ML King 81
Corona del Mar 54	@	Gabrielino 41	Corona del Mar 54 @ San Dimas 60
Bye	@	San Dimas	Corona del Mar 54 @ San Dimas 60

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TOT FG	1st half	8-17	471	2nd half	14-29	483	Game	478
3PTFG	1st half	1-5	200	2nd half	8-18	444	Game	391
FT	1st half	6-12	500	2nd half	8-14	571	Game	538

TOT FG	1st half	19-26	731	2nd half	12-17	706	Game	721
3PTFG	1st half	2-5	400	2nd half	1-2	500	Game	429
FT	1st half	4-10	400	2nd half	11-19	579	Game	517