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Girls’ basketball: Over and out for Mater Dei?

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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It hasn’t been a good week for the basketball teams from Mater Dei.

The top-seeded, top-ranked and undefeated boys’ team loses twice in four days and its season is over.

Now the top-seeded, top-ranked and undefeated girls’ team is suddenly looking a little shaky. Second-seeded Brea Olinda leads Mater Dei, 21-14, at halftime today in the Southern California Division II regional championship at Pauley Pavilion.

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Junior guard Kelsey Harris has seven points and sophomore forward Justine Hartman six points for the Wildcats.

Sophomore guard Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis has three points on one-for-seven shooting for Mater Dei, which has 16 turnovers to only six for Brea Olinda.

--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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