BOYS’ BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Loyola Stops Notre Dame’s Streak at 11

Notre Dame High’s 11-game winning streak came to an end Thursday night with a 73-67 Mission League loss against host Loyola. The game got out of control on three occasions, when fists flew and the benches emptied.

With 4:11 to play, Notre Dame’s Glen Carson and Loyola’s Ryan Bailey were fighting for a loose ball, then started simply fighting. Carson and Bailey were ejected.

Loyola junior Toby Bailey led all scorers with 24 points, including 14 in the decisive fourth quarter. Notre Dame was led by Monte Marcaccini, who scored 18.

Two key turnovers helped Loyola gain a more comfortable lead.

Loyola was up, 58-57, with three minutes to play, when Toby Bailey hit two free throws to give the Cubs a three-point lead. Notre Dame inbounded the ball, but point guard Craig Johnson threw it right into Bailey’s hands, then fouled him. Bailey made two free throws to push the lead to 62-57 with 2:36 left.

Less than a minute later, Loyola led, 64-60, after a jump shot by Marcus Kaufman. On Notre Dame’s inbounds play, Corey Woods had a steal and layup, giving Loyola a 66-60 lead with 1:31 left.

With 1:12 to play, the third altercation occurred. Johnson made a three-pointer to cut Loyola’s lead to 66-63 and got into a shoving match with a Loyola player.

Records: Notre Dame 15-4; Loyola 14-3.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Locke 66, Garfield 60--Carl Conston had 20 points, including five free throws in the fourth quarter, as Locke withstood a late charge by Garfield to win a Southeastern Conference game.

Records: Locke 11-5; Garfield 11-7.

Franklin 39, Wilson 38--Octavio Brito scored 20 points for Wilson, but the Mules could not protect a five-point lead entering the fourth quarter and lost a Northern Conference game.

Verbum Dei 77, Mary Star 49--Andre Miller hit his first five shots and scored 23 points as Verbum Dei decisively defeated Mary Star in a Santa Fe League game.

Miller scored 15 points and Ivory Burris posted 10 of his 14 points in the first half.

Records: Verbum Dei 15-3.

Washington 56, Banning 40--Dayron Harris scored 21 points as Washington defeated Banning in a Southern Pacific Conference game.

Records: Washington 14-2; Banning 9-8

Huntington Park 71, Jordan 52--Behind Joe Covarrubias’ game-high 29 points, Huntington Park rolled to a Southeastern Conference victory at Jordan.

Rene Correa scored 19 points for Huntington Park and Clem Breedlove led Jordan with 17.

Record: Jordan 1-13

Bell 50, Roosevelt 43--Mario Ceja and Ruben Munoz scored 12 points each to lift Bell to a Southeastern Conference home win over Roosevelt.

Roosevelt’s Miguel Enriquez led all scorers with 15.

Record: Bell 6-6.

Manual Arts 65, Venice 57--Troy Matthews scored 21 points and John Thompson had 16 for Manual Arts in a Southern Pacific Conference victory.

Records: Manual Arts 13-5; Venice 8-3.

Los Angeles 98, Hamilton 81--Terryl Woolery had 25 points, including three three-point baskets, for the visiting Romans in a Coastal Conference game.

Record: Los Angeles 8-7.

Dorsey 105, San Pedro 64--Dorsey jumped to a 12-0 lead en route to a Southern Pacific Conference victory at Dorsey. Davey Fortson led the Dons’ balanced scoring attack with 16.

Record: Dorsey 8-6.

Lincoln 77, Belmont 52--Five Lincoln players scored in double figures in a balanced scoring attack that boosted the Tigers to 6-0 in the Northwestern Conference.

Lincoln was led by guards Keith Whitner, who had 21 points and nine rebounds, and Marcelo Ortega, who had 17 points. Forwards Ruben Castellano and Peter Cervantez chipped in 14 and 11 points, respectively.

Records: Lincoln 11-3; Belmont 5-8.

Crenshaw 108, Narbonne 54--Center Tremaine Fowlkes scored 32 points and pulled down 12 rebounds and guard Reggie McFerren had 16 points to lead the Cougars to an easy Southern Pacific Conference victory.

Records: Crenshaw 12-2; Narbonne 4-7

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Manual Arts 74, Los Angeles 72 (OT)-- Led by Troy Matthews’ four points in overtime, Manual Arts held on for a win in its Coastal Conference season opener.

Matthews scored 14 of his 21 points in the second half, but missed a jump shot at the buzzer to end regulation. Manual Arts led, 68-63, with 34 seconds left in the fourth quarter when Craig Woolery of Los Angeles hit a three-point shot, stole the ensuing inbounds pass and passed to Steve Codd for a layup to tie the score at 68.

Records: Manual Arts 12-5; Los Angeles 7-7.

Garfield 68, Huntington Park 58--Frank Aguilar scored 30 points to lead Garfield to a Southeastern Conference win. Joe Covarubias had 28 points for Huntington Park.

Records: Garfield 11-6.

Locke 101, Bell 60--Demetrius Nettles scored a game-high 24 points and front-court mate Derek Higgins added 18 to pace the Saints to an easy win.

Center Ruben Munoz, who led the Eagles with 15 points, and guard Ricardo Lopez, who chipped in 14 points, were the only Bell players to reach double figures.

Records: Locke 10-5; Bell 5-6.

Fremont 101, Jordan 52--Guard Tommie Davis’ game-high 19 points was more than enough to lead Fremont to a decisive home win. Rickey Brown, the other member of Fremont’s outstanding back court, scored 18 points. Clem Breedlove led Jordan with 17 points.

Records: Jordan 12-4; Fremont 1-12.

Dorsey 102, Carson 81--Davy Fortson scored 22 points and guard Kenya Wilkins added 18 to lead Dorsey to victory in their Southern Pacific Conference opener.

Dorsey sank 12 three-point shots and their pressure man-to-man defense picked up 20 steals. Forward Chris Ramsey scored 26 points and forward Anthony Browder had 21 points to lead Carson.

Records: Dorsey 7-6; Carson 10-6

Marshall 61, Belmont 58--Forward Oliver Collado scored 17 points and guard Jason Liwag had 13 points, but it was not enough as Belmont came up short against visiting Marshall.

Records: Belmont 5-7.

South Gate 87, Roosevelt 56--Miguel Villegas scored 24 points as the Rams took a 19-6 lead in the first quarter and went on to win a Southeastern Conference game. Juan Pimentel scored 18 points to lead Roosevelt.

Record: South Gate 15-2

TUESDAY’S GAME

Verbum Dei 91, Salesian 60--Guard Andre Miller scored 28 points and back court mate Jamal Cobbs added 18 as the Eagles won a Santa Fe League game.

Records: Verbum Dei 14-3, Salesian 4-11.