Basketball

Maybe UCLA has discovered the answer to boosting home attendance at men’s basketball games.

Just have Jordan Chiles perform at every halftime.

When the Olympic gymnast put on her “Dancing with the Stars” routine in November during an otherwise humdrum matchup against Pepperdine at Pauley Pavilion, the Bruins drew 9,103 fans. It remains, by far, their largest crowd of the season.

Unfortunately, Chiles isn’t available for every game. That leaves her school in need of more realistic solutions for another season of lagging attendance for what’s supposed to be its marquee sport.

UCLA’s home average of 5,211 fans entering its game against Maryland on Saturday evening at Pauley Pavilion is ranked third to last among the 18 Big Ten teams, topping only Northwestern (4,886) and USC (4,280).

Among a litany of explanations, there are the usual (tickets are too expensive, students have been on winter break) and relatively new (the team is disappointing, the best nonconference games are being held as neutral-site fundraisers for name, image and likeness endeavors).

While it’s almost certain that attendance will rise as the Bruins (10-5 overall, 2-2 Big Ten) enter the heart of conference play — more than 10,000 fans are expected for a showdown against No. 5 Purdue later this month, and the crosstown rivalry game against USC isn’t until February — the team could use some additional solutions for a problem that has plagued it in recent years.

What can be done to get more people in the building?

“That’s a Martin Jarmond question,” UCLA coach Mick Cronin said Friday, referring to the school’s athletic director. “You know, there’s only so many things I can worry about. I’ve been getting that [question] since my days at Murray State. Donors, fans, friends of mine come with ideas — marketing, tickets. They have whole divisions of the athletic department to worry about that.

“Imagine having to raise $10 million to pay your team and you have to do it because the athletic department fundraisers raise money for the athletic department. So I think I’ll leave the marketing up to the marketing department.”

UCLA coach Mick Cronin cheers on his team against Oregon at Pauley Pavilion on Dec. 6.

(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

As part of its new ticketing partnership with Elevate, UCLA continues to tweak its pricing strategy. The entities have begun implementing dynamic pricing that can be adjusted based on demand, though they remain constrained by a new process that will be improved into a more nimble operation in the future.

Some fans might simply be unwilling to pay the asking price to see a team that has fallen short of expectations.

Tickets on UCLA’s website for the Maryland game range from $24 for a corner seat in the upper deck to $310 for a seat at midcourt in the lower level. (Each seat also comes with an additional ticketing fee ranging from $7 to $35.50, depending on location.)

One could buy a midrange smartphone for what it costs to see the Bruins play Purdue in a prime seat. Those tickets range from $44.50 for a corner seat in the upper deck to $449.50 at midcourt in the lower level. A comparable lower-level midcourt seat to see the Lakers face Milwaukee on Friday at Crypto.com Arena could be found on StubHub for $505.

UCLA has mitigated the pricing issue with promotions such as “Fours Up Fridays,” which offered fans $4 tickets for three Friday nonconference games; $10 tickets for the Arizona State, Northwestern and Rutgers games; and mini-plans offering bundled tickets at a discounted rate. Students were offered free entry for nonconference games in addition to free food during games while school is in session and a student attendance challenge providing prizes based on attendance.

Part of the attendance problem in recent seasons has been a lack of exciting nonconference opponents. The Bruins’ most attractive nonconference games this season — against Arizona, Gonzaga and California — were held at neutral sites to raise NIL money for each team.

“Everybody in the country is doing what we’re doing, would you agree with that?” Cronin asked a reporter inquiring about bringing more enticing nonconference opponents to Pauley Pavilion.

Well, yes and no.

While neutral-site NIL games have indeed become a major trend, some schools have continued to play big-name nonconference opponents on their home court. Arizona played Auburn. Duke played Florida. Michigan played Villanova. Kansas played Connecticut.

UCLA’s most attractive nonconference home game was against Arizona State, which isn’t exactly a national brand. The game drew only 5,553.

“They’re a high-major team in the Big 12 and everybody said we’ve got to keep Pac 12 rivalries,” Cronin said of the Sun Devils. “But everybody else, everybody in the country has got to raise money and is playing neutral-site games — everybody. Unless you know some donors that want to give me $5 million to pay players, we’ve got no choice.”

Some additional promotions could entice fans in the weeks to come. UCLA is offering 7,500 fans a free John Wooden bobblehead for the Purdue game. There will be a white-out theme, including a free rally towel for all fans, against Indiana.

Ultimately, the easiest answer won’t cost a thing. As always, winning is the best promotion.

Etc.

Cronin said guard Skyy Clark, who has been sidelined since suffering a hamstring injury in the second half against Iowa last week, was considered doubtful to play against Maryland. … Cronin said everything was on the table to improve the team’s lackluster defense, including lineup changes, schematic changes and the possibility “we don’t practice offense the rest of the year.” … UCLA will honor Dodgers manager and former Bruins outfielder Dave Roberts as the honorary captain Saturday. A limited edition “Westwood Brothers” T-shirt featuring Roberts and Cronin together in a playful twist on the movie “Step Brothers” can be purchased with a $25 donation to Men of Westwood. Fans must email their receipt to menofwestwoodtickets@gmail.com before picking up the shirts on the north concourse during the game. Asked if he had seen his likeness on the shirt, Cronin said, with a chuckle: “Somebody told me it was awful.”

Junior guard Zaire Rasshan of Damien knows football. His father, Osaar, was a backup quarterback at UCLA from 2005-09. Rasshan played quarterback his freshman season at Damien until deciding basketball was his No. 1 sport.

So when Rasshan looked up at the scoreboard Thursday night at Etiwanda in the first quarter and saw the Spartans had scored the first 24 points, he had to think football.

“That was crazy,” he said. “That’s three touchdowns and a field goal.”

Damien (17-4, 2-0) was able to hold off Etiwanda 56-43 to pick up a key Baseline League road victory. Winning at Etiwanda has been a rarity for many teams through the years. But Damien’s fast start couldn’t have been any better. The Spartans didn’t miss any shots while playing good defense for their 24-0 surge. Etiwanda’s first basket didn’t come until the 1:38 mark of the first quarter.

“When we play together, we can beat anyone,” Rasshan said.

Rasshan was a big part of the victory, contributing 23 points. Eli Garner had 14 points and 11 rebounds.

Etiwanda came in 18-1 and 1-0 in league. The Eagles missed 13 free throws, which prevented any comeback. The closest they got in the second half was within 11 points.

Damien’s victory puts it squarely in contention for a Southern Section Open Division playoff spot. The Spartans lost in the final seconds to Redondo Union in the Classic at Damien, showing they can compete with the big boys in coach Mike LeDuc’s 52nd season of coaching.

Rasshan is averaging nearly 20 points a game. He made three threes. And he hasn’t forgotten how to make a long pass, whether it’s with a football or basketball.

PARIS — Laurent Vinatier, a French political scholar serving a three-year sentence in Russia and facing new charges of espionage, has been freed in a prisoner swap with France, officials said Thursday.

French President Emmanuel Macron said on X that Vinatier is “free and back in France,” expressing “relief” and “gratitude” to diplomatic staff for their efforts to win his release.

In exchange, Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin, jailed in France and whose extradition was demanded by the United States, was released and returned to Russia on Thursday, Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, said in a statement.

Russian state news agency Tass released what it said was FSB footage showing Vinatier in a black track suit and winter jacket being informed about his release, to which he said “Thank you” in Russian, being driven in a car and boarding a plane after Kasatkin descended from it. It wasn’t immediately clear when the video was filmed.

Vinatier was arrested in Moscow in June 2024. Russian authorities accused him of failing to register as a “foreign agent” while collecting information about Russia’s “military and military-technical activities” that could be used to the detriment of national security. A court convicted him and sentenced him to a three-year prison term.

Last year, Vinatier was also charged with espionage, according to the FSB — a criminal offense punishable by 10 to 20 years in prison in Russia.

The scholar has been pardoned by Russian President Vladimir Putin, the security agency said.

France’s Foreign Ministry said that Vinatier was being welcomed at the Quai d’Orsay alongside his parents by Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot.

The ministry said that Barrot informed ambassadors of Vinatier’s release “at the moment of the president’s tweet,” during a closed-door address. Barrot would post publicly “after his meeting with Laurent Vinatier and his family,” the ministry said.

Putin has promised to look into Vinatier’s case after a French journalist asked him during his annual news conference on Dec. 19 whether Vinatier’s family could hope for a presidential pardon or his release in a prisoner exchange. The Russian president said at the time that he knew “nothing” about it.

