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Girls’ basketball: Inglewood comeback falls short

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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SACRAMENTO--After trailing by as many as 25 points in the third quarter, Inglewood cut the deficit to single digits in the final minute but could come no closer during a 71-62 loss to St. Mary’s in the Division III championship this afternoon at Arco Arena.

The Lady Sentinels rattled off a 10-0 run early in the fourth quarter and made it 68-59 with 33 seconds left on a three-point play by Tayler Champion. But the Rams held on to win their fifth state title and first since 2004.

Champion had 21 points for Inglewood, which was making its first appearance in a title game.

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--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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