Arroyo Tournament

Championship: Walnut 36, Bishop Amat 29
Offense was a rarity to begin with and Bishop Amat finished the 1st leading 6-4. Walnut rallied 10-3 during a stint in the 2nd and took command 18-14 before the break, headed by 5 points out of Josiah Gin off a pair of Zach Galman assists.

The Lancers marched back to even the score 23-23 on a Tyler Goldston layup prior to the 3rd’s bell but couldn’t really finish nor execute down the all-crucial 4th, shooting 2 of 9 from the field and completing only 2 of 10 free throws. Adam Balderas was on the brink of making it a 1 point game 2:45 from the wire for Bishop Amat before a rebounding violation nullified the second foul shot. Amat failed to score afterward and the Mustangs’ Karlo Galvez (named all-tournament MVP) kicked in when the team needed it the most, scoring 4 of Walnut’s last 5 points to clinch the trophy.

BA – Abel Rodriguez 13, Balderas 8, Goldston 5, Daniel Rodriguez 2, Scott Wiard 1
WAL – Galvez 9, Galman 5, Gin 5, Brandon Mason 5, Leonard Rhodes 4, Corey Quon 4, Chibuzo Okoro 2, Cameron Lew 2

3rd Place: Mark Keppel 70, La Cañada 60
Aztec guard Timmy Wong funneled 4 sssists, and sophomore wingman Sam Thim hit 4 3-pointers in the first half before capping the night with 8 consecutive free throws accounting for a game high 32 points in Keppel’s stoutly contested 70-60 win over La Cañada.

The Spartans jumped out to a quick 6-0 lead as Omar Rady hit back to back 3s but the Aztecs finished the quarter on a 17-5 run powered by 3 of Thim’s 4 trios. Keppel led by as much as 13 with 2:17 left in the 3rd.

Rocky Moore knocked down 3 of the initial 4 La Cañada deuces to narrow the gap at 6 2:59 remaining. The Aztecs called timeout and, whatever game plan head coach Hung Duong worked to perfection, as Keppel worked and ate up the next 2:08 on both sides of the ball. During this stretch a Dean Ichiriu-to-Aaron Lee layup plus a pair of Timmy Wong (11 pts, 8 rebs, 4 assist, 3 steals) FTs built a 10 point advantage that the Spartans tried desperately to close in a Mike McGlashan vs. the Aztecs back and forth run-n-gun chase that sent Thim to the charity stripe 4 times within about 20 regulation seconds.

LC – Rady 14, Jeff Grigg 12, McGlashan 12, Moore 9, Clarke Anderson 8, Andrew Schiller 3, Mason Holle 2
MK – Thim 32, Wong 11, Ichiriu 11, Lee 7, Jordan Young 5, Justin Young 4

5th: Monrovia 68, Los Altos 65 (1 OT)
Monrovia’s Derrin Jenkins heaved up a desperation 3 that banked in at the buzzer, sending the game into overtime where the Wildcats had a little 6-0 rush and survived multiple scares from Los Altos thereafter, walking out a 68-65 victor.

Gerad Chin couldn’t make it fall for the Conquerors in three attempts outside the arc in the extra period, and as time wound to mere ticks, a 30 footer from Johnny Medina rattled off the rim and was rebounded by a Monrovia player to seal the win.

The Conqs scored the last 8 of the 1st half to build a 16 point, 33-17 lead but Monrovia closed the 3rd on a 14-4 scurry to pull within 4 at 37-41, then all-out muscled the zone in the 4th through the trio of Chris Smith, Chris Bullock, and Isiah Brame. With Jenkins’ buzzer banker notwithstanding, the three amassed 20 total that period. Four Los Altos players finished with double figure efforts in the loss.

LA – Medina 16, Cris Hanacek 11, Leon Miles 10, Chin 10, Alvin Tan 8, Juan Su 6, Juan Rojas 2, Steve Flores 2
MON – Bullock 32, Smith 16, Brame 9, “J” Henderson 6, Jenkins 5

7th: West Covina 48, California 33
Once again Cal struggled offensively out of the gate, allowing the WC to build a 12-0 wall on the Condors halfway thru the 1st. A pair of Shawn Carter 3s pulled Cal to within 7, 18-25 at the break.

The 3rd was relatively anemic as both the Condors and Bulldogs combined to fail 10 of 17 FT attempts plus a morbid 4 for 26 mark from the field.
Jesse Ili garnered the WC’s only 2 FGs of the period.

