Los Angeles Times - 04.03.2020

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Cool, calm and confident. That’s how you can describe sophomore guard Dylan An- drews, who buried a three- point shot as the buzzer sounded Tuesday night to give Los Angeles Windward a 64-62 victory over Fairfax in an opening game of the Southern California Division I regional boys’ basketball playoffs at Windward. “He’s got ice in his veins,” Windward coach Colin Pfaff said. “Fairfax played very well. They had great energy. It was a great high school game.” Fairfax was coming off its worst performance of the season in losing to Westchester in the City Section Open Divi- sion final Saturday night, but the Lions were in position to win until Andrews came through with his three from the right side of the court as time ran out.

Devin Tillis scored 19 points for Windward. Keith Dinwiddie had 16 points for Fairfax. Windward will play at San Diego Torrey Pines in the second round Thursday. Tor- rey Pines received 38 points from Brandon Angel in an 82- 53 victory over West Hills Chaminade. No. 15-seeded La Verne Damien stunned No. 2- seeded Long Beach St. An- thony 74-63 behind Malik Thomas, who finished with 29 points. DJ Davis scored 30 as Riverside Poly rolled to an 83- 46 victory over San Diego St. Augustine. Los Angeles Ribet elimi- nated City Section Open Divi- sion champion Westchester 70-46. Tre White scored 21 points for Ribet. Joseph John- son led Westchester with 16. Ribet advances to play top- seeded Bellflower St. John Bosco on Thursday night. No. 14-seeded Altadena Renaissance knocked off San

Diego Open Division champion Cathedral Catholic 62-54. Renaissance was without standout Koat Keat, who had surgery for a torn meniscus. No. 3-seeded Cathedral played without 6-foot-7 Obinna Anyanwu, who was in- jured in an auto accident Sat- urday night. Evans Kipkemoi scored 20 points for Renais- sance, and Andrii Basovets added 18. In Division II, top-seeded La Cañada St. Francis defeated Carlsbad 82-63. Andre Henry scored 30. In Division III, Woodland Hills El Camino Real upset No. 1-seeded Indio Shadow Hills 102-96 in double overtime. Sophomore Ramel Lloyd had 32 points to help Woodland Hills Taft beat Al- hambra Mark Keppel 80-60. In Division I girls, No. 4- seeded Studio City Harvard- Westlake defeated North Tor- rance 66-54. Kiki Iriafen scored 20 points. The Wolver- ines will host Los Angeles

Marlborough on Thursday. Bryn Boznanski scored 16 points to help Fullerton Rosa- ry defeat San Diego Westview 65-38.

Cathedral boys win on penalty kicks The Southern California regional soccer playoffs began with drama in Division 1 boys. Los Angeles Cathedral and City Section champion Wood- land Hills El Camino Real fought to a scoreless dead- lock, requiring penalty kicks to decide the outcome. Cathe- dral got penalty kicks from Al- ex Mendez, Jesus Ramos and Alek Palomares to pull out the victory. Goalie Steven Ruiz made two saves. Lex Leathem scored two goals in Anaheim Servite’s 3-0 victory over Cathedral Catho- lic. Servite will play Los Ange- les Cathedral in a rematch of the Southern Section Divi- sion 1 semifinals.

HIGH SCHOOL REGIONAL PLAYOFFS

Andrews powers Windward

By Eric Sondheimer

BOYS
Division I
Ribet Academy 70, Westchester 46
Windward 64, Fairfax 62
San Diego Torrey Pines 82, Chaminade 53
Renaissance Academy 62, San Diego Cathedral 54
JSerra 63, Santa Clarita Christian 62
Riverside Poly 83, San Diego St. Augustine 46
Damien 74, St. Anthony 63
Division II
St. Francis 82, Carlsbad 63
Birmingham 58, Poway 49
Oxnard 78, Bonita 76
Hesperia 70, Solana Beach Santa Fe Christian 57
Salesian 53, El Cajon Foothills Christian 50
Eastvale Roosevelt 76, El Cajon Christian 67
King/Drew 62, Chula Vista Mater Dei 50
Hillcrest 55, San Diego Parker 41
Division III
El Camino Real 102, Shadow Hills 96 (2OT)
Santa Maria St. Joseph 54, Bakersfield 43
Arroyo Grande 80, Washington 65
Taft 80, Keppel 60
Oceanside El Camino 77, Adelanto 68
Burbank Providence 68, San Diego County San Marcos 66 (OT)
Price 72, San Diego 63
Fountain Valley 66, Gardena 63
Division IV
Aquinas 74, Visalia Redwood 56
Narbonne 65, Coronado 52
Bakersfield Christian 70, Montclair 61
Summit 79, Oakwood 70
St. Pius X-St. Matthias 45, Yeshiva 39
San Diego University City 81, Calexico 65
San Diego San Ysidro 69, View Park 48
Palisades 57, Bakersfield Independence 52
Division V
Eastside 60, Dymally 44
Banning 58, Valley Torah 42
Arrowhead Christian 59, Escondido Classical Academy 43
Trinity Classical 54, San Fernando 37
Delano 65, Sierra Vista 54
Fowler 52, Maywood 41
Bishop Diego 63, Vistamar 51
Los Angeles Roosevelt 76, Cathedral City 57

