Sullivan Show Is Pulled Off the Air

Ian Sullivan of La Canada High made six of his team’s nine three-point baskets in regulation against Pasadena Marshall in the champ-ionship game of the La Canada/St. Francis/Bell-Jeff tournament Tuesday night, but he couldn’t get a shot in overtime.

Instead, two other La Canada players missed three three-point attempts in overtime and the Spartans lost, 70-68.

“They did a box-and-one [defense] on us and Ian couldn’t get free of his man,” La Canada Coach Tom Hofman said. “Other people needed to step up and they didn’t. We can’t depend on Ian in every situation.”

The Spartans (9-3) suffered a blow when center Matt Moore, the tournament’s co-most valuable player, was knocked dizzy when he took a hit to his head in the second quarter.

Although Moore finished with a game-high 21 points, the 6-foot-7, 240-pound senior clearly wasn’t himself, managing just six rebounds in limited action.

“That really affected our rebounding [in the second half],” Hofman said.

La Canada took a 66-63 lead in overtime on a free throw by David Hudes with 2:17 remaining.

But Marshall made all four of its free throws and a three-pointer by Davarian Machey to claim a 70-66 lead with two seconds left.

Moore received a length-of-the-court pass and dunked uncontested at the buzzer.

Only starters scored for Marshall, which was led by Machey’s 20 points and Miles Alexander’s 19.

La Canada led by as many as 10 points in the third quarter, but Marshall kept chipping away.

The Eagles capped a 10-3 run to finish the third quarter with a 25-foot three-pointer by Brandon Marshall at the buzzer to close to within 44-41.

With the Spartans leading, 56-48, with five minutes remaining in regulation, Marshall used a 13-3 run to take a 61-59 lead with 40 seconds left.

Two free throws by Sullivan tied the game with 14 seconds left.

In other tournament games:

Burroughs 79, Muir 65--Jeremy Cartee scored 10 of his 26 points in the second quarter when the Indians (8-3) took control of the third-place game.

Kevin Krose added 16 points, Ronnie Castro scored 13 points and Preston Tucker had 11 for Burroughs.

Castro hit three three-point baskets in the second half.

Bishop Montgomery 76, Grant 67--Despite a 39-point performance by Gilbert Arenas, the Lancers (6-5) were outscored, 46-30, in the second half in the fifth-place game.

Moorpark 86, North Hollywood 64--Musketeer forward Kevin Lawrence made 17 of 24 shots and had 39 points and nine rebounds in the ninth-place game, finishing the five-game tournament averaging 27 points and 13 rebounds.

Sophomore Todd Tomlinson added 14 points and Keith Donahue had 12 points and nine rebounds for Moorpark (8-3). Dejon Lee scored 23 points for the Huskies (6-5).