BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Loyola’s Press Flattens Harvard-Westlake

Loyola pressed and trapped Harvard-Westlake into turnover after turnover and beat the Wolverines 71-62 in a Mission League game Wednesday night at Loyola.

Harvard’s 6-foot-7 twins, Jason and Jarron Collins got into foul trouble, each collecting three in the first half, seriously curtailing the Wolverines post-up game.

The Wolverines’ chances for a Mission League championship were all but ended with the loss. Harvard-Westlake has lost twice to Loyola.

Junior Moose Bailey scored 24 points and senior Toby Bailey, his brother who is headed to UCLA, had 23 for Loyola.

Records: Harvard-Westlake 18-2, 8-2; Loyola 15-5, 10-0.

Bell 51, Garfield 46--Jerry Espinoza scored 20 points and Ricardo Lopez added 14 points and eight rebounds for the visiting Eagles in the Southeastern Conference game Friday.

Records: Bell 9-9.

Bell Gardens 60, San Gabriel 53--Forward Danny Escobar scored 17 points and guard George Gutierrez added 10 Friday in an Almont League win.

Records: Bell Gardens 19-5, 8-0.

Cathedral 94, Salesian 46--Mike De La Cruz and Eddie Nieves each scored 13 points and nine other Cathedral players scored at least two points Friday in a Santa Fe League game at Salesian.

“That was the worst game of the season for us,” Salesian Coach Dan Galvan said. “It’s the Cathedral-Salesian rivalry. Players try to do everything all by themselves and they lose the team concept.”

Records: Cathedral 5-14, 2-4; Salesian 1-17, 0-6.

Jordan 69, Jefferson 67--Clem Breedlove, who scored a game-high 28 points, scored on a layup with six seconds left in an Eastern League game at Jordan on Friday.

Records: Jordan 12-6, 3-1; Jefferson 13-6, 3-4.

Fremont 85, South Gate 46--Dion Champion had 19 points and 12 rebounds and Beaver Patterson scored 18 to lead the host Pathfinders in a Southeastern Conference game Friday.

Records: Fremont 14-5

Verbum Dei 93, Murphy 51--The Eagles’ used constant full-court pressure, good rebounding and balanced scoring in blowing out the host Nobles on Friday.

Jammal Cobbs, who had a game-high 23 points, led four Eagles in double figures. Andre Miller (18), Andre Smith (13) and Eric Colbert (11) were the others. Verbum Dei out-rebounded Murphy 28-19 and benefited from 14 steals.

Records: Verbum Dei 18-2, 6-0; Murphy 7-13, 4-3.

Carson 76, Dorsey 69--Carson and Dorsey were a little shaky after a two-week layoff from the earthquake and did not score for the first two minutes of a Southern Pacific Conference game at Dorsey Wednesday.

But Carson settled down and never relinquished the lead after jumping to a 5-2 advantage en route to a win.

Anthony Browder and Charles Perry combined to score 15 of the Colts’ 20 points in the second quarter. Browder finished with a game-high 24 points and nine rebounds. Perry had 18 points despite sitting out most of the second half because of foul trouble.

Records: Dorsey 11-5, 3-1; Carson 12-4, 4-0.

Crenshaw 104, Washington 73--Crenshaw’s scoring trio of Tremaine Fowlkes, Kris Johnson and Reggie McFerren accounted for 70 points in a Southern Pacific game Wednesday at Washington.

Records: Crenshaw 15-2, 4-0; Washington 7-9, 0-4.

Manual Arts 88, University 56--John Thompson scored 30 points coming off the bench and Andrew Dawson added 23 as Manual Arts won a Metro League game Wednesday at University.

Thompson made six of eight three-pointers to lead the Toilers and Darwin Carter, a 6-1 guard, chipped in a season-high 17 points. Toiler star David Rickenbacker, who averages 21 points a game, was benched for unspecified disciplinary reasons.

Records: Manual Arts 14-4, 3-1.

Westchester 90, Los Angeles 48--Guard Seneca Hester, who scored 10 points, was the only Roman to score in double figures in a Metro League loss at Westchester Wednesday.

Records: Los Angeles 10-9, 0-1.

Eagle Rock 64, Wilson 46--Frank Rubio scored 15 points in a Northern Conference loss at Eagle Rock Wednesday. Point guard Vinh Trinh led Eagle Rock with 18 points.

Roosevelt 51, Jefferson 48--Roosevelt center Paul Burgueno scored a game-high 19 points on nine-of-10 shooting from the floor in an Eastern League game at Roosevelt on Wednesday.

Guard Carlos Hernandez added 14 for the Roughriders. Point guard Anthony Martin led the Democrats with 15 points.

Records: Roosevelt 7-9, 1-2; Jefferson 13-5, 3-3.

