BASKETBALL: DREW CAN'T RESCUE TAFT.Byline: SEAN n. 1. A seine. See Seine. CEGLINSKY Staff Writer Taft of Woodland Hills guard Larry Drew Larry Donnell Drew (born April 2 1958 in Kansas City, Missouri) is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 1st round (17th overall) of the 1980 NBA Draft. did his best to help the Toreadors win their Fairfax Tournament semifinal game Saturday night, but Fairfax's Chace Stanback was just a little better. Despite picking up his third foul midway through the first half, forcing him to sit on the bench for much of the half, Stanback was virtually unstoppable in the second half. The 6-foot-7 forward, bound for UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX , scored 18of his 20 points after intermission to lead host Fairfax to a 66-58 victory over Taft and into today's final against Long Beach Poly. ``He's good. Very good,'' Taft coach Derrick derrick: see crane. Derrick famous hangman; eponym of modern hoisting apparatus. [Br. Hist.: Espy, 170] See : Execution Taylor said of Stanback. ``He's one of the top 50 players in the nation. He's a match-up problem for anyone.'' Drew did his best to spark an improbable comeback, scoring 14 of his 17 points in the second half, including 11 points in the final four minutes and eight in the last 38 seconds. Taft opened the game with a sense of urgency, jumping out to a 10-5 lead on a 3-pointer by Bryce Smith and sustaining the momentum after a Justin Hawkins steal and layup made it 17-15 with 4:31 left in the half. Fairfax, led by Rod Singleton sin·gle·ton n. An offspring born alone. singleton Medtalk One baby. Cf Triplet, Twin. , responded with a 14-4 run. Singleton scored six consecutive points during the spurt spurt Vox populi A surge or abrupt ↑ in the size or speed of a thing. See Fat spurt, Growth spurt. to help the Lions take a 29-21 lead at the half. Taft rallied from several double-digit deficits in the second half. Stanback, however, spoiled the comeback attempts seemingly seem·ing adj. Apparent; ostensible. n. Outward appearance; semblance. seem  ing·ly adv. every time.
He scored nine points over a three-minute stretch to give the Lions a six- point lead with 4:53 left and sealed the victory with a pair of free throws to extend the advantage to 10points with less than two minutes left. ``I was frustrated frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: in the first half but didn't let it get to me,'' Stanback said. ``I started feeling real comfortable midway through the second half and my shots started falling.'' Taft's Oscar Bellfield finished with sevenpoints, Hawkins had nine and Smith added eight. Singleton scored 11 of his 18 points in the first half for the Lions. He was fouled on a 3-pointer and made the subsequent free-throw for a four-play to give Fairfax a 27-19 lead late in the first half. ``Fairfax is good, give them credit,'' Taylor said. ``We're close, though. We proved we can play with them.'' sean.ceglinsky@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 |
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