CHATTER: CLEVELAND BOYS HAD ITS CHANCES.Byline: Vincent Bonsignore Staff Writer Cleveland High boys' basketball coach Andre Chevalier doesn't want to hear any more talk about the Cavaliers getting robbed by game officials Saturday night. Cleveland lost to Taft of Woodland Hills 61-60 at Pauley Pavilion Edwin W. Pauley Pavilion, informally and commonly known as Pauley Pavilion, is an indoor arena located on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles, California. It is home to the UCLA Bruins men's and women's basketball teams. The men's and women's volleyball teams also play here. when Taft's Jordan Farmar Jordan Robert Farmar (born November 30, 1986) is an American professional basketball player at starting point guard for the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers. He was previously the starting point guard for the UCLA men's basketball team. was fouled on a disputed call with 0.01 seconds remaining, then made two free throws for the Toreadors victory. Cleveland, which was leading 60-59 at the time of the call, argued Farmar traveled upon catching a half-court pass from Alex Drob, and that he wasn't fouled by Corey Duncan. As far as Chevalier is concerned, both arguments are moot. ``The fact is, we should have never put ourselves in that position to begin with,'' Chevalier said Monday. ``We had chances to put that game away long before that. Whether or not Jordan traveled or if it was really a foul, to me it doesn't matter. We should have put the game away before it came down to one play like that.'' On the play before Drob's pass to Farmar, Cleveland had possession under its basket with 1.9 seconds remaining, but a miscue mis·cue n. 1. Games A stroke in billiards that misses or just brushes the ball because of a slip of the cue. 2. A mistake. intr.v. mis·cued, mis·cu·ing, mis·cues 1. on the inbounds in·bounds adj. 1. Basketball Involving putting the ball into play by passing it from out of bounds to a teammate on the court. 2. Sports Within the designated boundaries. pass resulted in the ball sailing over the head of Cleveland's Nick Young, then rolling out of bounds untouched. That gave Taft possession under Cleveland's basket, setting the stage for Drob's long pass to Farmar and the subsequent controversial call. Although the game was part of the Pangos Dream Classic, it counts toward the West Valley League standings. Coming into the season, the Cavaliers (13-3, 1-0) and Toreadors (13-3, 0-1) were expected to wage a season-long battle for first place, so the loss - and the way it unfolded - was especially difficult to stomach for Cleveland, which now is a game behind Taft in the league standings. ``It definitely hurt,'' Cleveland guard Josh Hill Josh Hill is an Australian Rules Footballer in the AFL with the Western Bulldogs. In the 2006 AFL Draft he was selected in the 4th round, at number 61 overall and made his debut in round 17 of 2007 versus the West Coast Eagles. said. Cleveland, which has lost four of the past five meetings against Taft, including three in a row, has a chance to break the streak when the teams meet Jan. 16 at Cleveland. ... Watch out for the Hillcrest Christian of Granada hills boys' basketball team, which has a chance to make a run for the Southern Section Div. V-AA championship behind the shooting and scoring of senior Steve Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the , junior Drew Rigney and sophomore Ryan Haliday. ... Brad Rice, a junior infielder at 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. Baptist High of North Hills, was named to the 2004 Baseball Factory Preseason High School All- American Team. The Baseball Factory is a national organization that works with more than 2,000 top high school players throughout the country each year. Rice will travel to Dodgertown in Vero Beach Vero Beach (vēr`o), city (1990 pop. 17,350), seat of Indian River co., E Fla., on Indian River (a lagoon and part of the Intracoastal Waterway); founded c.1888, inc. 1919. , Fla., to participate in the Baseball Factory All-American weekend January 16-18. Vincent Bonsignore, (818) 713-3612 vincent.bonsignore(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Nick Young and his Cleveland teammates get a West Valley League rematch REMATCH Cardiology Clinical trials–Randomized Evaluation of Mechanical Assistance Therapy as an alternative in Congestive Heart failure–related to use of a portable, electric left ventricular-assist system–LVAS–eg, HeartMate® with Taft on Jan. 16 at Cleveland. Julio Cortez/Daily News |
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