West Covina heated up in the 4th scoring 15 unanswered points during a 5 minute stretch to put it away, capped by 3 consecutive possessions to buckets by Ricky Washington and some late points from Alonzo Nevarez.

WC – Nevarez 14 (plus 10 rebs), Washington 12, Estevan Sanchez 12, Mario Bracamontes 5, Ili 4, Kang Hsu 1
CAL – Carter 14, Chris Ortiz 11, Jordan Saleapaga 3, Michael Arceo 2, RJ Rodriguez 2, Victor Cruz 1 (with 14 rebs)

Consolation Championship – 9th: Arcadia 58, Wilson (Hacienda Heights) 48
Franky Yan caught a smooth rhythm to bulls-eye 4 of 5 from the field and all 3 FT attempts, totaling a co-team high 13 point performance on the night along with teammate Darnell Allen. Allen cashed via dominant low post, zone and baseline intensity and earned a spot on the all-tournament team for his effort in this game.

Taylor Lagace, Aaron Case, and Alex Chang powered the Apaches away from the Wildcats in the 4th, banding together for a 6 for 6 FG showing.

Wildcat center Ahmed Aboulatifa led all scorers with 17, doing most damage playing a strong up-tempo game in the paint early to tally 12 of Wilson’s 15 in the 1st.

ARC – Yan 13, Allen 13, Lagace 9, Kiran Koneru 7, Chang 6, Drew Matsuda 6, Case 4
WSN – Aboulatifa 17, Eric Cheng 15, Justin Buenviaje 10, Michael Wong 4, Jeffrey Nibo 2

11th: Montclair 60, La Puente 56
Cavalier shooters totaled 10 completions from past the arc, including a key 3 by Jordan Huyser that reclaimed the lead for Montclair 51.4 to go in the game. Huyser also put the icing on the cake for the Cavs’ victory via a pair of bonus FTs at the 1.4 second timepoint.

La Puente fell behind by 11, 39-50 heading into the stretch, where they came back 17-5 against Montclair for a 56-55 edge at 1:10 via Robert Cruz’s off the bench 3 before Huyser finished off the Warriors.

LP was led by a 20 point, 8 rebound, 6 steal try by Martin Garcia.

LP – Martin Garcia 20, Cruz 9, Andrew Garcia 8, Edward Bonilla 8, Jacob Sandoval 7, David Chacon 3, Roman Castaneda 1
MCR – Huyser 17, Tory Gilroy 12, David Castaneda 12, Raymond Moreno 6, Pascual Valdez 6, George Gerrardo 4, Adam Castillo 3

13th: Bell Gardens 72, Arroyo 56
Arroyo committed a whopping 25 turnovers in the 1st half and, in one 3rd quarter stretch forked over 8 consecutive possessions, all of which Bell Gardens fed off of to sail clear at closing, 72-56.

The Knights finally picked up some bit of momentum in the 4th where they added 22 to BG’s 21. Irvin Iraheta bucketed 10 of a team high 14 pts in this quarter.

Forward Robert Santiago rang up a game best 18 pt outing for BG, and wingman/shooting guard Gil Ceniceros collared 14 in addition to 6 rebs and 5 steals.

BG – Santiago 18, Ceniceros 14, Travon Williams 13, Scott Williams 8, Michael De La Torre 5, Albert Chavez 4, Albert Lara 3, Enrique Escobedo 3, Luis Preciado 2, David Varela 2
A – Iraheta 14, Mark Roche 11, Kevin Avila 8, Ronnie Graham 8, Marco Monsivaiz 6, Ricky Gonzales 4, Aaron Magno 3, Roman Monsivaiz 2

15th: South El Monte 49, Covina 44
The Southmen finished on the positive end of an evenly matched battle with Covina and clinched the match on a pair from the line by Manny Acosta, who totaled 18 plus 10 boards for a 2x2x.

Covina power forward Devin Bodney had 18 as well, plus 11 reb to top the Colts in scoring and reb. Bodney was efficient from the paint and outside.

SEM – Manny Acosta 18, Isaiah Alcantar 10, Lupe Peña 7, Eric Duenas 6, Jose Garay 5, Jimmy Curren 2, Jimmy Valencia 1
COV – Bodney 18, Tyrone Crump 8, Tyler Johnson 8, Jacob Gonzales 4, Rudy Espinoza 4, JC Ellis 2