BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Charging Call Allows Palmdale to Escape

Littlerock High, the fourth-place team in the Golden League, thought it had upset The Times’ third-ranked team on its home floor Tuesday night, but a charging call with one second left wiped out the would-be winning basket and allowed Palmdale to beat the Lobos, 58-56.

Palmdale (16-3, 10-0 in Golden League play) took a 57-56 lead when Maurice Wright made a 10-foot baseline jump shot. Littlerock (8-10, 4-6) rushed the ball up the floor and John George, who scored 18 points, made a layup with one second left. However, James Jefferson was called for an offensive foul after he passed to George.

In other boys’ basketball games:

Highland 58, Antelope Valley 56--Highland’s Pharoah Davis scored 27 points before fouling out with two minutes to play in the Golden League game.

Adam O’Leno scored from underneath to break a 54-54 tie with 48 seconds left and Jamal Dedeaux (21 points) made two free throws to give the Bulldogs (12-6, 7-3) a four-point lead with 17 seconds remaining.

Arcadia 40, Hoover 37--Raffie Hajjar’s basket with 40 seconds left gave Arcadia its first lead in the Pacific League game.

Glendale 67, Pasadena 45--The Dynamiters (16-5, 4-1) held Pasadena (12-7, 4-2) to 17 points in the second half of a Pacific League game. Glendale was led by Manny Gonzalez (18 points), James Fuller (15) and David Elliott (13).

Calabasas 90, Viewpoint 61--Nick Alexander had 26 points and 13 rebounds and Ryan Coleman added eight assists for the Coyotes (8-9) in a nonleague game.

Moorpark 54, Santa Paula 50--Keith Linton’s jumper with three seconds to play gave Moorpark a Frontier League victory.

MEN

The Master’s 94, CS San Bernardino 76--Andy Thompson scored 22 points to lead the Mustangs (19-3) to a nonconference victory at Newhall. Emeka Okenwa had 14 rebounds for The Master’s.

GIRLS

Royal 54, Thousand Oaks 42--Tawnee Cooper scored 17 points to lead the Highlanders (12-3, 5-2) in a Marmonte League game. Paula Getty-Shear said the victory was the Highlanders’ first over the Lancers (13-6, 5-3) in her six years at Royal.

Buena 56, Rio Mesa 34--Eboni Conley scored 20 points to lead the Bulldogs (14-1, 8-0) to a Channel League victory. Mikko Giordano added 11 points.

Oak Park 62, La Reina 52--Alexa Valavanis had eight points, 10 rebounds, six steals and six assists for the Eagles (14-5, 4-1) to a Tri-Valley League victory. Alicia Valavanis added 20 points for Oak Park.

WOMEN

Claremont-Mudd 81, Cal Lutheran 62--Cal Lutheran held a three-point lead at the half, but surrendered 49 second-half points in a Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game.