Several days later, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Russia had made “an offer to the French” about Vinatier.

Vinatier is an advisor for the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, a Switzerland-based nongovernmental organization, which said in June 2024 that it was doing “everything possible to assist” him.

The charges that he was convicted on relate to a law that requires anyone collecting information on military issues to register with authorities as a foreign agent.

Human rights activists have criticized the law and other recent legislation as part of a Kremlin crackdown on independent media and political activists intended to stifle criticism of the war in Ukraine.

In recent years, Russia has arrested a number of foreigners — mainly Americans — on various criminal charges and then released them in prisoner swaps with the United States and other Western nations.

The largest exchange since the Cold War took place in August 2024, when Moscow freed journalists Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva, fellow American Paul Whelan, and Russian dissidents in a multinational deal that set two dozen people free.

Kasatkin, the Russian basketball player freed in Thursday’s swap, had been held since late June after his arrest at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport at the request of U.S. judicial authorities and was held in extradition custody at Fresnes prison while French courts reviewed the U.S. request.

Kasatkin’s lawyer, Frédéric Belot, told the Associated Press that the player had been detained last June at the request of the United States for alleged involvement in computer fraud. Belot said that Kasatkin was accused of having acted as a negotiator for a team of hackers. According to the lawyer, Kasatkin had purchased a second-hand computer that hadn’t been reset.

“We believe that this computer was used remotely by these hackers without his knowledge,” Belot said. “He is a basketball player and knows nothing about computer science. We consider him completely innocent.”

Belot, who represents both Vinatier and Kasatkin, added that the French researcher is “totally innocent of the espionage acts that were alleged against him.”

Corbet, Adamson and Petrequin write for the Associated Press.

When his team lost three consecutive games during what was shaping up as a rocky debut season, Mick Cronin made players and coaches go through practices without the UCLA logo on their tank tops and shorts.

There’s currently no need to strip anyone of anything.

This already looks nothing like what UCLA basketball is supposed to be.

The defense is lagging, the roster is lacking and nobody seems to know what to do about it.

A second consecutive loss has dropped the Bruins squarely into bubble territory for the NCAA tournament, somewhere a team that wears these four letters across its chest should never be. They are a middling 10-5 with no compelling victories and a .500 record early in Big Ten play.

Barring a major midseason course correction, UCLA is in danger of missing the only postseason tournament that matters for the second time in three seasons.

The last Bruins coach to survive that scenario was Ben Howland, who immediately entered the next season on the hot seat, his fate seemingly a fait accompli. Even a Pac-12 regular-season title couldn’t save Howland, who was dismissed after the Bruins lost in the opening round of the NCAA tournament.

Cronin doesn’t appear in danger of a similar destiny given his recent contract extension that runs through the 2029-30 season. Unless both sides negotiated a settlement of his buyout or Cronin took a job elsewhere, UCLA would owe him $22.5 million if it moved on before April 1 and $18 million at the same point in 2027.

Since Cronin is probably going to be around for a while unless things completely bottom out, it’s far more productive to focus on what he needs to do to salvage his current conundrum. So here are five fixes designed to get a team that entered the season ranked No. 12 playing closer to expectations:

Calabasas pulled off a huge win in high school basketball on Tuesday night, handing Thousand Oaks its first defeat after 16 victories in a Marmonte League opener.

The Coyotes (13-5) have quietly turned around their season after a 2-4 start, winning 11 of their last 12 games.

One of the major contributors has been 6-foot-3 junior guard Johnny Thyfault, who’s averaging 16 points and has become a fan favorite because of his dunking skills. He also leads the team in taking charging fouls.

He transferred to Calabasas after his freshman year at Viewpoint.

As for beating Thousand Oaks, coach Jon Palarz said, “We got to play them at home and had great effort.”

This is a daily look at the positive happenings in high school sports. To submit any news, please email eric.sondheimer@latimes.com.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS

BOYS
CITY SECTION
Chatsworth 57, Marquez 37
Fairfax 77, Carson 40
Foshay 76, Northridge Academy 72
Franklin 64, SOCES 41
Granada Hills Kennedy 70, Castaic 59
LA Jordan 53, Granada Hills 46
LA University 60, Wilmington Banning 43
Narbonne 65, Dorsey 48
North Hollywood 66, King/Drew 63
Rise Kohyang 51, Valor Academy 48
San Pedro 67, LA Hamilton 37
South Gate 48, Orthopaedic 47
Torres 65, Santee 58
Venice 63, Los Angeles 31

SOUTHERN SECTION
Aliso Niguel 65, Mission Viejo 56
Apple Valley 78, Serrano 64
Arcadia 87, Burbank Burroughs 51
Azusa 65, Nogales 47
Banning 75, Desert Hot Springs 57
Beckman 66, Trabuco Hills 53
Beverly Hills 79, Hawthorne 26
Big Bear 50, Silver Valley 48
Bishop Amat 77, Bosco Tech 37
Bishop Montgomery 73, Verbum Dei 52
Blair 91, Monrovia 62
Bonita 66, Claremont 50
Burbank 84, Hoover 69
California 105, Saddleback 77
Cathedral City 68, Desert Mirage 49
Charter Oak 50, West Covina 39
Citrus Hill 63, Lakeside 44
Crespi 85, Alemany 46
CSDR 66, Anza Hamilton 27
Desert Chapel 60, Public Safety Academy 36
Downey 60, Norwalk 36
Duarte 64, Garey 30
Eastvale Roosevelt 72, Riverside King 60
Edgewood 66, Ganesha 20
Foothill Tech 50, Highland 40
Fountain Valley 51, Newport Harbor 49
Glendora 65, Diamond Bar 60
Harvard-Westlake 84, Chaminade 51
HMSA 67, Ambassador 58
Holy Martyrs Armenian 59, Le Lycée 55
Inglewood 130, Compton Centennial 45
Keppel 57, Montebello 22
La Canada 45, Temple City 44
La Puente 57, Bassett 36
La Salle 58, Salesian 41
La Serna 76, El Rancho 37
Leuzinger 73, Lawndale 51
Loma Linda Academy 61, Mesa Grande Academy 31
Los Alamitos 57, Huntington Beach 47
Mayfair 63, Gahr 50
Millikan 89, Lakewood 31
Mountain View 64, Pasadena Marshall 58
Newport Beach Pacifica Christian 71, Santa Monica Pacifica Christian 41
Norte Vista 102, Patriot 56
Orange Vista 50, Riverside Poly 48
Oxnard Pacifica 76, Buena 69
Paloma Valley 70, Heritage 48
Paramount 71, Firebaugh 69
Perris 80, Arlington 77
Ramona 92, La Sierra 36
Rancho Verde 81, Liberty 45
Rio Mesa 63, Ventura 57
Rosemead 49, El Monte 28
Rowland 41, Northview 28
Royal 60, Grace 47
Rubidoux 56, Jurupa Valley 42
Samueli Academy 58, Avalon 36
San Bernardino 60, Indian Springs 57
San Marino 67, South Pasadena 55
Santa Barbara 77, Oxnard 52
Santa Monica 68, Culver City 46
Schurr 57, San Gabriel 45
Segerstrom 43, Orange 21
Sierra Canyon 50, St. Francis 47
Sierra Vista 72, Baldwin Park 42
St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy 78, St. Paul 61
Temecula Valley 81, Capistrano Valley Christian 65
Tesoro 78, Capistrano Valley 39
Valley View 59, Riverside North 52
Walnut 66, Ayala 58
Warren 89, Lynwood 59
Workman 62, Pomona 26

INTERSECTIONAL
Granada Hills Kennedy 70, Castaic 59

GIRLS
CITY SECTION
Bernstein 41, Huntington Park 16
Chatsworth 70, Marquez 24
Northridge Academy 46, Bell 38
RFK Community 39, LA Marshall 28
San Fernando 46, Sun Valley Magnet 15
Van Nuys 41, Vaughn 17

