Taft-Torrey Pines tops Saturday’s boys’ basketball extravaganzas

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Azusa Pacific University and Murphy High will host extravaganza boys’ basketball events Saturday, while a bit further south, six area teams will take on six San Diego County teams at Carlsbad High.

Etiwanda vs. Corona del Mar and King vs. Colony look too be the top games in the Southern California Shootout at Azusa Pacific, while Inglewood vs. Price is the feature game at Murphy. The headline game at Carlsbad should be Taft, ranked No. 2 by The Times, against San Diego’s No. 2 team, Torrey Pines.

The complete pairings:

DANIEL MURPHY MATCHUP DAY
January 26 at Murphy
Compton Centennial vs. Animo, 1:30 p.m.
Murphy vs. Heritage College Ready Academy, 3 p.m.
Birmingham vs. Bishop Montgomery, 4:30 p.m.
Gardena Serra vs. View Park, 6 p.m.
Inglewood vs. Price, 7:30 p.m.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SHOOTOUT
January 26 at Azusa Pacific U.
Flintridge Prep vs. Ontario Christian, 9 a.m.
Rowland vs. Sunny Hills, 10:30 a.m.
Bishop Amat (girls) vs. Walnut (girls), noon
Los Osos vs. Diamond Ranch, 1:30 p.m.
Damien vs. La Canada., 3 p.m.
Glendora vs. West Covina, 4:30 p.m.
Etiwanda vs. Corona del Mar, 6 p.m.
King vs. Colony, 7:30 p.m.
Bishop Amat vs. Diamond Bar, 9 p.m.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COACHES CLASSIC SHOOTOUT
January 26 at Carlsbad
St. Bernard vs. Chula Vista Otay Ranch, 12:30 p.m.
Beverly Hills vs. San Marcos Mission Hills, 2 p.m.
Santa Monica vs. San Diego St. Augustine, 3:30 p.m.
Taft vs. San Diego Torrey Pines, 5:30 p.m.
Long Beach Poly vs. San Diego Horizon, 7 p.m.
Mayfair vs. Carlsbad, 8:30 p.m.

-- Eric Maddy, status guru

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