DAY IN SPORTS: TEAMWORK LIFTS CLEVELAND IN OT.Byline: Daily News The Cleveland High boys' basketball team has relied on Nick Young to score and keep it close during games, and the senior delivered Saturday, finishing with 25 points. However, it was his teammates - Loren Leath, Corey Duncan and Marlon Bright, in particular - who contributed when it counted most for the Cavaliers of Reseda in their 75-68 overtime victory against Price 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. in a California Hoops Challenge Tournament game at Cal State Dominguez Hills. In overtime, Leath hit a crucial 3-pointer to cap a 6-0 run and Duncan and Bright each went 4 for 4 from the free-throw line free-throw line n. See foul line. to clinch the victory for Cleveland (14-3). ``(Teams) have a tendency to double- and triple-team Nick. But he still got us to overtime and then the guys picked up the slack,'' Cleveland coach Andre Chevalier said. ``It's important that we have other guys step up like we did tonight. If we can do that, and have more than one scorer on the court, it will be to our benefit.'' It certainly was Saturday against a traditionally tough program in Price, the four-time defending Div. V state champions. Duncan, a sophomore, finished with a career-high 18 points, and Bright and Leath added 12 and 10 points, respectively. Young scored 15 points in the first half and had a team-high 11 rebounds for his 10th double-double of the season. OTHER BOYS' BASKETBALL California Hoops Challenge --Compton Centennial 75, Crenshaw cren·shaw also cran·shaw n. A variety of winter melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) having a greenish-yellow rind and sweet, usually salmon-pink flesh. [Origin unknown.] 53: UCLA-bound guard Aaron Afflalo scored 27 points on 8-of-14 shooting from the field, converting 6 of 10 attempts from 3-point range for Compton Centennial, the top-ranked team in Southern Section Div. III-A. Cleveland had some added interest in the game considering it defeated Centennial 67-50 earlier this season and figures to challenge Crenshaw of Los Angeles, along with Taft of Woodland Hills, for the City Section title. GIRLS' BASKETBALL Nonleague --Village Christian 40, Hillcrest hill·crest n. The summit line of a hill. Christian (GH) 21: Freshmen normally aren't expected to make an impact, but Carly Brown did, scoring 11 points and adding 19 rebounds and eight steals for host Village Christian of Sun Valley (6-9). MEN'S BASKETBALL Golden State Athletic Conference The Golden State Athletic Conference is a college athletics conference in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The conference commissioner is Dr. Cliff Hamlow of Azusa Pacific University. Conference leadership is shared among the member institutions. --The Master's 80, Cal Baptist 71: Senior guard Keron Wilkerson scored 18 of his game-high 23 points in the first half for the visiting Master's (11-4, 2-2) in its victory at Van Dyne dyne (dīn), unit of force in the cgs system of units, which is based on the metric system; an acceleration of 1 centimeter per second per second is produced when a force of 1 dyne is exerted on a mass of 1 gram. Gymnasium. Teammate Micah McKinney added 13 points and 12 assists for the Master's, which had five players finish in double-figures. Foothill Conference --Antelope Valley 83, Barstow 63: Ollie Ollie may refer to the following:
The Antelope Valley (14-5, 3-1), ranked No. 2 in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, and No. 5 in the state. Bradley also hit 3 of 5 attempts from 3-point range and 7 of 8 from the free-throw line. PRIME-TIME PLAYERS Boys' basketball --Nick Young (Cleveland) 25 points, 11 rebs. --Drew Rigney (Hillcrest Chrs./GH) 29 points --Sheldon Sheehy (L.A. Baptist) 26 points Girls' basketball --Ebony Crouch (Grant) 15 points, 8 rebs. --Carrie Jones (Monroe) 14 points, 7 assts. --Carly Brown (Village Chrs.) 11 points, 19 rebs. Girls' water polo water polo, swimming game encompassing features of soccer, football, basketball, and hockey. The object of the game is to maneuver, by head, feet, or hand, a leather-covered ball 27 to 28 in. --Bridget McKee (Newbury Park) 4 goals --Melissa Cobbs (Newbury Park) 10 saves CAPTION(S): box Box: PRIME-TIME PLAYERS (see text) |
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