Boys’ basketball: Desert Christian pulls out amazing comeback victory
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Trailing by 20 points midway through the fourth quarter, Desert Christian put together one of the most improbable comebacks in Southern Section championship history, pulling out a 54-49 victory over Tarbut V’Torah tonight at Ontario Colony High in Division VI-AA.
Top-seeded Desert Christian scored 33 points in the fourth quarter after scoring 21 in the first three combined. The Conquerors had trailed, 47-27, midway through the fourth before beginning their comeback. The rally seemed especially improbable considering second-seeded Tarbut V’Torah had put together a 20-0 run of its own to end the third quarter and start the fourth.
It was another heart-breaking ending for Tarbut V’Torah, the tiny Irvine school whose administrators forfeited a playoff game in 2000 when they refused to let the team travel in the wake of heavy rain. This was the Lions’ first appearance in a championship game.
--Ben Bolch