BOYS' BASKETBALL: BUCKLEY WITHOUT FINAL STATEMENT GRIFFINS FALTER IN 4TH QUARTER IN LOSS TWENTYNINE PALMS 63, BUCKLEY 51.Byline: SEAN n. 1. A seine. See Seine. CEGLINSKY Special to the Daily News ONTARIO -- Buckley of Sherman Oaks coach Mike Hamilton Hamilton, city, Bermuda Hamilton, city (1990 est. pop. 3,100), capital of Bermuda, on Bermuda Island. It is a port at the head of Great Sound, a huge lagoon and deepwater harbor protected by coral reefs. gathered his team at midcourt after Friday's 63-51 loss to Twentynine Palms in the Southern Section Div. IV-A championship game at Colony High and made sure that everyone on his team acknowledged the Griffins' faithful up in the stands. His players glady obliged o·blige v. o·bliged, o·blig·ing, o·blig·es v.tr. 1. To constrain by physical, legal, social, or moral means. 2. . "You see everyone up there, 'The Red Army', those diehard diehard nickname for the Scottish terrier. fans, they're the reason we stayed close in this game," Hamilton said. Close, but not close enough. Buckley (24-7) fell behind by 19 points in the second quarter, cut the deficit to seven points by halftime, finally took the lead on an Andrew Farhadi layup Layup Used in the context of general equities. Easily executed trade or order. See: Lead pipe. in the third quarter and had a 47-44 advantage entering the fourth quarter. But top-seeded Twentynine Palms (28-2) proved too tough down the stretch, outscoring the Griffins 19-4 in the fourth quarter, highlighted by 10 points from sophomore Montreal Harris. "I'm proud of the kids," Hamilton said. "They never gave up." Richie Polan scored 13 of his game-high 24 points in the third quarter and finished with 12 rebounds for Buckley. Teammate Hussein Habibi added 19 points and nine rebounds. "They gave us a scare," Twentynine Palms coach Larry Bowden said. "They made a great comeback Comeback Australian breed of wool sheep, bred by crossing Merino with Corriedale, Polwarth or Zenith sheep; wool is 21 to 25 microns. It is a registered breed, but the term is more commonly used in the sense of a type of sheep produced by crossbreeding a crossbred Merino back to Merino. , give them all the credit." The Griffins appeared nervous from the outset, committing a pair of turnovers on their first two possessions, and Twentynine Palms took advantage, opening up a 12-0 lead midway Midway, island group (2 sq mi/5.2 sq km), central Pacific, c.1,150 mi (1,850 km) NW of Honolulu, comprising Sand and Eastern islands with the surrounding atoll. Discovered by Americans in 1859, Midway was annexed in 1867. A cable station was opened in 1903. through the first quarter. Habibi finally got the Griffins on the scoreboard with a free throw at the 3:49 mark of the first quarter, and Buckley continued to chip away at the deficit and trailed 16-5 heading into the second quarter. Harris finished with 21 points and 14 rebounds for Twentynine Palms, while Nico Matthews added 16 points and five assists. sean.ceglinsky@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Russell Griswold, right, steals the ball from Buckley's Andrew Farhadi on Friday. Wayne Clemons Jr./Staff Photographer |
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