GIRLS Division I Orangewood Academy 66, Chula Vista Bonita Vista 59 Marlborough 63, Troy 52 Harvard-Westlake 66, North Torrance 54 Lynwood 71, Carlsbad La Costa Canyon 35 King 79, El Cajon Christian 55 West Torrance 64, Fairmont Prep 61 Rosary 65, Poway Westview 38 Division II Mira Costa 55, Long Beach Wilson 42 San Clemente 57, Arroyo Grande 32 La Jolla Bishop’s 58, Granada Hills 50 Santa Monica 49, San Diego Serra 44 Bakersfield 46, El Camino Real 32 Chula Vista Mater Dei 81, Los Angeles Hamilton 78 Crean Lutheran 45, Bishop Amat 42 Palisades 59, San Marcos Mission Hills 42 Division III Spring Valley Mount Miguel 65, West Covina 35 San Luis Obispo Mission Prep 66, Legacy 59 Paloma Valley 62, San Diego Lincoln 52 Peninsula 53, Taft 44 Eisenhower 79, Porterville 48 Viewpoint 59, Poway 25 Westchester 59, Burbank Burroughs 48 Division IV Lancaster 66, Artesia 40 Los Angeles CES 59, Arvin 50 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 105, San Diego Point Loma 103, 2OT Ganesha 47, Xavier Prep 46 La Salle 51, Los Angeles Marshall 31 Chula Vista Otay Ranch 58, Campbell Hall 50 Paramount 59, Carson 52 Ontario Christian 63, Eagle Rock 51 Division V San Jacinto Valley Academy 46, Monroe 27 San Bernardino 50, San Diego Hoover 46 Rubidoux 46, Verdugo Hills 43 East Bakersfield 39, Santa Ana Calvary Chapel 36 King/Drew 50, Vista del Lago 29 San Diego 52, Central City Value 45 San Diego Madison 49, Bishop Diego 26 Pasadena Marshall 50, Strathmore 43

HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS
Results from first-round basketball games Tuesday in the Southern California regionals

USC’s Alissa Pili was named Pac-12 Conference freshman of the year Tuesday while UCLA’s Michaela Onyenwere and Japreece Dean were selected along with Pili to the 15-player All- Pac-12 first team in a vote by the league’s 12 head coaches. Pili, who averaged 16.2 points and 8.1 rebounds, is USC’s first conference freshman of the year since Briana Gilbreath in 2009 and the program’s fifth overall. The 6-foot forward was the only freshman named to the All-Pac-12 team after helping the Tro- jans (16-13, 8-10 Pac-12) re- bound from an 0-5 start in conference play to finish with the No. 7 seed in the Pac-12 tournament, which begins Thursday in Las Vegas. Onyenwere, a junior whose 18.8 points per game rank second in the conference, earned her second straight All-Pac-12 first-team honor. She and Dean, a senior point guard, led the No. 8

Bruins (24-4, 14-4) to their best Pac-12 finish in coach Cori Close’s nine-season ten- ure as the team grabbed the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament. Dean earned her first All-Pac-12 honor after averaging 13.7 points and 5.5 assists. Her assists per game ranked second in the conference behind three-time Pac-12 player of the year Sa- brina Ionescu, who was one of three Oregon players selected for the first team. UCLA guard Charisma Osborne earned a spot on the five-player all-freshman team and was honorable mention on the all-defensive team. The freshman from Windward High is UCLA’s third-leading scorer with 12.2 points per game and the second-leading rebounder with 6.0. Despite being just 5 feet 9, Osborne leads the Bruins in offensive rebounds with 85. USC begins its postseason Thursday against No. 10 seed Colorado at 6 p.m. PST with the winner advancing to the quarterfinals to face UCLA on Friday.

