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CIF-SS Boys Division V-AA Bracket:
1st Round Results & Details--(Feb. 16, 2002)

The bracket has been updated to reflect all first round games, and second round matchups are shown. Home teams are the teams with the fewest home games played previously. If both teams played on the road or at home in the first round, the host was determined by flipping a coin. Details and scoring from first round games played Friday night is shown below the bracket:

V-AA--First Round Results, Games Played 2/14, 2/15 & 2/16

Upper Half of the Bracket

No. 1 Rolling Hills Prep 92,  Viewpoint 55--Curtis Allen had 30 points, including four 3-pointers, and 12 rebounds to lead host and No. 1 seed Rolling Hills Prep. Jason Daley added 25 points and six rebounds. Alex Elliott had 12 points and five blocks. Tristan Smith had 10 points for the Huskies (16-6), who play Grace Brethren in the second round on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at a site to be determined.

Grace Brethren 56, AGBU 55 (OT) --Grace Brethren (13-10) was led by Eric Durso who scored 20 points and grabbed 15 rebounds and Evan Marme added 13 for the hosts in a win over AGBU (12-7).  Todd Haroutounian scored 20 points for AGBU in the loss. AGBU (55) -- Iskenelerian 3, Kouyounjian 5, Suri 6, Duhandioglu 12, Haroutounian 29.   Grace Brethren (56) -- Marme 13, Padot 6, Taggart 2, Durso 20, Mathieu 10, Beaty 5.   AGBU 15 6 18 9 7--55 Grace Brethren 7 9 17 15 8--56 3-Point goals -- AGBU 2 (Kouyounjian, Iskenelerian). Grace Brethren 1 (Durso). Fouled out -- Grace Brethren (Padot). Rebounds -- Grace Brethren (Durso 15). Assists -- Grace Brethren (Marme 4). Total fouls -- AGBU 16, Grace Brethren 21.

La Sierra Academy 72, Trona 47 --James Barber scored 12 of his 17 points in the first half for La Sierra. Josiah Negroni scored 12 points and Jean Pierre Bullon added 10 points for La Sierra, which will play Whitewater in the next round.

Whitewater 75,  Lone Pine 42--Gabriel Michael scored 19 points to lead Whitewater. Damien Poss scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Saints, who outscored Lone Pine by 30 points in the second and third quarters.

Pilibos 48, Buckley 45--Raffi Kazanjian scored 26 points for visiting Pilibos (14-7) in the upset win over the Griffins (18-6), who were led by senior point guard David Gale with 15 points on 6 for 7 shooting from two point range, one three pointer and six assists, and two blocks, the only blocks in the game.   Other than Gale's scoring, Buckley's offensive output was largely absent.  The Griffin's leading scorer Baron Abdul-Mansour had 14 defensive rebounds, but struggled mightily on the offensive end, shooting just 3 for 18 from the field and an uncharacteristic 0-3 from the line.  He finished with just 6 points, 14 below his season average of 20 ppg.  Tristan Seisa was the second leading scorer for the Griffins with 12 points and 6 rebounds, and Nick Brar finished with 8 points, while Alex Marshall had just 4 in the loss. Pilibos also received 10 points from John Tashdjian and 9 from Shant Tashdjian, 2 from Aram Zakian and 1 from Ashrag Shahinian.  Pilibos' slow-down strategy worked as they  ran down the shot clock on virtually every possession, and generally kept the Griffins out of a running game. Buckley led 9-8 at the end of one and 25-23 at the half.  Pilibos used a 16-11 third quarter to go ahead by the final margin of three, and the two teams scored even at 9-9 in the fourth despite several lead changes in the final quarter.  Buckley had several chances to tie the game and to win it outright in the final seconds, but poor free-throw shooting (one miss by Seisa and two by Marshall) in the final minutes, and a missed three pointer by senior Nick Brar in the final seconds, sealed the win for Pilibos which will meet Santa Clarita Christian, a team Buckley had already beaten in a tournament in December.

