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Boys’ basketball: Early results at Nike Extravaganza

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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It was a split decision for a pair of Orange County heavyweights this morning at the Nike Extravaganza.

Los Alamitos, ranked No. 7 in the Southland by The Times, escaped with a 53-47 victory over Servite. But No. 12 Sonora, which had its 18-game winning streak snapped by rival La Habra earlier this week, suffered a 68-60 overtime setback against Colony for its second defeat in its last three games.

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James Walker had 22 points and 14 rebounds for Los Alamitos (24-1), which rallied from a 26-20 halftime deficit against Servite (5-19). John Russo led the Friars with 18 points.

Evan Brooks had 17 points and Dennis Craig 15 for Colony (19-6), which outscored Sonora, 8-0, in overtime. Colony prevailed despite making only three of 16 three-point attempts. Christopher Bearden had 28 points and 15 rebounds for Sonora (22-3), which continued to struggle without injured forward Marcus Farrand.

--Ben Bolch

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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