BOYS CITY INVIT.: DESPITE LEPIASHINSKI'S 30, RESEDA LOSES TO UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY 87, RESEDA 77.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer INGLEWOOD - Sergei Lepiashinski grew up in Belarus, part of the former Soviet Union, watching the great Lakers See Lake poets teams of the 1980's winning championships. He never imagined he would play for a championship at the Forum. And so Lepiashinski had mixed emotions after his Reseda High basketball team lost the City Section Invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. championship game to University of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. 87-77 on Saturday, on the same floor where boyhood idols Magic Johnson “Earvin Johnson” redirects here. For the Milwaukee Bucks center, see Ervin Johnson. Earvin Effay Johnson, Jr. (born August 14, 1959 in Lansing, Michigan), nicknamed Magic and James Worthy ``I'm really happy to be here, but I'm a little upset with our game. I think we could have done a little better,'' said Lepiashinski, who scored a game-high 30 points for the Regents. ``They're a better team, they deserved to win,'' he said, ``but we could have just played a little bit better.'' The thrill of playing at the Forum, however, isn't just reserved for those who came from half a world away. ``Playing here is just fun,'' Reseda point guard Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson (born August 17, 1954) is a guitarist and recording artist from Austin, Texas. said. ``All the old memories of Magic Johnson; you get to play where they play, it's just a good feeling to play here.'' Steve Lone scored 19 points for Reseda, and Johnson had 11 points and nine assists. University's Aaron Brown For other persons named Aaron Brown, see Aaron Brown (disambiguation). Aaron Brown (born November 10, 1948) is an American broadcast journalist. He is the former host of NewsNight with Aaron Brown on CNN. He is currently the John J. scored 26 points. Reseda (18-6) came out flat, enabling a more energetic Wildcats (20-11) team to open up a 7-0 lead to start the game. University took a 33-18 lead early in the second quarter, and still led by 15 midway through the quarter, when the Regents finally showed signs of life. Lone scored nine points in a 17-5 run brought Reseda to within 43-40 at halftime. The Regents continued their run into the third quarter and took their first lead of the game with 5:30 remaining on a Johnson layup. A Lepiashinski 3-pointer on their next possession made it 50-48 Reseda. University trailed 52-50 when it started a 13-2 run to take a 63-54 lead at the end of the third quarter it would never relinquish. ``Just playing in here, we were a little nervous,'' Johnson said, ``but after the first quarter, we got it going.'' |
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