PREP BASKETBALL: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL TOURNAMENT : OTHER GAMES : Long Beach Poly Wins in Overtime

Long Beach Poly scored eight points in the last 40 seconds of regulation play and then outscored Loyola, 8-2, in overtime, en route to a 78-72 victory in the opening round of the boys’ State Division I high school basketball tournament at Long Beach City College Tuesday night.

Melvin Jones led top-seeded Poly (27-2) with 20 points and Willie McGinest added 15 points and seven rebounds. Loyola (23-5), the 5-A Division runner-up, was led by Eric Jones, who scored 21 points.

Manual Arts 73, Bakersfield 72--Marcell Capers scored 15 points and Kevin Beal and William Celestine added 14 apiece to lead the City 4-A champion Toilers (27-3) past Bakersfield in a Division I game at Cal State Dominguez Hills. Brian Oliver led Bakersfield (26-4) with 22 points.

Santa Clara 67, Imperial 37--Shon Tarver scored 30 points and had 10 rebounds, four steals and three assists in only three quarters to lead the Saints past the Tigers at Santa Clara in a boys’ Division IV game. Tarver scored 21 points in the first half, as Santa Clara (25-0), the defending Division IV champion, took a 32-11 halftime lead.

El Cajon Christian 74, St. Margaret’s 52--Arizona-bound Tony Clark, who led the state in scoring this season with a 44-point average, scored 52 points to lead El Cajon Christian in a Division V game at Granite Hills High in El Cajon.

Artesia 65, Visalia Golden West 36--Ed O’Bannon scored 30 points and Chris Thompson added 10 to lead the Division II top-seeded Pioneers at Artesia.