SOUTHERN SECTION
Apple Valley 40, Serrano 35
Baldwin Park 40, Sierra Vista 39
Buena Park 75, Segerstrom 50
Burbank 65, Hoover 9
Burbank Burroughs 62, Arcadia 45
Carpinteria 51, Channel Islands 34
Claremont 53, Bonita 47
Costa Mesa 41, Garden Grove 38
Crescenta Valley 74, Muir 19
CSDR 65, Anza Hamilton 29
Desert Chapel 40, Public Safety Academy 4
Desert Hot Springs 42, Banning 35
Duarte 56, Garey 24
Edgewood 60, Ganesha 23
Excelsior Charter 50, AAE 46
Fairmont Prep 47, Corona Centennial 45
Flintridge Prep 70, Chadwick 12
Fullerton 44, La Palma Kennedy 41
Gabrielino 57, South El Monte 27
Geffen Academy 33, Lennox Academy 6
Glendale 58, Pasadena 31
Glendora 56, Diamond Bar 26
Godinez 67, Santa Ana Calvary Chapel 29
Hacienda Heights Wilson 75, Covina 32
Heritage 60, Valley View 29
Hesperia 47, Ridegcrest Burroughs 36
Hillcrest 54, Perris 16
Holy Martyrs Armenian 56, Buckley 16
Inglewood 69, Compton Centennial 42
Jurupa Valley 57, Rubidoux 12
Keppel 79, Montebello 30
La Canada 66, Temple City 30
La Puente 30, Bassett 20
La Quinta 47, Palm Springs 26
La Serna 60, El Rancho 39
Leuzinger 65, Lawndale 50
Liberty 55, Riverside North 46
Loma Linda Academy 49, Arrowhead Christian 31
Long Beach Wilson 37, Long Beach Poly 27
Mayfair 76, Firebaugh 9
Miller 50, Highland Entrepreneur 0
Monrovia 43, Blair 27
Moreno Valley 81, Hemet 32
Nogales 49, Azusa 9
Norwalk 45, Dominguez 36
Oak Hills 81, Sultana 11
Pasadena Marshall 54, Mountain View 16
Patriot 59, Norte Vista 20
Rancho Christian 112, Canyon Springs 24
Rancho Verde 53, Paloma Valley 48
Ramona 61, La Sierra 21
Riverside Poly 60, Orange Vista 23
River Springs Magnolia Academy 38, Temecula River Springs 25
Rowland 45, Northview 38
San Bernardino 47, Indian Springs 33
Santa Fe 46, Whittier 35
Santa Monica 42, Culver City 37
Santa Monica Pacifica Christian 44, Burbank Providende 35
Santa Paula 64, Fillmore 19
Schurr 46, San Gabriel 21
Shalhevet 68, Oakwood 64
Silver Valley 60, Big Bear 13
South Pasadena 55, San Marino 32
St. Monica Academy 60, Palmdale Aerospace Academy 29
Twentynine Palms 51, Indio 24
Vista del Lago 23, Arlington 21
Walnut 58, Ayala 23
Warren 56, Bellflower 17
West Covina 41, Charter Oak 19
Yucca Valley 56, Coachella Valley 51

INTERSECTIONAL
Castaic 49, Lakeview Charter 18
Simi Valley 47, SOCES 36
Vistamar 48, WISH Academy 21

On the opening night of Mission League basketball action Wednesday, there was a huge upset, one close call and two easy victories.

Loyola, down 16 points going into the fourth quarter, started making threes and stunned Sherman Oaks Notre Dame on the road 72-68. Deuce Newt scored 23 points for the Cubs (10-9). First-year coach Cam Joyce saw his team take a leap in ability when Newt became eligible on Dec. 26 after transferring from Campbell Hall. Randall Sanders added 15 points.

No. 1-ranked Sierra Canyon (14-1) held on for a 50-47 win over St. Francis. The Golden Knights gave the Trailblazers a real scare with a chance to tie at the end of regulation. Maxi Adams made two clutch free throws in the final seconds for Sierra Canyon. Brandon McCoy had 19 points and 12 rebounds. Cherif Millogo scored 14 points for the Golden Knights.

Harvard-Westlake improved to 18-2 with an 84-51 win over Chaminade (18-2). Amir Jones made six threes and had 26 points. Joe Sterling added 22 points and Dominique Bentho had 11 points and 13 rebounds.

Crespi (14-6) defeated Bishop Alemany 87-59. Jasiah Williams and Christian Tshina-Nzambi each scored 20 points.

On Friday night, it will be Notre Dame at Sierra Canyon, Harvard-Westlake at Crespi and Chaminade at Loyola.

Arcadia 87, Burroughs 51: Owen Eteuati Edwards scored 23 points and had eight rebounds for Arcadia.

Fairfax 77, Carson 40: Dominick Bowie had 14 points for the Lions.

San Pedro 67, Hamilton 37: Chris Morgan had 14 points and eight rebounds for the Pirates (13-4).

California 105, Saddleback 77: Jair Linares had 26 points for 11-7 California.

Tesoro 78, Capistrano Valley 39: Dean Mika finished with 23 points for 18-3 Tesoro.

St. Monica 67, St. Bernard 58: St. Monica won in overtime. Jordan Ballard scored 20 points for St. Bernard.

Los Alamitos 57, Huntington Beach 47: Sophomore Isaiah Williamson contributed 11 points and 12 rebounds in the Sunset League win.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

