Boys’ basketball: Daron Henson, Shacquille Dawkins lead Alemany
Henson & Dawkins. It sounds like a good law firm. But 6-foot-8 Daron Henson and point guard Shacquille Dawkins are Alemany’s junior duo capable of leading the Warriors to lots of victories next season.
On Tuesday in an opening round game of the Fairfax tournament, Henson scored 26 points and Dawkins had 22 points in a 77-63 victory over Santa Monica.
At one point, Henson made three consecutive threes. In the second half, it was Dawkins’ defense that helped shut down talented Santa Monica freshman Spencer Freedman, who scored 20 points in the first half, including six threes. Freedman, who turned 16 on Tuesday, finished with 24 points on nine of 12 shooting.
Alemany advances to play Mater Dei in Thursday’s 6 p.m. quarterfinals. Rex Pflueger scored 16 points in Mater Dei’s 63-54 win over Brentwood. Maxwell Kupchak led Brentwood with 28 poins.
Corona Centennial defeated Crespi, 66-48. Jordan Griffin scored 14 points to lead a balanced attack. De’Anthony Melton had 13 points for Crespi. Centennial advances to play Fairfax at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Fairfax defeated La Canada, 75-47. Donald Gipson led the Lions with 16 points.
Wednesday’s quarterfinal schedule has Sierra Canyon playing Orange Lutheran at 6 p.m. and Chino Hills facing Lawndale at 7:30 p.m.
Correction: An earlier version of this blog reported that Spencer Freedman said he turned 15 on Tuesday. On Wednesday, he confirmed he is 16.
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