Martin’s 70 points sets city record

Cheyne Martin saved his best offensive showing for the last day of

the regular season.

Martin poured in a new city youth record of 70 points to power the

Clippers past the Celtics, 95-87, in the city of Laguna Beach

Community Service Department’s Junior Basketball League.

The Clippers, who clinched the regular season title with the

victory, got the win despite the absence of starting center Nat

Weaver.

Their short and quick attack was led by Martin who hit from both

inside and out and connected on 32 field goals to tie Jim

Richardson’s 1974 record for most field goals in a game.

Martin also hit six for six free throws which allowed him to break

Richardson’s single-game city scoring record of 68 points set in that

same 1974 season.

Nick Witte scored 13 points and River Myers had eight points for

the Clippers, their output helping to offset a 37-point effort by the

Celtics’ Brian Delino and 36-point game by Nathan Pickett.

The Clippers held a 48-46 halftime lead.

In other games:

Lakers 53, Tartans 40

The Lakers moved into a second-place tie with the Tartans in the

final regular season standings by defeating their league rival.

Ian Butters dropped in 23 points and Brennan Healy scored 17 to

lead the Lakers.

Tyler Stower hit a pair of 3-point shots and finished with 16

points to top the Tartans who led by eight at the half but scored

just 11 points after intermission.

Trailblazers 74, Bruins 47

The Trailblazers blazed past the Bruins as E.J. Gomez poured in 27

points, including three, three-pointers and Bobby Monroe added 21

points.

Patrick Curran’s 18 points and 10 more from Jeff Chom topped the

Bruins.

Martin leads league in scoring

During the regular season, Martin led all scorers with a 52.3

points per game average.

Delino was next at 33.5 and four players averaged more than 20

points: Gomez (28.0), Butters (23.2), Dan Morrison of the Tartans

(22.7) and Monroe (21.4).

Other double-digit scoring averages were posted by Healy (18.4),

Curran (17.9), Pickett (15.1) and the Tartans’ Costa Kontoulis

(14.3).

Martin also topped the league in free throw shooting by hitting

83.3% (40 of 48).

Butters led the league in three-point baskets with 44. Martin was

next with 21, followed by Morrison who had 18, Gomez with 15 and the

Trailblazers’ Ty Fleming who finished with 13.

Final regular season league standings: 1. Clippers, 8-2; 2T.

Lakers and Tartans, 6-4; 4T. Celtics and Trailblazers, 5-5; 6.

Bruins, 0-10.