TUESDAY’S RESULTS

BOYS

CITY SECTION

Chatsworth 43, Los Angeles 28

Downtown Magnets 55, Wilmington Banning 47

East College Prep 45, Collins family 41

East Valley 52, San Fernando 48

East Valley 79, Sun Valley Magnet 28

Harbor Teacher 49, New Designs University Park 32

LA Roosevelt 65, Franklin 64

Lincoln 74, LA University 65

Locke 52, Animo Robinson 44

Panorama 54, Sun Valley Magnet 50

San Pedro 64, Granada Hills 51

Sherman Oaks CES 53, Verdugo Hills 48

View Park 69, Manual Arts 52

SOUTHERN SECTION

ACE 65, Lakeview Leadership Academy 49

Adelanto 58, Granite Hills 34

Aquinas 74, Woodrest Christian 52

Arlington 51, La Sierra 35

Arroyo Valley 50, San Jacinto 46

Beaumont 59, Redlands 48

Big Bear 81, Riverside Prep 35

Bolsa Grande 68, Santa Ana Valley 30

Brea Olinda 57, Troy 49

Buckley 66, de Toledo 34

Cajon 62, Yucaipa 58

Calabasas 63, Thousand Oaks 57

California City 74, Desert 36

California Lutheran 80, United Christian Academy 29

Camarillo 63, Royal 49

Carter 67, Bloomington 39

Century 44, Magnolia 25

Chaffey 63, Don Lugo 55

Chino 76, Ontario 65

Chino Hills 64, Upland 51

Corona Centennial 54, Fairmont Prep 51

Cerritos 77, Glenn 31

Crean Lutheran 80, Anaheim Canyon 54

Crossroads 69, Viewpoint 39

Cypress 64, La Habra 55

Damien 79, Rancho Cucamonga 46

Eisenhower 71, Riverside Notre Dame 69

El Dorado 59, Villa Park 57

El Modena 37, Garden Grove Pacifica 34

Estancia 58, Westminster La Quinta 47

Etiwanda 46, Los Osos 30

Godinez 50, Garden Grove 46

Grace 67, Pilgrim 35

Great Oak 69, Chaparral 53

HMSA 72, Animo Leadership 48

Irvine University 63, St. Margaret’s 48

Laguna Hills 90, Buena Park 69

Lancaster Baptist 49, Desert Christian 48

Los Amigos 64, Savanna 42

Mira Costa 67, Palos Verdes 50

Moorpark 57, Simi Valley 54

Newbury Park Adventist 64, Hillcrest Christian 60

Nordhoff 69, Hueneme 38

Northwood 62, Laguna Beach 59

North Torrance 46, South Torrance 44

NSLA 56, Cornerstone Christian 42

Oaks Christian 83, Newbury Park 36

Oakwood 61, YULA 48

Palmdale Aerospace Academy 67, Trinity Classical Academy 60

Pioneer 66, Artesia 52

Placentia Valencia 49, La Palma Kennedy 45

Portola 90, Sage Hill 51

Rancho Alamitos 54, Saddleback 47

Redlands East Valley 74, Citrus Valley 32

Redondo Union 72, Wiseburn-Da Vinci 35

Riverside North 58, Norco 42

Rosamond 77, Frazier Mountain 37

San Fernando Valley Academy 62, Highland Hall 37

San Jacinto Valley Academy 73, San Jacinto Leadership 47

Santa Clarita Christian 73, PACS 52

Santa Paula 70, Fillmore 47

Segerstrom 80, Santa Ana 60

Servite 62, St. Anthony 56

Sonora 70, Yorba Linda 64

South Hills 61, San Dimas 56

Summit 78, Jurupa Hills 44

Summit Leadership Academy 55, Victor Valley Christian 44

Tahquitz 73, Anza Hamiton 12

Temecula Prep 69, California Military Institute 29

Temecula Valley 83, Murrieta Mesa 78

Tustin 64, Santa Ana Calvary Chapel 52

University Prep 70, Hesperia Christian 63

Victor Valley 73, Barstow 53

Village Christian 78, Heritage Christian 76

Western 49, Anaheim 42

West Ranch 61, Valencia 58

West Torrance 65, El Segundo 51

Whitney 69, Oxford Academy 50

INTERSECTIONAL

Brawley 54, Palo Verde Academy 52

Cleveland 88, St. Paul 74

GIRLS

CITY SECTION

Bernstein 51, LA Marshall 45

Birmingham 54, Granada Hills Kennedy 46

Bolsa Grande 50, Rancho Alamitos 43

Huntington Park 38, Marquez 35

LA Hamilton 61, Bell 11

Northridge Academy 48, MSCP 23

RFK Community 61, Chatsworth 53

SOUTHERN SECTION

Adelanto 67, Granite Hills 30

Alemany 82, Marymount 29

Aliso Niguel 50, Dana Hills 41

Anaheim 67, Westminster La Quinta 14

Anaheim Canyon 53, Crean Lutheran 49

Arroyo Valley 23, Eisenhower 18

Beaumont 56, Redlands 32

Bishop Amat 47, St. Mary’s Academy 23

Brentwood 83, Archer School for Girls 22

California Lutheran 45, United Christian Academy 20

Carter 60, Bloomington 19

California City 62, Desert 23

Calvary Baptist 69, Pomona 7

Camarillo 66, Royal 25

Cantwell-Sacred Heart 51, St. Pius X-St. Matthias 44

Canyon Country Canyon 71, Golden Valley 27

Capistrano Valley Christian 42, Coastal Academy 30

Cerritos 84, Glenn 11

Chaffey 44, Don Lugo 28

Chaparral 62, Great Oak 36

Chino 55, Ontario 28

Chino Hills 50, Upland 41

Citrus Valley 40, Redlands East Valley 26

Colony 64, Alta Loma 51

Cypress 74, La Habra 26

Desert Christian 67, Lancaster Baptist 31

Diamond Ranch 36, Montclair 32

El Modena 46, Garden Grove Pacifica 10

El Toro 55, Mission Viejo 15

Etiwanda 69, Los Osos 33

Hesperia Christian 47, University Prep 38

Immaculate Heart 29, AGBU 28

Jurupa Hills 58, Rim of the World 29

Lakewood St. Joseph 69, Bishop Montgomery 46

La Salle 43, St. Anthony 40

Long Beach Jordan 59, Mayfair 30

Los Alamitos 28, Corona del Mar 20

Los Amigos 32, Savanna 31

Lucerne Valley 45, PAL Academy 2

Marina 54, Fountain Valley 40

Marlborough 52, Harvard-Westlake 47

Moorpark 57, Simi Valley 32

Murrieta Mesa 55, Temecula Valley 31

Notre Dame Academy 47, Flintridge Sacred Heart 29

Oaks Christian 63, Newbury Park 47

Orange Lutheran 58, Godinez 31

Pasadena Poly 69, Mayfield 8

Pioneer 61, Artesia 45

Rancho Cucamonga 90, St. Lucy’s 24

Redondo Union 68, West Torrance 53

Riverside Prep 45, Big Bear 24

Rosamond 72, Frazier Mountain 9

Rosary Academy 56, Portola 52

Sacred Heart of Jesus 50, St. Genevieve 45

Sage Hill 92, Laguna Beach 28

San Dimas 55, South Hills 36

San Jacinto 66, Linfield Christian 21

Santa Ana Valley 43, Saddleback 27

Santa Clarita Christian 49, PACS 28

Saugus 50, Hart 11

Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 67, Louisville 38

Silver Valley 62, CIMSA 30

St. Bernard 33, Mary Star of the Sea 31

St. Bonaventure 74, Santa Clara 4

Summit 47, Fontana 35

Tahquitz 63, Anza Hamilton 31

Temecula Prep 37, California Military Institute 12

Thousand Oaks 69, Calabasas 20

Trabuco Hills 38, Tesoro 35

Troy 75, Brea Olinda 43

Valencia 82, West Ranch 29

Village Christian 54, Heritage Christian 31

Villa Park 68, El Dorado 25

Westlake 51, Agoura 34

Whitney 57, Oxford Academy 28

Whittier Christian 58, Maranatha 56

Windward 79, Campbell Hall 52

Wiseburn-Da Vinci 58, El Segundo 32

Yucaipa 71, Cajon 20

INTERSECTIONAL

Venice 61, St. Monica 51

John Bobich, in his 26th season coaching San Pedro High basketball, knows a few tricks in the coaching trade. All you had to do is listen and watch in the third quarter when he put 6-foot-5 junior Aidan Applegate into the game. Applegate was crouching at the scorer’s table waiting to be buzzed in.

“This is your chance,” Bobich told him.

Applegate had a shot blocked, which didn’t deter him. By the fourth quarter, he was comfortable and confident, scoring eight points in the quarter and finishing with eight rebounds to help San Pedro pull away from Granada Hills 64-51 in a Marquez tournament game between two potential City Section Open Division playoff teams.

Applegate said when he heard Bobich’s words of motivation, he thought, “It’s my opportunity to show what I could do.”

Bobich has known Applegate since he was 8 years old. In fact, Bobich knows most of his San Pedro players from coaching or seeing them play in local recreation leagues. His son is on the team. San Pedro is 12-4 and favored to win the Marine League. Ricky Alonso led the scoring with 19 points and Elias Redlow, AJ Bobich and Chris Morgan added 10 points apiece.

Granada Hills received 20 points from Kristapor Kedikian. Applegate celebrated his 17th birthday with the team serenading him.

Girls basketball

Birmingham 54, Kennedy 46: The Patriots (14-3) received 21 points from Kayla Tanijiri.

If you asked Los Alamitos basketball coach Nate Berger to be honest about early expectations for a team that returned zero starters, he would have said a 1-9 start wouldn’t have been surprising.

But the Griffins, loaded with backups from last season and members of a good junior varsity team, are 8-6 going into an early Sunset League showdown with 16-1 Corona del Mar on Monday.

Tyler Lopez has been leading the way. The senior committed to Jessup University in Northern California is averaging 17 points and eight rebounds. Sophomore Isaiah Williamson, younger brother of former Eastvale Roosevelt standout Issac Williamson, has been making major contributions.

Berger has been pleased with his players’ growing experience and confidence after some early season struggles adjusting.

“I was pleasantly surprised how my team responded and some of these young players have jelled,” he said.

This is a daily look at the positive happenings in high school sports. To submit any news, please email eric.sondheimer@latimes.com.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — As I sat at a corner table inside another Courtyard by Marriott over the weekend, a floor-to-ceiling window protecting me from the 25-degree chill on a dreary morning, it struck me how much easier this would all be to do from home.

Nap until game time. Pick up the remote. Get a closeup view of every play.

Of course, that approach would also have deprived me — and Times readers — of so much over the last 10 years of being the only full-time traveling beat writer with the UCLA men’s basketball team.

Feeling a piece of stray confetti float against my cheek inside Lucas Oil Stadium after the Bruins reached the Final Four.

Seeing Prince Ali bound down a hallway inside Oregon’s Matthew Knight Arena while yelling, “This is highway robbery, baby!” after the Bruins came back from nine points down with 51 seconds left.

Chatting with master storyteller Hep Cronin inside Kentucky’s Rupp Arena the day before an NCAA tournament game.

Interviewing Jaime and Angela Jaquez poolside in Maui before their son and daughter became on-campus celebrities.

People like to say they have the best seat in the house. Mine has often been 11F, window, on a United Airlines flight to some far-flung game that has made me cherish this decade of memories inside arenas all over the country.

There’s been so much more besides the palpable tension one can only feel sitting courtside, or in one of the media seats increasingly far removed from courtside in recent seasons. I caught a glimpse of Jake Kyman’s teammates dousing him with water after he made seven three-pointers against Washington and assistant coach Rod Palmer obligingly pushed the locker room door open a little wider than usual on his way out. Scanned cardboard cutouts of fans and pets inside San Diego State’s Viejas Arena. Wrote on deadline at Colorado while a trash collector roamed the stands blaring old Pink Floyd favorites from his boom box.

