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Boys’ basketball: Leuzinger up big early

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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Leuzinger hasn’t lost a game since late December, and the Olympians don’t appear ready to break that streak.

They thoroughly outclassed Santa Monica in every facet of the game in taking a 22-5 lead at the end of the first quarter in the Division 1A championship this afternoon at the Honda Center.

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Leuzinger closed the quarter on a 19-2 run after the score was tied at 3-3. The Olympians are bidding for their 20th consecutive victory after starting the season 4-6. Guard Colroy Gordon had two three-pointers for Leuzinger in the early going.

--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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