UCI’s Flowers Will Transfer to SCC

UC Irvine guard Jason Flowers said Monday he will transfer to Southern California College to play next season for former Anteater assistant Cameron Dollar.

Flowers, a 6-foot-1 sophomore from Bellflower averaged five points last season. He averaged eight points as a walk-on in 1997-98 and his play was so impressive that Coach Pat Douglass awarded Flowers a full scholarship.

This season started slowly for Flowers, who lost playing time to a trio of freshman guards.

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Tonight’s Southern California Division I boys’ basketball playoff game between Mater Dei and Chula Vista Bonita Vista has changed sites. The Monarchs (31-3) play the San Diego Section champion Barons (29-4) at Eastlake High in Chula Vista at 7:30.

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Sunny Hills has hired Tim Brogden as its football coach, Athletic Director Ralph Trigsted said.

Brogden, 39, replaces Tim Devaney, who resigned at the end of last season after 17 years.

Brogden has been at Cerritos Gahr for the past seven years as a football and wrestling coach. In his only head coaching experience, he led the Gladiators’ football team to a 5-5 record last year.

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Two former local high school standouts lead Westmont against Concordia in the Golden State Athletic Conference men’s basketball championship game at 7:30 tonight at Whittier College.

Guard Kevin Falconer and forward Joe Ortiz, all-county selections at Calvary Chapel, lead Westmont (26-4), which finished second in the regular season.

Concordia (19-15) tied for fourth in conference.