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Boys’ basketball: Mater Dei closes first quarter strong

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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Mater Dei scored six of the final eight points of the first quarter and trails Taft, 25-24, heading into the second quarter of a Southern California Division I regional semifinal at Mater Dei.

The Monarchs rallied with three consecutive layups, including a scoop layup by Keala King, a reverse layup by Tyler Lamb and another layup by Gary Franklin Jr. Lamb finished the first quarter with 12 points.

Pierson Williams has 13 points for Taft.

--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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