McKinney Leads Inglewood

By BEN BOLCH

Feb. 26, 2000 12 AM PT

Ed McKinney’s three-point basket from the wing with 10 seconds remaining lifted third-seeded Inglewood High to a 43-42 victory over Santa Margarita in a Southern Section Division II-AA boys’ basketball quarterfinal playoff game Friday night at Inglewood Morningside.

“It was definitely not the kind of shot we wanted,” said Inglewood Coach Patrick Roy, whose team improved to 25-4, “but under the circumstances, we’ll take it.”

McKinney finished with nine points--all on three-point shots.

Lenny Collins of Santa Margarita missed a desperation shot near the three-point line at the buzzer.

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

McKinney Leads Inglewood

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