USC forward Pili selected

Pac-12 freshman of the year

By Thuc Nhi Nguyen

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SOUTHLAND

MEN TOP 25 Tennessee 81, No. 6 Kentucky 73 Rutgers 78, No. 9 Maryland 67 No. 16 Michigan State 79, No. 20 Penn State 71 Purdue 77, No. 18 Iowa 68 SOUTHLAND CCAA tournament quarterfinals Cal State East Bay 70, Cal State San Bernardino 68 Cal Poly Pomona 67, Cal State Dominguez Hills 66 Chico State 75, Stanislaus State 73, OT UC San Diego 89, Cal State L.A. 70 EAST Bucknell 65, Holy Cross 62 Buffalo 75, Miami (Ohio) 69 Lehigh 78, Loyola (Md.) 75 Maine 71, Hartford 65 Masschusetts-Lowell 63, New Hampshire 54 No. 16 Michigan State 79, No. 20 Penn State 71 Rutgers 78, No. 9 Maryland 67 Syracuse 84, Boston College 71 Maryland-Baltimore County 75, Stony Brook 67 Vermont 85, Albany (NY) 62 SOUTH Appalachian State 61, Louisiana-Monroe 57 Arkansas State 76, Georgia Southern 75 Charleston Southern 81, Presbyterian 64 Cincinnati 79, South Florida 67 Duquesne 80, Virginia Commonwealth 77, OT Georgia State 89, Arkansas-Little Rock 70 Liberty 55, NJIT 49 Lipscomb 68, Florida Gulf Coast 63 Louisiana-Lafayette 108, Coastal Carolina 101 North Carolina 93, Wake Forest 83

North Florida 91, Jacksonville 88 Richmond 80, Davidson 63 South Carolina-Upstate 69, High Point 59 South Alabama 58, Texas State 54 South Carolina 83, Mississippi State 71 Stetson 82, North Alabama 72 Texas-Arlington 78, Troy 64 UNC-Asheville 72, Campbell 68 Vanderbilt 87, Alabama 79 Tennessee 81, No. 6 Kentucky 73 MIDWEST Akron 74, Ohio 67 Ball State 85, Central Michigan 68 DePaul 69, Marquette 68 Illinois-Chicago 93, IUPUI 59 Kent State 83, Bowling Green 69 Northern Illinois 71, Toledo 50 Oakland 80, Cleveland State 59 Western Michigan 70, Eastern Michigan 54 Youngstown State 63, Milwaukee 57 Purdue 77, No. 18 Iowa 68 West Virginia 77, Iowa State 71 SOUTHWEST Stephen F. Austin 77, Abilene Christian 72 Texas 52, Oklahoma 51 WOMEN SOUTHLAND CCAA tournament quarterfinals Stanislaus State 65, Cal Poly Pomona 53 Cal State San Marcos 65, Sonoma State 51 UC San Diego 78, Humboldt State 61 Cal State East Bay 78, Chico State 53 WEST Fresno State 94, San Jose State 68 Boise State 79, Wyoming 71

COLLEGE RESULTS

John Fulkerson scored a career-high 27 points, and Yves Pons made several key jumpers down the stretch as Tennessee rallied from a 17- point deficit to upset No. 6 Kentucky 81-73 on Tuesday night in Lexington, Ky. The Wildcats (24-6, 14-3 SEC) appeared in control leading 51-34 early in the second half before the Volun- teers (17-13, 9-8) outscored them 29-9 over 10:09 to lead 63-60. Kentucky tied it at 63, but Pons answered with a three-pointer and Fulkerson added two free throws to stay ahead.

at Rutgers 78, No. 9 Maryland 67:Jacob Young came off the bench and scored 17 points to bolster Rutgers’ NCAA tournament hopes. Montez Mathis added 15 points and Gio Baker

had 11 as the Scarlet Knights (19-11, 10-9 Big Ten) won their school-record 18th home win and first win over Maryland since 2014. Jalen Smith had 16 points and 10 rebounds for Maryland (23-7, 13-6).

No. 16 Michigan State 79, at No. 20 Penn State 71:Xa- vier Tillman Sr. scored 23 points and had 15 rebounds to lead Michigan State (21-9, 13-6 Big Ten). Rocket Watts added 18 points, Cassius Winston had 14 and Aaron Henry scored 12 as the Spar- tans erased a 46-31 halftime deficit to win their fourth straight.

Purdue 77, at No. 18 Iowa 68:Eric Hunter Jr. scored a career-high 19 points and Evan Boudreaux had 14 points and 14 rebounds to help lift Purdue (16-14, 9-10 Big Ten). Iowa (20-10, 11-8) had its 13-game home winning streak snapped.

