Division II-A boys bracket quarterfinal round results 2/20/02

CIF-SS Boys Division II-A Bracket:
Quarterfinal Results & Details--(Feb. 20, 2002)

The bracket has been updated to reflect all first, second and quarterfinal games which have been played, and the semifinal matchups which will be played this coming Tuesday, February 19. Even though the semifinals are played at "alternate sites" (which means simply a site at which the host team has not held a practice during the year), there's still a "home" team, and an "away" team. Home teams are the teams with the fewest home games played previously, and if both teams have an equal number of prior home games, the host is determined by flipping a coin. The host gets to select the "alternate site."

Details and scoring in the quarterfinals is shown below the updated bracket:

First round games Wednesday February 13			Second Round Friday February 15	Quarterfinals Tuesday Feb 19	Semifinals Friday Feb 22	Finals March 2 @ Pond
Upper half of Bracket
BYE	@	ML King	Bellflower 98 @ ML King 77	San Marcos 80 @ ML King 98	ML King @ Temescal Cyn HS Elsinore
Bellflower 63	@	Don Bosco 61 (OT)	Bellflower 98 @ ML King 77
Laguna Hills 39	@	Sonora 58	Sonora 61 v. San Marcos 68
Torrance 51	@	San Marcos 78	Sonora 61 v. San Marcos 68
Wilson HH 63	@	Brea Olinda 79	Brea Olinda 45 v. Cypress 64	Cypress 51 @ Elsinore 62
Tustin 41	@	Cypress 59	Brea Olinda 45 v. Cypress 64
South Torrance 66	@	Los Amigos 52	South Torrance 57 @ Elsinore 71
BYE	@	Elsinore	South Torrance 57 @ Elsinore 71
Lower half of Bracket
BYE	@	Redondo Union	West Torrance 47 @ Redondo Union 74	La Habra 37 @ Redondo 66	Redondo @Concordia University Santa Margarita
West Torrance 54	@	Savanna 50	West Torrance 47 @ Redondo Union 74
La Habra 71	@	El Modena 59	La Habra 51 v. Paso Robles 45
Cabrillo LB 62	@	Paso Robles 72	La Habra 51 v. Paso Robles 45
Charter Oak 60	@	Whittier 62	Whittier 76 v. Victor Valley 88	Sta. Margarita 68 @ Victor Valley 51
Perris 58	@	Victor Valley 88	Whittier 76 v. Victor Valley 88
Dos Pueblos 71	@	Arroyo 66	Santa Margarita 92 @ Dos Pueblos 54
Gahr 25	@	Santa Margarita 70	Santa Margarita 92 @ Dos Pueblos 54

No. 1 Riverside ML King 98, San Marcos 80--Marvin Lea and Leon Rosborough each scored 33 points for top-seeded King (25-3), which plays Elsinore in the semifinals Friday. Rosborough also went 15-15 from the free-throw line. San Marcos (19-9) was led by senior Seamus McKiernan who finished his high school career by leading all scorers in the game with 34 points, 9 reobunds and 4 assists. Asher Kupperman had 7 points and 10 assists, and Aaron Mercer added 11 points. San Marcos--Kupperman 7, McKiernan 34, Spaventa 12, Fortune 8, Hopkins 4, Hill 2, Mercer 11, Below 2. Totals 33 8-13 80. Riverside ML King-- Ellis 4, Lea 33, Harris 2, Hilt 11, Goodman 7, Thomas 4, Rosborough 33, Doss 4. Totals 27-36 98. San Marcos--25 17 20 18 -- 80 Riverside ML King--22 13 26 37 -- 98 3-point goals--SM 4 (Spaventa 2, Kupperman, Fortune). MLK 5 (Rosbourough 4, Goodman). Fouled out--Ellis, Rosborough. Records--SM 19-9. MLK 26-3.

No. 4 Elsinore 62, Cypress 51--Mack Green scored 19 to lead host Elsinore (24-5) while Travon Keahey added 13 points and seven rebounds and Ross Wolter had 11 points and 12 rebounds for the Tigers.Matt Reid scored 37 for Cypress (20-9). Elsinore will face Riverside King, which beat San Marcos 98-80, on Friday at an alternate site. Elsinor and King have met twice in the regular season, with each splitting.

No. 3 Redondo 66, La Habra 37--Wendell White had 28 points and 10 rebounds for third-seeded Redondo Union (21-6), scoring 15 points in the third quarter as Redondo went on a 28-4 run which put the game out of reach. Redondo's senior point guard, Keith Ellison, who has committed to San Diego State in football (he's also a quarterback) had 10 points, eight rebounds and seven assists in the victory for Redondo Union, which plays second-seeded Santa Margarita at Concordia University Friday. Senior Adam Zahn, one of six McDonald's All-American finalists from California, had 7 points. La Habra's Marcellus Robertson finished with 8 points.

No. 2 Santa Margarita 68, Victor Valley 51-- Santa Clara-bound senior shooting guard Brandon Rohe scored 22 points and Cornell-bound Lenny Collins added 18 to lead No.2 seed Santa Margarita (23-4) in the win over Victor Valley (21-7). The Jackrabbits finished second in the Desert Sky League and reached the quarterfinals of the playoffs with a full-court pressure defense that forced an average of 21 turnovers a game during the season. The Jackrabbits trailed 31-22 at the break, and Jonathan Ackermann opened the second half with a three-pointer that cut the lead to six. But Victor Valley managed only one more field goal the entire third quarter and a six-point deficit turned into a 49-31 Eagles lead at the end of the third. Senior Michael Thompson scored 19 points in his final game for Victor Valley, including three three-pointers in the fourth quarter.

All games with the exception of the final round will start at 7:30 p.m. unless another time is mutually agreed upon and clearance is received from the CIF-SS Office. Public coin flips will be held in the lobby of the CIF-SS Office at 9:00 a.m. the day following each playoff game [these coin flips will determine subsquent sites after the first round, i.e., which school will be the host]. Coin flips will be available after 9:30 a.m. and we'll try to keep everyone posted with them here.