Yes, there have been annoying travel delays, crummy hotels and way too much time spent away from home. (A quick check of my Lifetime Titanium Elite status with Marriott shows 1,592 nights — the equivalent of nearly 4½ years — since 2003 while traveling for The Times in a variety of roles.)

But this is something I’m thrilled just to have the chance to do.

It takes an incredible financial commitment in a time of shrinking media resources to send someone on the road for every game with a college basketball team in 2026. That’s why I’m so grateful to my bosses for letting me take all these trips over the years.

Fortunately, I’m not the only one who realizes how special this is. Every time he sees me at a road game, Chris Carlson, UCLA’s longtime associate athletic director, has made a point to thank me for being there. He did it again Saturday, inside a club room deep within Iowa’s Carver-Hawkeye Arena, after UCLA’s frantic rally had fallen short against the Hawkeyes.

Fans often ask me if I travel on the team plane. That would be a resounding no, leading to innumerable layovers at Chicago O’Hare on the way to somewhere else in Big Ten country while the Bruins travel nonstop via charter. I don’t mind in the least.

Life on the road with the Bruins always packs a wallop, even during down seasons. A few years ago, during coach Mick Cronin’s only losing season with the team, it had just snowed in Pullman, Wash., when I exited a regional jet onto an icy outdoor ramp. I took two steps and fell backward onto my head with such a violent thud that my glasses flew back into the cabin. (I survived, or you wouldn’t be reading this.)

Along the way, there’s been far more laughter than frustration, let alone the need to Google “subdural hematoma.”

I’ve enjoyed every destination in an old conference (Pac-12) without truck stops and a new one (Big Ten) with plenty. I’ve sparked a Twitter war with the Memphis International Airport over a baggage office being closed shortly after sundown. I’ve stood in a hallway when coach Steve Alford threw his players under the bus at Cincinnati — “If you lose,” Alford said, “you get in the gym on your day off and you figure things out, not wait and get in the gym when we meet with you” — not long before the firing of Alford led to the hiring of Cincinnati’s coach.

I’ve heard that new coach — Cronin — yell at his team from two rooms over inside T-Mobile Arena after a loss to Baylor. I’ve also heard Cronin’s teams silence arenas with huge early runs against Stanford, Marquette, Maryland and San Diego State.

Traveling to cover the Bruins has had its side benefits, of course. I’ve seen family in Portland, visited wine country in the Willamette and Napa valleys and taken memorable trips to Arizona and the Bay Area during the COVID-19 season in 2020-21. The enduring image from those trips was the bizarre game against Stanford in Santa Cruz (because of health restrictions in Palo Alto), which featured an equally bizarre ending on an inbounds pass to Cardinals forward Oscar da Silva for a buzzer-beating layup.

There have been white-knuckle prop plane flights from Seattle to Pullman and white-knuckle drives across the Bay Bridge thanks to gephyrophobia. Tense drives from Spokane to Pullman because of the dreaded Colfax speed trap and walls of fog that can blindside you like a fearsome backcourt press.

Including stints covering USC basketball and an additional UCLA season under coach Ben Howland, I’ve logged three trips to the Maui Invitational — including one played in Honolulu — one to the old Great Alaska Shootout and one to Mexico for an exhibition game. The one trip that I really wanted to take — to China in 2017 — and was told no because a boss didn’t think it would be worthwhile ended in an international ordeal. Maybe it was the basketball gods’ way of telling him to keep me on the road.

As the pandemic made the prospect of taking flights seem perilous during the 2020-21 season, I covered a handful of road games off television. Admittedly, it was great to get replays and instant injury reports before hopping on a Zoom for postgame interviews.

But something just didn’t feel right. It wasn’t until the Bruins made the NCAA tournament and I accompanied them for every game on that unforgettable run in central Indiana that I fully understood one of the most important rules of quality coverage.

Being there matters.

Olympic sport of the week: Women’s gymnastics

Jordan Chiles helped UCLA rally to win the Best of the West Quad in Seattle by placing first in all four events.

(Courtesy of Jamie Mitchell)

Trailing California after two rotations in its season-opening meet, the UCLA women’s gymnastics team could rely on something else no one had in its comeback bid.

Jordan Chiles.

Predictably, the Olympic gold medalist helped the fourth-ranked Bruins rally to win the Best of the West Quad at Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle by placing first in all four events.

Sticking her double layout dismount on the uneven bars, Chiles scored a 9.925 to help UCLA overtake the No. 20 Golden Bears and move into third place after the third rotation. Chiles topped herself with maybe her best beam performance at the college level, earning a 10 from one of the two judges and a 9.975 score.

UCLA senior Ciena Alipio contributed a 9.925 on the beam, helping her team edge Cal, 196.875 to 196. Host Washington finished third with 195.625 and No. 19 Oregon State was fourth with 195.550.

The Bruins next face No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 2 LSU and No. 5 Utah on Saturday at the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad in West Valley City, Utah. The meet will be televised live on ABC at 1 p.m. PST.

Opinion time

With two months left before the NCAA tournament, UCLA men’s basketball is teetering on the bubble, with bracketmatrix.com — an aggregator of bracket projections — listing the Bruins as a No. 9 seed before they lost to Iowa on Saturday. Where do you think UCLA finds itself on Selection Sunday?

An elite finish leads to a protected seed

A solid Big Ten run puts it in Nos. 5-7 range

The Bruins just barely make it into the tournament

They’re left out for the second time in three years

Click here to vote in our survey.

Poll results

We asked, “What was your favorite UCLA sports moment of 2025?”

After 453 votes, the results:

The women’s basketball team’s trip to the Final Four, 49%
The men’s water polo team’s national championship, 21%
The football team’s three-game winning streak, 19%
The baseball team makes the College World Series, 9%
The softball team makes the Women’s College World Series, 2%

In case you missed it

Lauren Betts and No. 4 UCLA rout No. 17 USC in a commanding performance

UCLA’s second-half surge can’t erase ‘unbelievably soft’ start in loss to No. 25 Iowa

UCLA’s Bob Chesney rounds out his coaching staff with many joining him from JMU

Jerry Neuheisel is leaving UCLA to rejoin Chip Kelly at Northwestern

Cori Close, passionate about the growth of women’s basketball, wants the media to do its part

Chip Kelly is named offensive coordinator at Northwestern. Can he repair his reputation?

Have something Bruin?

Do you have a comment or something you’d like to see in a future UCLA newsletter? Email me at ben.bolch@latimes.com, and follow me on X @latbbolch. To order an autographed copy of my book, “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die,” send me an email. To get this newsletter in your inbox, click here.

A look at The Times’ top 25 boys’ basketball rankings for the Southland after Week 7.

Rk. School (Rec.); Comment; ranking last week

1. SIERRA CANYON (13-1): Brannon Martinsen starting to contribute after injury; 1

2. REDONDO UNION (16-3): Mira Costa will be the challenge in league play; 2

3. SANTA MARGARITA (19-2): Showdown with St. John Bosco on Friday at home; 3

4. ST. JOHN BOSCO (11-4): Braves need to give Christian Collins some help; 4

5. HARVARD-WESTLAKE (17-2): Mission League showdown with Crespi on Friday; 6

6. SHERMAN OAKS NOTRE DAME (13-4): Knights face Sierra Canyon on Friday; 7

7. LA MIRADA (11-6): Big win over Crespi; 17

8. CRESPI (13-6): Celts start Mission League vs. Bishop Alemany on Wednesday; 10

9. CREAN LUTHERAN (14-5): Begin league play on Tuesday vs. Anaheim Canyon; 5

10. ETIWANDA (17-1): Open league play vs. Los Osos; 12

11. CORONA DEL MAR (15-1): Big league game vs. Los Alamitos on Monday; 9

12. DAMIEN (15-4): Faces Etiwanda on Thursday; 14

13. CORONA CENTENNIAL (15-5): Lost in OT to Coronado; 11

14. SAN GABRIEL ACADEMY (7-6): Close loss to Etiwanda; 13

15. VILLAGE CHRISTIAN (13-5): League showdown with Heritage Christian on Tuesday; 15

16. THOUSAND OAKS (16-0): Lancers face Oaks Christian in league game on Friday; 18

17. BRENTWOOD (18-1): Sophomore Ethan Hill keeps leading Eagles to victory; 19

18. JSERRA (13-8): Lions need to get healthy for Trinity League play; 16

19. MIRA COSTA (16-2): Mustangs quietly looking good for Bay League play; 21

20. ELSINORE (18-0): Kamrynn Nathan is averaging 24.6 points; 22

21. MATER DEI (12-7): Transfer students have given Monarchs a lift; NR

22. LOS ALAMITOS (8-6): Faces Corona del Mar on Monday; NR

23. INGLEWOOD (14-5): Jason Crowe Jr. had games of 50 and 51 points; 24

24. ST. FRANCIS (16-2): 7-foot-4 center Cherif Millogo is living up to expectations; NR

25. WINDWARD (12-6): Open Gold Coast League vs. Campbell Hall on Tuesday; NR

It might be time to write a folk song about the demise of City Section basketball using the music of Peter, Paul and Mary and the new title, “Where Have All the Players Gone?”

