Williams Helps Shoot Holes in Canyon’s Wish List, 65-32

BURBANK —  The Canyon High boys’ basketball team would have liked nothing better than to come into Burbank’s gymnasium and steal a victory.

The wish, however, didn’t come true. In fact, Canyon wished while Burbank swished.

Burbank shot a blazing 60% through three quarters en route to a 65-32 rout in a Foothill League game Tuesday night.

The Bulldogs (12-9), who shot 50% in the game, had scoring runs of 18-3 and 16-1 in the second and third quarters and stayed in first place with a 5-2 league record.

Canyon (13-9, 4-3) collapsed after leading early, 6-0. The Cowboys, who beat the Bulldogs, 47-43, two weeks ago, shot just 22.5%, committed 18 turnovers and had seven shots blocked.

“I like this game, because it was for first place and the defense was intense,” said Burbank Coach Ron Quarterman, whose Bulldogs have won five in a row.

Sophomore guard Juni Williams led Burbank with 19 points after being benched for the first quarter for disciplinary reasons. Senior forward Matt Baker added 15 points and 14 rebounds, and guard Tom Ngo had 13 points.

Todd Suenaka had 10 points for Canyon, which trailed, 15-13, after the first quarter, but made only five of 43 shots thereafter.

Ngo had nine of Burbank’s 15 first-quarter points.

Williams hit two three-point shots and had 10 points in Burbank’s 14-2 run that started the second quarter.