Boys' basketball: Mater Dei has early one-point lead

Boys’ basketball: Mater Dei has early one-point lead

Staff Writer

March 20, 2010 8:35 PM PT

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Mater Dei finished the first quarter on an 8-2 run to take an 18-17 lead after the first quarter of their much-anticipated Southern California Division I regional championship at the Galen Center.

Westchester was up, 15-10, when Max Hooper and Tyler Lamb made consecutive three-point baskets and Lamb wowed the crowd with an up-and-under layup.

Both teams are showing the ability to put together quick runs and score in bunches.

--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.