Telfair Puts on a Show for NBA Audience

Enough former NBA players were in the stands Saturday in the Pangos Dream Classic at UCLA to start an old-timers’ game. Enough elite high school players were on hand to form an All-American team.

Danny Ainge, Mitch Kupchak, Elgin Baylor, Kiki Vandeweghe and Mike Dunleavy were among the general managers and coaches who came to watch some of the nation’s brightest prospects make their case for the NBA draft in June. There was even a legendary baseball announcer, as Vin Scully decided to pull up a chair.

For the most part, it would have been difficult for any one of the estimated 6,000 in attendance to have left disappointed, especially after watching Sebastian Telfair of New York Lincoln and Bryce Taylor of North Hollywood Harvard-Westlake combine for 68 points in the third of five games at Pauley Pavilion.

Telfair, a 5-foot-11 point guard who has signed with Louisville but could be a first-round NBA draft pick, scored 37 points to lead the Railsplitters to an 85-82 overtime victory over Harvard-Westlake.

“Great team, great atmosphere out there,” said Telfair as he accommodated a long line of autograph seekers after the game.

Telfair made six of his first seven shots, had two assists and scored 14 points to give Lincoln a 25-14 lead. He scored nine points in the second quarter and the Railsplitters led by 20 points at the half.

But Harvard-Westlake (7-5), ranked No. 8 in the Southland by The Times, showed it has some talent. Taylor scored 17 points in the third quarter, including 13 in a row at the start, to bring the Wolverines within two points at the start of the fourth quarter.

Telfair banked a three-point basket with 2 minutes 1 second left in regulation to put Lincoln (9-3) ahead, 76-70, but Zach Woolridge, the son of former NBA player Orlando Woolridge, made two three-point baskets in the final minute to force overtime.

Harvard-Westlake went cold from the field, missing six of its first seven shots and two of three free throws to fall behind, 85-79. Taylor, who finished with a team-high 31 points, made a three-pointer at the buzzer to cut the deficit to three.

Compton Dominguez 66, Southwest Atlanta Christian 52 -- The Dons held the Warriors to 12 first-half points after Dwight Howard, their highly touted 6-11 center, picked up his third personal foul with 2:46 remaining in the first quarter and sat out the rest of the first half.

Dominguez took a 22-point lead into the fourth quarter.

Bryan Harvey scored 18 points to lead Dominguez. Howard scored 22 of his game-high 24 points in the second half.

Riverside King 55, Los Angeles Price 51 -- Price received a technical foul with 14.9 seconds left after trying to call a timeout with none left. The Wolves made one of two free throws, kept possession and made two more free throws with 11.8 seconds left.

Matt Thomas scored 16 points and Deandre Robinson had 14 for No. 20 King, which led by 13 points midway through the third quarter before Price went on a 17-4 run to tie the score early in the fourth quarter. Matthew Palmer scored 20 points for the Knights.

Seattle Rainier Beach 45, Bakersfield 42 -- Robert Swift, a 7-1 center who has signed with USC, scored 14 points for Bakersfield, ranked No. 22 in the nation by USA Today. Terrence Williams scored 17 points to lead No. 8-ranked Rainier Beach.

Woodland Hills Taft 61, Reseda Cleveland 60 -- Jordan Farmar made two free throws with no time remaining and the Toreadors escaped with the victory. Farmar drew a blocking foul from Corey Duncan on a length of the floor inbounds pass from Alex Drob.

Jason Hill had made one of two free throws with 2.8 seconds remaining to give the Cavaliers a 60-59 lead.