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Boys’ basketball: City Section rules Southern Section counterparts

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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Even with Texas-bound Jordan Hamilton pouring in 39 points and USC-bound Derrick Williams scoring 26 points, the City Section scored the final five points to pull away for a 113-109 victory over the Southern Section on Saturday at El Camino College in the Collision all-star game.

Williams had given the Southern Section team a 109-108 lead with 1 minute 56 seconds left when he stole the ball and went in for a layup. But the City Section, which had led by as many as 17 points earlier in the second half, put together its final push for the victory.

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Sylmar’s UCLA-bound Tyler Honeycutt was selected the game’s most valuable player after scoring 16 points. The City Section now leads the series, six games to five.

--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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