BOYS' BASKETBALL: CHAMINADE TOURNAMENT: ECR, HEATS UP FOR WIN.

Byline: Aaron Levine Special to the Daily News

With an 8:30 a.m. tipoff in a freezing gymnasium, it wasn't surprising it took a while for El Camino Real High of Woodland Hills' Rai Colston to warm up and find his grove.

But once he did, the Conquistadores followed.

Colston rebounded from a less-than-memorable first half, in which he missed four lay-ups by scoring 19 of his 21 points in the second half to lead El Camino Real (6-5) to a 60-53 victory over Oak Park in the opening game of the Chaminade tournament Wednesday.

``It was kind of cold in here when we came in, but then I calmed down and started to make my shots,'' said Colston, who also had six assists.

Plagued by poor perimeter shooting and a lack of penetration by Colston, El Camino Real headed into the locker room trailing 21-18 at halftime.

Then Colston took over. He began driving the lane and when Oak Park's defense opened up, the sophomore point guard found the seams. And when Colston didn't take the shots, his penetration allowed him to dish the ball to teammates Todd Wolfson and Kiley Rodriguez. Wolfson scored 14 points and Rodriguez added six.

``Rai really controlled the tempo in the second half,'' El Camino Real coach John Gould said. ``It's nice to see that with more pressure in the second half, he really stepped up.''

Colston's drive and layup with 41 seconds left gave the Conquistadores a 56-50 lead and sealed the victory in a close game that had six lead changes.

--Lancaster 74, Kennedy 72: James Smith hit the game-winning shot for Lancaster (9-4), an eight-foot jumper with 10 seconds left in the second overtime, his only points of the game.

The Eagles' Mike Webb led all scorers with 32 points and Markeith Wheeler scored 25 points for Kennedy of Granada Hills (6-6).

--Calabasas 58, Agoura 51: Steve Saunders scored a game-high 25 points and Adam Malatesta added 10 points for the Coyotes (8-5) who outscored the Chargers (4-6) 18-9 in the first quarter in a come-from-behind victory.

Kevin Cornwell led Agoura with 18 points.

--Chaminade 79, Milken 43: Dion Cook scored 19 points and Jon Todd added 15 to lead the host Eagles of West Hills (10-2) to an easy first-round victory.

--Riordan 95, Van Nuys 27: Anrea Anduha had 15 points for the Wolves (2-6) who were overmatched by the Crusaders of San Francisco (9-1), the top-rated team in Division III by Cal-Hi Sports.

--Canyon 67, Monroe 42: Chad Eichten led all scored with 17 points and Jeremy Haggerty added 16 for the Cowboys (10-3).

--Birmingham 64, Leuzinger 47: Jordan Farmar led the Patriots of Van Nuys (3-2) with 25 points, six steals and six rebounds while Loren Leath totaled 18 points and eight rebounds.