BOYS' BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK

BOYS’ BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK

By MIKE BRESNAHAN

Jan. 30, 2001 12 AM PT

Chad Phillips can save the halftime speech for another day.

The first-year Canyon coach had already planned out his halftime speech before a Foothill League game against Saugus on Friday.

Earlier in the month, the Cowboys fell, 85-42, to Saugus. But Canyon led by 20 at halftime on the way to a 77-61 victory.

“A lot of teams who get blown out their first [league] game, could have easily lost their next five,” Phillips said. “We were pretty much on the whole time.”

Canyon (14-8, 5-1) devoted 15 minutes of each practice to breaking Saugus’ pressure defense. The result? Only 10 turnovers on Friday.

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

BOYS’ BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK

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