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Boys’ basketball: Daniels, Jones come up big for Taft JV

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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Transfers D’Andre Daniels and Bryce Jones, playing for Taft’s junior varsity team because they won’t gain varsity eligibility until next season, had big showings for the Toreadors today during a 79-58 playoff victory over Granada Hills.

Jones, a 6-foot-5 junior from View Park Prep, scored 15 points in two quarters and Daniels, a 6-8 junior from Renaissance Prep, scored 11 points in two quarters. Taft led 47-17 at halftime.

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‘They would be varsity starters and stars for us,’ Taft Coach Derrick Taylor said. ‘They’re too good for JVs but they have to get the rust off.’

Also today, Fairfax upset defending JV champion Westchester in another playoff game.

--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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