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Unranked Tennessee

stuns No. 6 Kentucky

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morial Basketball Hall of
Fame who also won an NBA
championship with the Lak-
ers in 1972. “Yes, we’ve had
championship teams, but
this team, who knows how
far they’re going to go, but
they are performing to the
best of their ability; they
don’t quit, they play hard
and because of their defense,
they’re pretty much in every
game.”
Goodrich noted the Bru-
ins (19-11 overall, 12-5 Pac-12)
were outplayed for nearly
the entire game by the Wild-
cats but kept the deficit
manageable and won
thanks to sturdy defense, re-
lentlessness and heady play
in the final minutes.
Those are all qualities
that Lorenzo Mata-Real
once embraced as a center
on UCLA teams that made
three consecutive trips to
the Final Four under coach
Ben Howland from 2006 to

Mata-Real attended
the game Saturday and saw
some of that same tough-
ness in guard Jaime Jaquez
Jr., who, like Mata-Real, is of
Mexican descent.
“For a freshman ... his
game’s pretty advanced,”
said Mata-Real, who has
known Jaquez since the lat-
ter player first tried out for
the Mexican national team.
“Obviously, he’s going to
keep improving and work-
ing, but I like his game. He’s
hard-nosed, he doesn’t back
down from any team or any-
body.”
Mata-Real, who recently
won a professional champi-
onship in a Mexican profes-
sional league with Soles de
Mexicali, made his way to
the UCLA locker room after
the game to celebrate.
Jaquez handed Mata-Real
one of the former Bruin’s old
practice jerseys and asked
Mata-Real to sign it. Mata-
Real told Jaquez that hewas
an inspiration, tweeting out
a photo of them together
while calling Jaquez “my lit-
tle brother.”
“I’m super happy for him
and just watching him live
doing well, it really gave me
goose bumps,” Mata-Real
said.
Mata-Real also caught

up with former UCLA team- mate Darren Collison, who was part of a crowd that also included Bruins luminaries Baron Davis, David Wear and Andy Hill, among oth- ers. After calling the game for ESPN, former UCLA great Bill Walton and his wife, Lori, hosted several former players and their fam- ilies for a late dinner inside the nearby Luskin Confer- ence Center. “To see the different eras there,” Wilkes said of the crowd, “it was just fun and it brought back a lot of memories.” The one constant for most Bruins has been win-

ning, UCLA’s 11 national championships the biggest haul of any college basketball program even though it has added just one over the last 25 years. This team remains on the fringes of NCAA tournament consideration, making it unlikely to raise another banner. Then again, watching UCLA beat Arizona on a night the Bruins made only 33.3% of their shots and were outrebounded made some wonder whether this team might be able to sustain its winning streak deep into March. “You have the feeling as a fan that we’re capable of winning any game and I think they feel that too, the way they play,” Wilkes said. “They never got down on themselves, they kept push- ing and fortunately they won the game. It’s just a whole different feel about this team and there’s just no quit in them.” Wilkes, who went by his given name Keith when he won national titles under Wooden in 1972 and ’73, said the current team’s ability to maximize its potential would have delighted his old coach. “Oh, I think he would be very pleased, very excited,”

Wilkes said of Wooden. “His whole definition of success — peace of mind is knowing you gave the best you had — and that’s what they’re doing.” The former Bruins were universal in their praise of coach Mick Cronin’s ability to extract so much from a freshman-laden team that features mostly role players. The one constant this season has been a commitment to defense, UCLA going 18-0 during games in which it has held opponents to 73 points or fewer. Goodrich pointed to another critical factor that was missing before Cronin’s ar- rival. “Look at the last two years at UCLA,” Goodrich said. “They did not play together as a team and they played no defense, they were not a team. He’s got those players thinking team both offensively and defensively.” These Bruins have their predecessors thinking something extraordinary is afoot, with the hope of more memories to come. “It’s been more than fun; it’s been inspiring to see the transformation,” Wilkes said. “This could be one of the most special teams in Bruin history.”

BILL WALTON,left, and Jamaal Wilkes were among former UCLA basketball greats who were on hand to
witness the Bruins defeat Arizona on Saturday. Wilkes was impressed with how UCLA handled adversity.

Joe ScarniciGetty Images for Turner Sports

Former Bruins proud of team

[UCLA, from D1]

UCLA GUARDJaime Jaquez Jr. poses with former Bruin Lorenzo Mata-Real. Mata-Real, who plays professionally in Mexico, said he likes the freshman’s game.

Courtesy of Lorenzo Mata-Real

GAIL GOODRICH played on two national championship teams under John Wooden.

Douglas HealeyFor The Times

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