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Boys’ basketball: Loyola is unbeaten no more

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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Erik Swoope scored 33 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead host Harvard-Westlake, ranked No. 21 in the Southland by The Times, to a 74-70 Mission League victory over No. 3 Loyola on Monday night. It was the first loss of the season for the Cubs, who had opened the season with 14 consecutive victories.

Damiene Cain had nine points, 18 rebounds and six blocks for the Wolverines (11-4, 3-0 Mission League), which took over first place in league.

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Miles Cartwright scored 25 points for Loyola (14-1, 3-1), which lost its shooting touch over the game’s final few minutes.

--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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