The talent level clearly has hit rock bottom only a year after Alijah Arenas was a McDonald’s All-American at Chatsworth High and Tajh Ariza led Westchester to the City Section Open Division title. Because their parents went to City Section schools, Arenas and Ariza stuck it out. Then Arenas graduated early to join USC and Ariza left for St. John Bosco, then prep school.

Westchester is where Ed Azzam won 15 City titles in 42 seasons until his retirement in 2021. Crenshaw is where Willie West won 16 City titles and eight state titles. Taft is where Derrick Taylor won four City titles and coached future NBA players Jordan Farmar, Larry Drew II and AJ Johnson. Fairfax is where Harvey Kitani coached for 35 years, won four City titles and two state titles and earned most of his nearly 1,000 victories. He was followed by Steve Baik and Reggie Morris Jr., each of whom won City championships before leaving.

None of the City schools once considered among the best in Southern California are even close to resembling their glory days, and they aren’t alone. The City Section has lost most of its talent, and it was truly Hall of Fame talent: Marques Johnson and John Williams at Crenshaw; Gail Goodrich at Sun Valley Poly; Willie Naulls at San Pedro; Dwayne Polee at Manual Arts; Gilbert Arenas at Grant; Trevor Ariza at Westchester; Chris Mills at Fairfax. There were decades of success.

There’s no one person to blame. You can’t even place the downfall solely on the Los Angeles Unified School District, whose high schools compete in the City Section.

But LAUSD has done nothing to reverse the trend and didn’t help matters by opening so many new schools in such rapid fashion that longtime legacy schools lost their luster amid declining student enrollment. Things became even more disruptive by the rise of charter schools and private schools taking away top athletes. Adding to that, the loss of veteran coaches frustrated by bureaucracy issues and rules that force programs to secure permits and pay to use their own gyms in the offseason helped further the exodus.

Westchester is 2-8 this season and an example of where City Section basketball stands. Two top players from last season — Gary Ferguson and Jordan Ballard — are now at St. Bernard. Westchester doesn’t even have a roster posted on MaxPreps. King/Drew won its first City Open Division title in 2024 under coach Lloyd Webster. This season Webster sent his senior son, Josahn, to Rolling Hills Prep to play for Kitani. King/Drew is 4-10.

Charter schools Birmingham, Palisades and Granada Hills have separated themselves in virtually all City Section sports including basketball. They have no enrollment boundaries as long as there’s a seat for a student. Palisades lost so many students after the wildfire last year that transfers have been big additions for its teams this school year. Online courses are being offered to help students enroll and compete in sports at charter schools.

The old powers from the inner city — Crenshaw, Dorsey, Jefferson, Locke and Fremont — experienced big changes in demographics. Many coaches are walk-ons and not teachers. The legacy schools have to compete with charter schools View Park Prep, Triumph, Animo Watts, Animo Robinson, WISH Academy and USC-MAE. When young players are discovered and developed, rarely will they stay when one of the private schools or AAU coaches searching for talent spots them in the offseason.

So what’s left? Not much.

Palisades, Washington Prep and Cleveland look like the three top teams this season. All three added transfers to help buck the downward trend. And yet their records are 3-10, 8-8 and 7-6, respectively, against mostly Southern Section teams.

Maybe this can be a fluke one-year plunge to the bottom and the climb back up can begin, aided by coaches who recognize their job is to teach lessons in basketball, life and college preparation. Parents need a reason to send their kids to a City Section school. It’s up to LAUSD and principals to help change the trajectory by finding coaches with integrity, passion and willingness to embrace the underdog role.

There are plenty in the system doing their best. It’s time to start hearing and answering their pleas for help.

With a week to go before opening the Trinity League with a showdown against St. John Bosco at home, Santa Margarita continued its preparation Friday night, defeating defending state Open Division champion Eastvale Roosevelt 65-49 at JSerra.

The Eagles are 18-2 and have one final tuneup Saturday against Fairfax at St. Francis before facing the Braves on Jan. 9.

Santa Margarita almost lost a big lead in the second half before prevailing. The Eagles led 16-2 to start the game. Drew Anderson had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Kaiden Bailey added 14 points and Brayden Kyman 13.

St. Francis 58, Fairfax 41: The Golden Knights (15-2) received 18 points, 11 rebounds, 10 blocks and eight assists from center Cherif Millogo.

Seattle Rainier Beach 75, Mater Dei 67: Former Sherman Oaks Notre Dame senior Tyran Stokes had 26 points for Rainier Beach in Arizona. Zain Majeed led Mater Dei with 28 points.

Servite 76, Rolling Hills Prep 72: The Friars picked up a good nonleague victory before opening Trinity League play.

Campbell Hall 61, Arcadia 54: The Vikings picked up their biggest win of the season. Ean Britt finished with 21 points. Christian Rogers had 15 points.

Inglewood 112, St. Paul 57: Jason Crowe Jr., averaging 43.9 points, scored 50 points in the win at Morningside.

Redondo Union 89, Santa Barbara 54: Chace Holley scored 41 points for the Sea Hawks (15-3).

Calabasas 66, El Camino Real 49: Johnny Thyfault had 17 points for Calabasas.

La Mirada 68, Crespi 57: The Matadores (11-6) helped their Southern Section Open Division playoff hopes by knocking off the Celts. Jordyn Houston had 17 points.

Girls basketball

Ontario Christian 100, Carondelet 49: There’s no slowing down 16-0 Ontario Christian. Tatianna Griffin had 32 points and 11 rebounds. Kaleena Smith added 29 points.

Brentwood 73, Thousand Oaks 50: The Eagles handed Thousand Oaks its second loss of the season. Reena White scored 21 points.

Troy 59, Sonora 42: Lexi Joko scored a career-high 26 points for Troy in a league opener.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

TUESDAY’S RESULTS

BOYS

CITY SECTION

Chatsworth 40, Marquez 36
Franklin 69, Sotomayor 38
Garfield 60, Northridge Academy 47
Granada Hills Kennedy 53, Dorsey 42

