Southern Section basketball: Onyeka Okongwu dominates, Chino Hills cruises 72-56 over Pasadena

The first man listed on the scouting report when preparing to play the Chino Hills boys’ basketball team is Onyeka Okongwu.

Few teams have discovered a way to stop the youngster they call “Big O,” and Pasadena knew what was coming, but still couldn’t stop it.

Okongwu, 6 feet 9 and 220 pounds, turned in a 38-point, 16-rebound, five blocked-shot performance in the Huskies’ 72-56 win over the Bulldogs on Saturday night in the Southern Section Division 1 championship game at AzusaPacific.

The junior was getting dunk after dunk as his teammates kept dumping the ball to him.

Chino Hills (21-11) began to separate in the third quarter as consecutive dunks helped the Huskies extend their lead to 45-34 with 2:58 to go in the quarter and rode Okongwu’s back the rest of the way.

Bryce Hamilton led the Bulldogs (23-7) with 22 points.

Santa Barbara San Marcos 67, Riverside Poly 47: The Royals won in 2A, their first section championship, behind 19 points from Stefan Korfas, and 17 points and 11rebounds from Jackson Stormo. Riverside Poly (24-8) had not played in a section championship game since 1983. The Royals used a 9-2 second-quarter run to take a 22-13 lead midway through the period. The Bears cut the deficit to 46-37 on a layup fromLamont Butler with 6:15 left, but the Royals went on a 9-0 run. Butler had 19 points.

Nogales 78, Ventura Foothill Technology 65:Nogales guard Dale Batac scored 30 points in the 5AAfinal. The Nobles made 26 of 50 free throws. Colin Vallance led the Dragons with 16 points.

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Brentwood 55, Ventura Foothill Technology 53: Sammy Wadler’s two huge plays lifted the Eagles (28-4) in the 4AA title game. Wadler made a three-point basket to tie the score 53-53 with 3.9 seconds left, then strippedCydnie Gutierrez on the inbounds pass and scored on a runner as time expired at Azusa Pacific. Destiney McAllister led Brentwood with 20 points. Emiline Bova had 19 points for the Dragons (23-6).

West Torrance 46, Chaminade 45: The Warriors limited the Eagles to nine points in the fourth quarter in the Division 1 final. Lani Lum led the Warriors (27-4) with 12 points, and Haley Jones had 11 points and 17 rebounds. Jasmine Moore had 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Eagles (21-8), and Leslie Hunter scored 14 points.

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