Mater Dei Pounds Mayfair’s Prediction

Lakewood Mayfair Coach David Breig predicted his Monsoons would beat Mater Dei in Monday’s Dream Classic at Loyola Marymount.

Then, after the Monarchs dismantled Mayfair, 73-48, Breig said his team would beat Mater Dei in a rematch.

“I’ll take my guys against anyone,” Breig said after his team shot only 34.6% from the field and failed to match up against Mater Dei center Jamal Sampson. “As a coach, you have to have confidence. I don’t regret [predicting] anything.”

Sampson, who finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds, said the Monarchs laughed at Breig’s first prediction, which appeared in a local newspaper.

“We found it funny,” Sampson said. “I never heard a high school coach come out and predict something like that. It was a bold statement.”

It certainly was, considering that Mater Dei (18-2), the top-ranked team in Orange County and the Southern Section Division I-A, outplayed Mayfair (13-3), the No. 1 team in the Division II-A poll, in almost every facet of the game.

Stanford-bound Josh Childress, Sampson’s childhood friend, finished with a game-high 20 points, including an NBA-range three-pointer and a 360-degree dunk. But he couldn’t overcome the Monarchs’ inside game and fast-breaking, opportunistic play.

“I could turn around and shoot at will,” said Sampson, who’s headed to Cal. “There wasn’t anybody who could block my shots.”

UCLA-bound guard Cedric Bozeman had 18 points, seven rebounds and six assists for Mater Dei, which built a 43-25 lead early in the third quarter. Mayfair trimmed the deficit to 50-36 heading into the fourth.

But Ricky Porter made a three-pointer, and Bozeman made a left-handed layup and another shot inside to put the Monarchs back ahead comfortably early in the fourth.

Guard Edwin Draughan, who is headed to Yale, finished with 17 points for Mayfair.

In other Dream Classic games:

Compton Dominguez 65, Fresno Clovis West 61--Tyson Chandler had 17 points, 15 rebounds and 11 blocked shots for the Dons, who won despite shooting 35.6% from the field.

Jason Walberg scored 18 points and Chris Hernandez had 17 for Clovis West, which made 14 of 28 free throws. Dominguez made eight of 14.

Fontana 56, Chino Hills Ayala 51--Trayvon Williams scored 14 points and Shedrack Okoebor had 13 for Fontana.

Torrance Bishop Montgomery 78, Corona Centennial 60--Derrick Craven scored 24 points on 10-of-13 shooting for the Knights. Centennial’s Jamaal Williams had a game-high 31 points.

Inglewood 74, Redondo Union 53--Anthony Davis scored 21 points and D’Angelo Collins had 14 points and 16 rebounds for Inglewood. Dijon Thompson and Adam Zahn each scored 15 points for Redondo Union.

In other nonleague games:

No. 3 Santa Margarita 94, Estancia 40--Santa Margarita had a 56-10 lead at the end of the first half as 11 Eagle players scored in the game. Lenny Collins had 19 points and R.J. Socci had nine points and seven assists for Santa Margarita (17-2). Eliasar Maldonado had 19 points for Estancia (6-10).

Fallbrook 62, Irvine 60 (OT)--Jontel Carter put Irvine ahead 60-59 with two free throws but Malik Legree’s three-pointer at the buzzer gave Fallbrook the win.

Massud Naderi had 14 points and Jorian Quinn had 13 for Irvine (9-11).

Tim Manning had 15 points for Fallbrook (12-5).