SOUTHERN SECTION

Alemany 73, West Ranch 53
Anaheim 60, Loara 28
Barstow 52, Bloomington 48
Brea Olinda 68, Rialto 57
Brentwood 75, Millikan 68
Buena Park 61, Linfield Christian 54
Burbank 70, Canyon Country Canyon 66
Calabasas 69, North Torrance 65
Camarillo 74, Aliso Niguel 59
Cantwell-Sacred Heart 59, Mission Viejo 57
Carter 71, Palm Desert 66
Cerritos 53, Irvine 49
Chaffey 75, Bosco Tech 53
Chino 51, Cathedral 50
Chino Hills 72, Alta Loma 47
Citrus Hill 72, Corona 69
Claremont 56, South Torrance 50
Corona Santiago 80, Golden Valley 53
Costa Mesa 60, Nogales 43
Crespi 57, Crean Lutheran 54
Culver City 66, Cajon 62
Desert Hot Springs 67, Desert Christian Academy 55
Edgewood 51, El Monte 20
Esperanza 70, Bonita 62
Estancia 61, Arlington 59
Etiwanda 51, San Gabriel Academy 47
Faith Lutheran 56, Great Oak 52
Fountain Valley 79, Gardens Grove Pacifica 53
Garden Grove Santiago 45, Segerstrom 42
Glendora 61, Colony 41
Godinez 58, Long Beach Cabrillo 57
Hillcrest 72, Yucaipa 64
Jurupa Valley 58, San Gorgonio 50
Kaiser 51, Banning 46
La Canada 65, Walnut 57
Laguna Beach 68, Rancho Alamitos 56
La Habra 64, Rancho Cucamonga 55
La Salle 60, Flintridge Prep 33
La Serna 65, Silverado 61
Legacy Christian Academy 63, Anaheim Canyon 62
Liberty 59, Eastvale Roosevelt 43
Los Altos 87, Schurr 43
Los Amigos 49, Los Osos 40
Los Angeles Wilson 74, Whittier 61
Marina 62, Western 50
Mesa Grande Academy 49, Escondido Adventist Academy 31
Montclair 47, Royal 45
Morro Bay 57, Valley Christian Academy 50
Newport Beach Pacifica Christian 65, Santa Ana Foothill 47
Newport Harbor 61, Woodbridge 35
Norco 60, Salesian 47
Norwalk 46, Santa Fe 24
Orange Vista 61, MSCP 57
Palmdale Aerospace Academy 68, Azusa 59
Paloma Valley 66, St. Paul 54
Pioneer Valley 65, Twentynine Palms 63
Portola 80, Hacienda Heights Wilson 55
Ramona 59, Heritage 56
Rancho Christian 56, California 47
Redlands East Valley 70, Wiseburn Da Vinci 67
Ridgecrest Burroughs 73, Sierra Vista 67
Rio Hondo prep 55, Lone Pine 43
Riverside King 61, Leuzinger 58
Rowland 53, Garden Grove 48
Santa Maria 66, Coastal Christian 58
Saugus 60, Burbank Burroughs 50
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 74, JSerra 55
Sonora 62, Mission Hills 55
St. Anthony 65, Servite 63
St. Francis 48, Long Beach Poly 43
Summit 75, Rancho Mirage 47
Temecula Prep 66, Western Christian 57
Temple City 85, Duarte 30
Troy 60, Bolsa Grande 44
Warren 80, Compton 65
West Covina 51, Shadow Hills 48
Westlake 51, Eastside 36
Westminster La Quinta 69, Oxford Academy 54
Whitney 55, Santa Paula 39
Windward 90, St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy 73
Xavier Prep 65, Parlier 41

INTERSECTIONAL

Adelanto 65, Chula Vista LCC 14
AGBU 76, Brawley 41
Allen (TX) 73, Oak Hills 60
American Heritage (UT) 66, Capistrano Valley 62
Arcadia 57, Henderson (NV) Liberty 51
Bakersfield Christian 59, Mayfair 44
Beaumont 64, Hughson 51
Beckman 71, Hawaii Baptist Academy 48
Beverly Hills 75, Birmingham 74
Bishop Diego 63, Davis Sr. 60
Bishop Montgomery 56, Fairfax 33
Bishop’s 55, Bellflower 40
Boulder City (NV) 56, Orange 35
Calexico 49, Moreno Valley 47
Central 76, Fairmont Prep 64
Chaminade 76, Seabury 50
Chowchilla 60, Saddleback 41
Cypress 83, Poway 73
Dallas (TX) Oak Cliff Faith Family 91, Inglewood 65
Dallas (TX) Parish Episcopal 72, Eastvale Roosevelt 56
Desert Pines 76, Laguna Hills 73
Dos Pueblos 58, Saratoga 53
Dougherty Valley 66, San Pedro 46
Douglas 80, Oakwood 70
Edison 78, Fernley 40
El Cerrito 53, Ayala 50
Elk Grove Franklin 81, Oaks Christian 66
Folsom 65, Rolling Hills Prep 60
Gillion Academy National 75, SoCal Academy 72
Glendale 56, Blair 54
Granada 54, Vista Murrieta 42
Harbor Teacher 53, Acaciawood 31
Highland 61, Tennyson 51
Hillcrest Christian 73, WSCA 69
Hoover 69, Bell 32
Horizon Prep 44, Avalon 37
Keppel 54, Crenshaw 51
Lake Washington 87, Corona del Mar 82
La Mirada 65, Meridian (ID) Owyhee 56
Las Vegas (NV) Clark 73, Villa Park 58
Layton Christian Academy (UT) 51, Corona Centennial 48
Littlerock 64, Sylmar 63
Loma Linda Academy 63, Paradise Adventist Academy 50
Los Alamitos 60, Auburn (WA) 53
Los Angeles Wilson 74, Whittier 61
Loyola 64, Mesa (AZ) 62
Maryville (TN) 76, Heritage Christian 69
Mater Dei 108, Bellevue (WA) 80
Meadows School 68, Diamond Bar 58
Menlo School 45, Milken 44
Mira Costa 52, Somerset Academy Losee 48
Mission College Prep 46, Gahr 42
Moorpark 67, Eagle Rock 49
North Hollywood 78, Firebaugh 53
Orange Lutheran 93, Cleveland 87
Orange Vista 61, MSCP 57
Oxnard Pacifica 60, Pinole Valley 54
Palo Verde Valley 81, Cathedral City 47
Pasadena 56, Palisades 43
Pasadena Poly 62, Lakeside 41
Phoenix (AZ) Sunnyslope 71, Redondo Union 63
Ponderosa 75, Northview 37
Rancho Bernardo 65, El Dorado 62
Richmond Salesian College Prep 57, Damien 54
Rosemead 60, Ridgeview 53
Sacramento Adventist 69, Newbury Park Adventist 56
Sage Hill 53, Fort Worth Christian 52
Saint Mary’s 66, Valencia 53
San Diego 60, San Marino 36
San Fernando 86, Santa Clarita Christian 64
San Joaquin Memorial 57, Crossroads 48
San Marcos 63, Granada Hills 42
Santa Barbara 61, Oakland Tech 54
Santa Fe Christian 73, Murrieta Mesa 55
Scripps Ranch 67, Downey 64
Shadow Ridge 73, Long Beach Wilson 68
Sierra Canyon 67, Miami (FL) Columbus 60
Simi Valley 54, Otay Ranch 41
South Gate 40, la Sierra 27
St. Bernard 60, Eastside Catholic 46
St. Bonaventure 73, Van Nuys 38
St. John Bosco 70, Phoenix (AZ) O’Connor 58
St. Monica 78, La Jolla Country Day 51
Sunny Hills 59, Henderson (NV) Basic 57
Temecula Valley 67, Huntington Beach 59
Thousand Oaks 76, College Park 44
Valley Christian Academy 66, Kern County Taft 56
Verbum Dei 75, ALA- West Foothills 61
Village Christian 78, Jesuit 71
Vistamar 84, Paramount 80
Westmont 69, Oak Park 60

GIRLS

CITY SECTION

Verdugo Hills 55, Granada Hills 50

SOUTHERN SECTION

Agoura 47, Simi Valley 38
Aliso Niguel 53, Cantwell-Sacred Heart 29
Apple Valley 45, Orange 34
Aquinas 49, Calvary Baptist 38
Aquinas 58, Citrus Hill 32
Beckman 56, St. Anthony 54
Bishop Diego 50, Santa Monica Pacifica Christian 33
Bishop Diego 62, San Marino 54
Buena Park 53, South Torrance 31
Calvary Baptist 63, Escondido Adventist Academy 50
Campbell Hall 49, Village Christian 37
Chaminade 60, St. Francis 50
Chino 57, Keppel 28
Chino Hills 52, Great Oak 35
Citrus Valley 35, Barstow 23
Corona Santiago 52, Palm Desert 23
Crescenta Valley 56, La Canada 34
Culver City 40, Escondido 29
El Modena 51, West Covina 41
Escondido Adventist Academy 42, Citrus Hill 26
Fillmore 52, PACS 22
Flintridge Prep 75, Pilibos 30
Gahr 46, Coachella Valley 34
Glendora 59, Cerritos 40
Godinez 39, Marina 37
Hacienda Heights Wilson 68, Dos Pueblos 53
Huntington Beach 41, Laguna Beach 21
Irvine 43, Laguna Hills 28
JSerra 51, Fairmont Prep 33
Lakeside 56, Norco 38
La Palma Kennedy 62, Del Sol 58
La Salle 53, Marlborough 43
La Serna 50, Bonita 45
Liberty 49, St. Lucy’s 34
Loma Linda Academy 42, Hesperia Christian 37
Long Beach Jordan 53, Los Alamitos 49
Long Beach Wilson 60, Rosemead 35
Los Osos 53, Sonora 37
Milken 48, Moorpark 37
Montclair 29, Westminster 20
Montebello 35, Monrovia 30
Newbury Park 52, Millikan 50
Newport Beach Pacifica Christian 54, El Rancho 25
Northwood 59, Ocean View 37
Ontario Christian 94, Oak Park 48
Pasadena Poly 43, Corona del Mar 39
Rialto 80, Hesperia 48
Rio Hondo Prep 43, Marina 36
Sage Hill 67, St. Mary’s 58
San Gabriel Academy 34, Lucerne Valley 17
San Jacinto 60, Palm Springs 32
San Marino 31, Madera Liberty 21
Santana 55, Paloma Valley 49
Santa Ana Valley 32, Capistrano Valley Christian 31
Shadow Hills 58, Oakwood 33
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 72, Santa Monica 21
Sierra Canyon 62, Corona Centennial 55
South Pasadena 60, Rancho Buena Vista 38
St. Bernard’s 43, Santa Fe 36
Victor Valley 50, Riverside Prep 22
Villa Park 67, Valencia 62
Vista Murrieta 57, Alta Loma 45
West Ranch 57, Burbank 55
Whittier Christian 55, Diamond Bar 43
Xavier Prep 47, Desert Christian Academy 43
Yorba Linda 49, Cypress 45
Yucaipa 56, Bishop Amat 48

