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Boys’ basketball: Pacific Hills defeats Morningside

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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After its 14-point, third-quarter lead was trimmed to four points midway through the fourth quarter, Pacific Hills recovered to hold on for a 59-47 victory over Morningside this evening in the Division V-AA championship at Ontario Colony High.

Senior guard Derick Flowers scored 21 points for the top-seeded Bruins (26-6), who won their second title in three years. Senior forward Josh Smith scored 16 points and senior guard A.J. Harris had 14 for the second-seeded Monarchs (23-9), who were making their first appearance in a title game since 1997.

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Players had to be separated twice in the fourth quarter when things got a little testy, and technical fouls were called on each team.

After Morningside forward Daron Molock’s putback pulled the Monarchs to within 46-42, Pacific Hills went on an 8-0 run to pull away.

-- 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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