Boys' basketball: Compton makes second-quarter push

Boys’ basketball: Compton makes second-quarter push

Staff Writer

March 20, 2010 4:51 PM PT

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Compton scored seven of the final nine points of the first half to take a 28-22 halftime lead over San Diego Lincoln in the Southern California regional Division II championship at the Galen Center.

After the Hornets made it 21-20 on a pair of free throws, the Tarbabes reeled off seven consecutive points on three free throws by Cliff Sims Jr. and layups by Allan Guei and Anthony January.

Lincoln scored the final basket of the half on two free throws by Victor Dean. Compton is bidding to make its first trip to a state title game.

The shooting has been abysmal for both teams. Lincoln is making only 17.2% of its shots, including one of eight three-point attempts, compared to 25.8% shooting for Compton. The teams have missed so many shots that they’ve already combined for 49 rebounds in only 16 minutes of action.

--Ben Bolch

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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.