HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS : San Dimas Turns Harvard Inside Out : Southern Section Division III-A: Saints hit three-pointers, don’t let Collins twins dominate.

They played the entire 32 minutes Friday night, but San Dimas High needed only six.

A third-quarter burst was the difference in the Saints’ 73-64 victory over Harvard-Westlake in the Southern Section Division III-A semifinals at Glendora High.

Trailing, 36-33, at halftime, San Dimas started the third quarter with a 19-6 run. In that stretch, San Dimas made four of five three-point shots. The Saints (24-4) made nine of 17 in the game.

“We haven’t been shooting as well as we could,” San Dimas Coach Gary Prestasater said. “I knew we could do it sometime.”

Jeremy Veal, the Saints’ Arizona State-bound swingman, made three three-pointers and scored 23 points. Jason Koerner also had three three-pointers and Sean Smith made two.

“We didn’t really know that about them,” Harvard senior guard Scott Garson said of the three-point shooting. “We knew Jeremy Veal was a great player. They are a great team.”

The Saints will play in their third consecutive section championship game a week from today.

Top-seeded Harvard-Westlake (24-3) settled for a school record for victories.

“We played pretty well,” Wolverine Coach Greg Hilliard said. “We would have liked to get the ball inside more often, but in the heat of battle, kids don’t always execute the way they are supposed to.”

Wolverine 6-foot-7 freshman Jarron Collins scored 19 points. His twin brother Jason added 13 and Garson added 21, including four three-pointers.

The lead changed hands 10 times and the score was tied seven times in the first half. Harvard took a three-point lead after one quarter on a buzzer-beating 50-foot shot by Bobby Ahn.

In the second half, Harvard dropped into a zone defense to protect the Collins twins from further foul trouble, but San Dimas then hit several open three-pointers to pull away.

When the lead got to 10 points late in the quarter, the Saints slowed the tempo, holding the ball for as long as 40 seconds at a time. The Wolverines spread their defense, setting up easy layups.

Harvard pulled to within 59-56, but San Dimas made 10 of 11 free throws to seal the victory.