Mater Dei's basketball team suited up 19...

By CHRIS FOSTER

March 13, 1993 12 AM PT

Mater Dei’s basketball team suited up 19 players for Tuesday’s Southern California Division I playoff game against Poway. Costa Mesa’s football team had only 18 players last fall.

Of the 19, 14 scored, the highest number in an Orange County box score this season.

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Chris Foster

Chris Foster is a former sports writer for the Los Angeles Times who covered UCLA football and basketball, USC basketball, the Kings and the Ducks. He grew up in San Clemente, arriving long before Richard Nixon came to town. As a teen, he surfed, played football and basketball, and fell in love with sports journalism. Foster died Dec. 13, 2023.

Mater Dei’s basketball team suited up 19...

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