Bell 61, Jordan 52--Bell forward Ruben Munoz scored 20 points and front-court mate Jerry Espinoza had 19 and 14 rebounds as the Eagles beat Jordan to take over first place in the Eastern League on Wednesday.

Records: Jordan 11-6, 4-2; Bell 8-9, 5-1.

Bell Gardens 63, Montebello 54--Forward Danny Escobar, who scored 18 points, hit four key free throws late in the fourth quarter as Bell Gardens won the Almont league championship on Tuesday.

Records: Bell Gardens 17-5, 7-0.

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL

South Gate 41, Fremont 38--Ruby Maciel led South Gate with a game-high 17 points, but the Rams needed Anna Roesner down the stretch to secure the victory in a Southeastern Conference game Friday at home.

Maciel had 13 first-half points, but was scoreless in the fourth quarter.

Roesner, though, was more than enough to pick up the slack. The 5-11 senior center scored five of the Rams’ nine fourth-quarter points and grabbing a game-high 12 rebounds.

The Pathfinders trimmed a 37-31 deficit with less than five minutes to play to 38-36 with 2:21 left. Roesner scored on a layup to increase the Rams’ lead to 40-36 with 1:47 remaining and South Gate forced two turnovers in the final minute to notch its sixth victory in a row.

Records: Fremont 12-8; South Gate 12-3.

San Gabriel 40, Bell Gardens 38--Bell Gardens rallied from a 38-33 deficit to tie the score on a three-point basket by Adriana Villalobos with 37 seconds left, but the Matadors sank two free throws 16 seconds later to win an Almont League game at Bell Gardens Friday.

Records: San Gabriel 18-4, 8-0; Bell Gardens 11-9, 4-4.

Jefferson 65, Jordan 33--Jackie Leverett had 22 points and eight blocks and Chaka Smith scored 19 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for the host Democrats in a Southeastern Conference game Friday.

Records: Jordan 1-9; Jefferson 12-7.

Garfield 40, Bell 30--Monica Abundis had 14 points and Alma Cabral grabbed nine rebounds for the visiting Bulldogs in a Southeastern Conference game Friday.

Records: Garfield 6-7; Bell 9-7.

Lincoln 59, Belmont 57--Elizabeth Garcia sank a baseline jump shot with 20 seconds left to break a 57-57 tie in a Northern Conference game at Lincoln Friday.

Belmont missed four shots in the closing seconds, including a three-point attempt by Zakiyyah Johnson, who had 15 points and 16 rebounds. Inocencia Ibarra of Lincoln led all scorers with 21 points.

Records: Belmont 7-6; Lincoln 5-6.

South Gate 52, Grant 33--Ruby Maciel had 16 points and Myrna Arreola scored 11 for the host Rams, who opened a 42-15 lead after three quarters of the nonconference game Wednesday.

Records: Grant 2-7; South Gate 11-3.

Garfield 55, Huntington Park 28--Monica Abundis had 11 points, including three three-point baskets, to lead the Bulldogs in a Southeastern Conference game Wednesday.

Records: Garfield 5-7; Huntington Park 3-14.

Roosevelt 53, Fremont 50--Denise Caudillo scored 13 of her 22 points in the fourth quarter as the Roughriders overcame a seven-point deficit with 4:17 to play in a Southeastern Conference game Wednesday at Fremont.

Records: Roosevelt 11-1; Fremont 12-7.

Jefferson 66, Locke 40--Chaka Smith had 24 points and 14 rebounds to pace the Democrats in a Southeastern Conference game Wednesday at Jefferson. Kyetra Brown scored 16 points and Jackie Leverett added 15 points for Jefferson.

Records: Locke 5-9; Jefferson 11-7.

Belmont 36, Marshall 34--Zakiyyah Johnson followed a missed free throw with nine seconds left to break a 34-34 tie in a Northern Conference game at Marshall Wednesday.

Records: Belmont 7-5; Marshall 13-4.

Washington 65, Crenshaw 56--The Generals came back from a nine-point halftime deficit to beat defending City 4-A champion Crenshaw in a Southern Pacific Conference game Wednesday at Crenshaw.

Records: Crenshaw 13-4.

Lincoln 62, Hollywood 35--Inocencia Ibarra scored 18 points and Veronica Martinez had 14 to lead the host Tigers in a Northern Conference game Tuesday.

Records: Hollywood 1-9; Lincoln 4-6.

Wilson 45, Eagle Rock 30--Adriana Castellanos had 22 points and Maricela Magallanes added 10 for the host Mules in a Northern Conference game Tuesday.

Records: Eagle Rock 8-7; Wilson 7-7.

Bell Gardens 60, Montebello 25--The Lancers recorded their largest margin of victory this season in an Almont League game at Montebello Tuesday. Monica Malagon had 28 points and eight rebounds, and Espy Landeros added 14 points and six steals for Bell Gardens.

Records: Bell Gardens 11-8, 4-3; Montebello 1-23, 0-7.