Santa Clarita Christian 74, Laguna Blanca 55 --Daniel Duncan had 23 points for Santa Clarita Christian (17-6). Eric Geeb led all scorers with 28 points for Laguna Blanca (9-13) and Jelani Hicks added 18. Andy Nelson had a team-high nine rebounds.  The Cardinals shot well, but they won the game under the boards. Led by senior forward Micah Panama’s 15 rebounds, Santa Clarita enjoyed a 39-22 edge on the glass. Panama added 13 points and junior Caleb Sulham scored 17. James Grayem chipped in with 10 points and 11 rebounds  Laguna Blanca scored just 13 points in the first half, but came out of the locker room running.  Taking advantage of the quickness of freshman point guard Jelani Hicks, who leads the team with a 24 point-per-game average, the Owls scored 24 points in the third quarter. Laguna Blanca-- Geeb 28, Haan 2, Jelani Hicks 18, Ryan Jeffrey 4, Andy Nelson 1, Nate Jones 2. Totals 22 8-13 55. Santa Clarita Christian-- James Grayem 9, Dan Duncan 23, Micah Panama 13, Andrew Gilmore 8, Matt Vixon 4, Caleb Sulham 17. Totals 26 16-24 74. Laguna Blanca--5 8 24 18--55 Santa Clarita Christian--21 12 20 21--74 3-point goals -- LB 3 (Geeb 3), SCC 6 (Duncan 3, Sulham 2, Gilmore) Total fouls -- LB 16, SCC 10. Fouled out -- Geeb.

Maricopa 57, LA Lutheran 39--details not available.

No. 4 Apple Valley Christian 75, Cal Lutheran 21 -- At Apple Valley, Josh Dillon had 23 points, 7 assists, 4 steals, and Kevin Dillon added 16 points, 8 rebounds, 7 steals, and 4 assists as the Warriors (22-1) started the CIF-SS Division V-AA playoffs with their 18th straight win. Justin Nunes played his first game since injuring his knee on January 18th and added 8 points. Also contributing for the warriors Christian Van Laack with 7 points, Ryan Manahl 6, Tim Langel 5, Todd Kinnard 2, Goeff Gutierrez 2, and Drew Mercer 1. Three Point Field Goal: J. Dillon 2, K. Dillon 2, Langel 1. Cal Lutheran was led by Robert Betts with 8 points.

Lower Half of the Bracket

No. 3 Santa Clara 59, Rio Contiguo 34 --Host Santa Clara (15-8) was led by Alex Minney who scored 15 points and Tim LaJoie added 14 points and 14 rebounds as the Saints won at hom.  Anthony Marquez added 13 points in the win. Rio Contiguo (34) -- McDaniel 12, Pacheco 2, Velazquez 3, Bush 8, Manjarrez 2, Cooper 6.  Santa Clara (59) -- Minney 15, LaJoie 14, Marquez 13, Duffey 2, Griffin 2, Bauknecht 2, Payne 7, DeLaSelva 4.  Rio Contiguo 8 6 8 12--34 Santa Clara 15 22 14 14--59  3-Point goals -- Rio Contiguo 2 (McDaniel 2), Santa Clara 1 (Minney). Fouled out -- None. Rebounds -- Santa Clara 34 (LaJoie 14). Assists -- Santa Clara 16 (LaJoie 4). Total fouls -- Rio Contiguo 16, Santa Clara 18.

Newbury Park 65, Bloomington Christian 47 --Charles Jenson scored 23 points and Jeremy Heldt added 19 for host Newbury Park (14-2), Anthony Jones scored 18 points for Bloomington Christian (9-14). (Game Played Thursday)

Riverside Christian 79, Academy For Academic Excellence 24 --Ryan Klix scored 15 of his 23 points in the third quarter, when Riverside Christian (17-3) outscored AAE, 17-3. Riverside Christian. Riverside Christian plays Newbury Park Adventist Academy in the second round Tuesday.

Hillcrest Christian Granada Hills  99, Upland Christian 73-- Jason Haddad scored 32 points for Hillcrest Christian. Jake Garcia scored 26 points and Nick Roberds had 24 for Upland Christian (16-9), which led, 40-36 at the half.

Valley Torah 56, Masada 44 --Yossi Goldman had 31 points, 10 rebounds and eight steals for Valley Torah (15-6) in the win over Masada in a game played at Campbell Hall on Thursday night.

Villanova 53, Holy Martyrs 35 --Host Villanova (15-8) was led by Djadji Daffe who scored 24 points, while Ryan Kirby added 11 points, including two 3-pointers, and Nate Langelier added 11. Holy Martyrs (35) -- Darakjian 13, Kiureghian 3, Ghejondian 4, Koshkaryan 3, Daglian 5, Karagoulian 7.  Villanova (53) -- Daffe 24, Kirby 11, Langelier 11, Gibson 7.  Holy Martyrs 14 9 7 5--35 Villanova 19 5 10 19--53   3-Point goals -- Holy Martyrs 3 (Darakjian 1, Kashkaryan 1, Daglian 1), Villanova 2 (Kirby 2). Fouled out -- None. Total fouls -- Holy Martyrs 18, Villanova 12.

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. 

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