TAYLOR, H.-W. TAKE THEIR BOWS WOLVERINES RACE TO ANOTHER CIF TITLE H.-W. 80, EL SEGUNDO 62.Byline: Rich Hammond Rich Hammond Los Angeles Daily News sports writer. Instrumental in bringing the Los Angeles Kings hockey organization closer to the fans. He is the atypical "what a guy" to Kings fans everywhere. Rich Hammond on himself. Staff Writer The legacy of the Harvard-Westlake boys' basketball program had already been entrusted to sophomore Bryce Taylor Bryce Taylor is an American college basketball player at the University of Oregon. The 6'5", 205 pound junior guard is currently averaging 14.6 ppg and 5.1 rpg. High School , and Friday night Taylor took a big step toward becoming one of the Wolverines' all-time greats. Taylor overcame early foul trouble and a huge second-half rally by El Segundo El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and as the second-seeded Wolverines beat the top-seeded Eagles 80-62 to win the Southern Section Division IV-AA championship at Loyola Marymount. It was the school's first title since 1997, when twins Jarron and Jason Collins Jason Paul Collins (born December 2, 1978 in Northridge, California) is a professional basketball player for the New Jersey Nets of the NBA. He graduated from Harvard-Westlake School and later attended Stanford University, where he was an All-American in 2000-01 and appeared on led led the Wolverines to the last of three consecutive titles. Taylor, a 6-foot-4 forward, scored 29 points and helped the Wolverines hold on after they nearly blew a 19-point halftime lead. Taylor was right in the middle of the game-turning sequence. With four minutes remaining, the Eagles trailed 68-60 but were outplaying the Wolverines. Taylor scored on a putback, and on the Wolverines' next trip downcourt down·court adv. & adj. Sports To, into, or in the far end of the court, especially in basketball. , Craig Weinstein was fouled by El Segundo's Jeramie Hopson, who disputed the call and was given a technical foul technical foul n. Sports A foul, especially in basketball, that is called on a player, coach, or team for unsportsmanlike conduct or infringement of a rule and does not usually involve physical contact with an opponent during play. . Weinstein made one of two free throws on the foul, Taylor made both free throws on the technical and then banked in a game-clinching jumper The simplest form of an on/off switch. It is just a tiny, plastic-covered metal block, which is pushed onto two pins to close that circuit. It is used to select a myriad of functions on a printed circuit board or on a peripheral device. for a 75-60 lead with 2:49 remaining in the game. ``We just had to withstand their charge in the second half and stay strong,'' Taylor said. ``We just had to keep working hard.'' Taylor had to overcome two fouls in the first six minutes of the game, and a hard fall on his left hip that brought a scare to the Wolverines' bench. By that point, however, Taylor was clearly in charge of the game. He hit four consecutive shots in one stretch during the second quarter and also had five rebounds. Both teams struggled offensively at the start as they tried to adjust to the expansiveness of LMU's Gersten Pavilion The Gersten Pavilion is a 4,156 seat multi-purpose arena in Los Angeles, California. It is the home of the Loyola Marymount University Lions. It was built in 1981. It is also the part-time practice home for the Los Angeles Lakers. . The Wolverines broke through first, although they led just 8-7 five minutes into the quarter. Even after Taylor went out with his second foul, the Wolverines went on a six-point run and led 14-9 going into the second quarter. The Wolverines pulled away in the second quarter, led by Taylor. Up 18-14 less than two minutes into the period, Harvard-Westlake went on a 19-5 run that ended up providing the winning margin. Taylor scored 10 points during that run, including eight consecutive midway through the quarter as the Wolverines turned a four-point lead into a 37-19 advantage with two minutes remaining in the half. A jumper by Craig Weinstein (18 points) and a 3-pointer by Ed White helped the Wolverines to a 42-23 halftime lead that seemed insurmountable. ``We knew we couldn't let up though, because we knew they would make a run on us,'' Taylor said. El Segundo opened the third quarter with increased intensity, and the Wolverines appeared tight on offense. Two minutes into the quarter, the Wolverines led by 17 points, but that's when the Eagles made their charge. The Eagles, led by Dashawn Strong (31 points) and Hopson (23 points) scored the next seven points and got the lead below double digits Double Digits was a pricing game on the American television game show, The Price Is Right. Played from April 20, 1973 through May 18, 1973's show, it was played for a car and used small prizes. on a drive by Strong with less than two minutes left in the quarter. Harvard-Westlake finally stabilized sta·bi·lize v. sta·bi·lized, sta·bi·liz·ing, sta·bi·liz·es v.tr. 1. To make stable or steadfast. 2. , but the Wolverines could not pull away as they did in the second quarter. The Wolverines kept their lead at 8-10 points for much of the fourth quarter until they clinched the game after Hopson's technical foul. Taylor hit 10 of 19 shots from the field, and the Wolverines got a boost in the backcourt back·court n. 1. Sports a. The part of a court between the service line and the base line in tennis and other net games. b. from Weinstein, who had six assists. Chung Harris played outstanding defense in the first half and had eight points and eight rebounds before he fouled out early in the fourth quarter. Harris helped the Wolveriens follow their strategy, which was to limit the effectiveness of Strong and Hopson and let the other Eagles try to win the game. No other El Segundo player scored more than five points. El Segundo hurt itself most in the first half when the Eagles missed 19 of 26 shots. The Eagles made 16 of 25 from the field in the second half but couldn't complete the rally. The Wolverines' shooters, Taylor included, fell off a bit in the second half but finished 29 of 57 from the field for the game. |
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