BOYS’ BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Brea-Olinda Edges Magnolia on Late Shot

Guard Doug Yeo made an eight-foot baseline shot with four seconds remaining to give Brea-Olinda High School a 40-39 victory over Magnolia Wednesday night.

Magnolia (6-15, 1-8) utilized a box-and-one defense and often double-teamed Brea forward Keith Walker, limiting the county’s leading scorer to 13 points. Walker is averaging 33.6 points a game for Brea, the co-leader in the Orange League, and his lowest point total in a game this season had been 20.

“It was our worst game of the year, we were just awful,” said Rick Jones, Brea coach. “Give Magnolia credit. They played without their best player (Robbie Hargis) and nearly beat us.”

In other Orange League games:

Savanna 59, Valencia 50--Keith Rodriguez scored 18 points and Ben Smith added 15 in the victory for visiting Savanna (16-9, 6-3). Richard Tibbie, who had been averaging 18.4 points a game, scored 22 for Valencia (8-16, 2-7).

Western 66, Anaheim 64--Robbie Shelton scored a 10-foot push-shot at the buzzer to give Western (17-5, 8-1) the victory. Shelton finished with 17 points and teammate Sam Sabbara led all scorers with 25 points. Greg Cole tied the score for Anaheim (8-14, 2-7) with 1:15 left. Western then ran down the clock to 20 seconds, called a timeout to set up a play, and Shelton scored.

In the Empire League:

Los Alamitos 81, El Dorado 71--Center Robert Conlisk scored 20 of his 22 points in the first half to pace Los Alamitos, as the Griffins clinched the league championship at Los Alamitos. Conlisk, who also had 12 rebounds, sat out most of the second half with four fouls. Jason Cunningham had 20 points and 10 rebounds, and Mike Wilson had 17 points and seven assists for Los Alamitos (19-5, 9-0). Mike Bradach had 23 points for El Dorado (13-10, 4-5).

Esperanza 75, Katella 59--Joe Foss had 24 points and Walter Forcatto 20 to pace Esperanza at Katella (6-16, 2-7). Esperanza (15-10, 7-2) outscored Katella, 18-9, in the first quarter and pulled away to a 65-41 lead after three quarters. Kevin Carlson had 23 points for Katella.

Loara 76, Cypress 72--Tes Whitlock had 22 points and 11 assists and Joey Gaudio scored 24 points to lead host Loara (15-6, 4-6). Loara trailed, 55-48, after three quarters, but Whitlock made nine free throws and Gaudio scored 12 of his points in the fourth quarter to lead Loara on a 28-17 run. Cypress (8-15, 1-8) was led by Jared Rice’s 24 points.

In the Freeway League:

Buena Park 68, La Habra 49--Guard Donyell Collins made 12 of 21 shots and finished with 25 points as Buena Park (10-12, 5-4) clinched third place and a berth in the 4-A division playoffs.

Fullerton 86, Sonora 61--Procopio Misa scored 17 points, Ladd Brunner had 14 points, and Rene Aria had 16 to lead Fullerton (10-12, 7-2).