DIVISION V-AA

Pasadena Poly 40, Campbell Hall 34--For more than three quarters, Campbell Hall had top-seeded and undefeated Pasadena Poly right where it wanted.

The unheralded Vikings held a four-point lead with seven minutes left in the game. Then reality set in.

Campbell Hall did not score again until there was less than a minute remaining and the Panthers came back for a quarterfinal victory at Campbell Hall.

Viking Coach Brian Haloossim said his team simply made too many mistakes down the stretch. He found little consolation in the fact that his team held Pasadena Poly (26-0) to its lowest point total of the season.

“We didn’t make the right decisions,” he said. “Our system has gotten us this far and we just didn’t execute.”

Haloossim said the Vikings (20-10) did a good job defending Pasadena Poly’s 6-foot-7 center, Koko Archibong, who finished with a game-high 12 points. “It was the other guys that beat us,” he said.

The biggest basket of the game might have been a three-pointer by Matt Lawler that gave Pasadena Poly a 34-29 lead with 2:20 remaining. Lawler had three three-point baskets and 11 points.

Guard Hassan Bassiri scored 11 points for Campbell Hall before fouling out in the waning seconds.