INTERSECTIONAL

Alemany 57, King/Drew 43
Auburn (WA) 47, El Dorado 30
Bellevue (WA) 73, Camarillo 36
Birmingham 73, Highland 53
Brentwood 55, Piedmont 48
Calexico 37, AGBU 21
California City 39, Antelope Valley 32
Chula Vista Mater Dei 63, Heritage 30
El Capitan 64, St. Pius X-St.Matthias Academy 59
Etiwanda 51, Tualatin (OR) 41
Folsom 42, Ontario 25
Fountain Valley 52, Winslow 44
Fullerton 44, Cerritos Valley Christian 33
Gardena Serra 59, Fallbrook 37
Granada Hills 49, Trinity Classical Academy 46
Granite Hills 35, Maricopa 8
Grant 41, St. Genevieve 39
Harvard-Westlake 72, Leuzinger 37
Heritage Christian 48, Cleveland 44
Lakewood St. Joseph 75, Jesuit 58
Lathrop 54, El Toro 51
Madera Liberty 34, Southlands Christian 20
Mira Costa 56, Philomath 38
Murrieta Valley 57, Watsonville 21
Notre Dame Academy 36, Taft 22
Oceanside 42, Sacred Heart of Jesus 35
Palos Verdes 47, Moreau Catholic 40
Pinole Valley 47, Holy Martyrs Armenian 30
Point Loma 56, Irvine University 10
Punahou (HI) 58, Downey 30
Rancho Christian 84, Redondo Union 73
Rancho Cucamonga 56, Carlsbad 47
Ross Branson 47, Warren 29
Rowland 70, Wilmington Banning 12
Salt Lake City (UT) West 79, Esperanza 42
San Dimas 51, Imperial 38
Santa Margarita 58, Spanish Springs 51
Saugus 56, El Camino Real 36
Shalhevet 67, Arleta 47
Sierra Pacific 67, Anaheim Canyon 30
St. Margaret’s 66, Bellevue (WA) Sammamish 61
Temple City 50, San Pasqual 45
Trabuco Hills 53, Issaquah (WA) Liberty 46
West Jordan (UT) 59, Long Beach Poly 29
Whittier 53, Carson 40

Aided by aggressive offensive rebounding, Rolling Hills Prep led from start to finish to hand Arcadia only its second defeat of the season 50-37 in a semifinal game of the Classic at Damien Gold Division on Monday.

Rolling Hills Prep (13-2) appears to have found itself after back-to-back losses earlier this month to Los Alamitos and Loyola. The arrival of sit-out period transfer point guard Carter Fulton certainly has helped. He had 10 points on Monday. The Huskies opened a 25-8 lead midway through the second quarter. Arcadia dropped to 11-2.

Kawika Suter had a big game for the Huskies with 22 points and 16 rebounds. Nick Welch Jr. had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Rolling Hills Prep will play Folsom at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.

Redondo Union 79, Crean Lutheran 55: SJ Madison had 23 points for Redondo Union, which will face Phoenix (Ariz.) Sunnyslope in Tuesday’s Plantium Division championship game. Redondo Union has a win this season over Sunnyslope. Sunnslope defeated Crespi 65-48 in the other semifinal.

St. Pius X-St. Matthias 68, Francis Parker 63: Dominic Gallardo scored 18 points and Dayvion Gates had 17 points for 9-4 PMA.

Inglewood 92, Austin (Tx.) St. Michael’s 80: Jason Crowe Jr. scored 54 points and passed the 4,000-points mark in win.

Brentwood 70, Dublin 64: The Eagles (16-1) made it to their divisional final at Damien. Auggie Sugarman had 16 points and Ethan Hill added 15 points and 14 rebounds. They will face Long Beach Millikan, a 68-62 winner over Hesperia in which Jeremiah Hunt had 26 points and freshman Quali Giran added 20 points.

San Gabriel Academy 60, Arizona Mesa 57: Mahamadou Diop had 21 points and nine rebounds for San Gabriel Academy.

Damien 57, Phoenix Sandra Day O’Connor 51: Eli Garner finished with 30 points for Damien.

La Mirada 62, Utah American Fork 46: Gene Roebuck scored 22 points and Jordyn Houston 17 for the Matadores.

Corona Centennial 64, Dallas Parish Episcopal 61: Jayden Yim had 17 points for the 15-3 Huskies.

Etiwanda 67, Loyola 64: Devin Mitchell contributed 18 points and nine rebounds for 16-1 Etiwanda in an overtime victory. Deuce Newt had 29 points for Loyola.

Layton Christian (Utah) 70, Eastvale Roosevelt 59: Jackson Higgins had 18 points for Roosevelt.

Richmond Salesian 61, St. John Bosco 58: Christian Collins led the Braves with 26 points and 11 rebounds. Gavin Dean-Moss had nine assists.

Cleveland 71, Redwood 62: Emmitt Claiborne had 20 points and Charlie Adams 19 for the Cavaliers, who will play in the Silver consolation championship game on Tuesday at San Dimas.

Eastside 82, West Ranch 60: Wydell James had 26 points for 12-2 Eastside at St. Francis.

St. Anthony 77, Washington Mercer Island 49: The Saints advanced to the championship game of the Tustin tournament. Jamil House had 19 points.

Mater Dei 88, Nevada Clark 74: Luke Barnett made seven threes and finished with 28 points.

Mayfair 52, Crossroads 48: Josiah Johnson had 15 points for 7-3 Mayfair.

St. Bernard 82, Democracy Prep 75: Chris Rupert scored 23 points, Gary Ferguson 18 and Jordan Ballard 16 for St. Bernard.

Summit 67, Viewpoint 48: Solomon Clanton Jr. had 18 points for Viewpoint.

St. Francis 74, Calabasas 59: The Golden Knights advanced to the championship game of their own tournament. Cherif Millogo had 25 points, 14 rebounds and seven blocks. Will Ellien added 23 points.

Harvard-Westlake 94, Nevada Democracy Prep 52: Pierce Thompson had 21 points for the 16-2 Wolverines.

Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 81, Hyattsville (Md.) DeMatha 62: NaVorro Bowman scored 20 points, Caleb Ogbu 17, Josiah Nance 15 and Zach White had 11 points and 10 rebounds.

San Pedro 67, Merced Stone Ridge Christian 40: AJ Bobich led the Pirates (11-3) with 14 points.

JSerra 63, Mission Bay 50: Jaden Bailes and Micah Cunningham each scored 14 points for JSerra.

Santa Margarita 80, Washington Puyallup 52: The Eagles improved to 16-2. Kaiden Bailey had 23 points and Brayden Kyman 22 points.

Girls basketball

Brentwood 46, Bothell (Wash.) 32: Logan Scott had 12 points and Mikaella Kawahito 11 for the Eagles in the semifinals of the WNBA Gold in San Diego.

Oak Park 57, La Jolla Country Day 53: Maya Deshautelle and Ava Rogerson each scored 14 points for Oak Park.

Ontario Christian 76, Houston Summer Creek 54: The Knights improved to 15-0. Dani Robinson had 22 points and Tatianna Griffin 18.

Bishop Montgomery 53, Alameda 39: Sophia Dignadice had 15 points for the Knights.

Windward 64, Bakersfield Christian 52: The Wildcats went 4-0 in Las Vegas. Charis Rainey had 27 points and 13 rebounds.

Sierra Canyon 77, Washington Bellevue 57: Cherri Hatter had 27 points for Sierra Canyon.

Troy 65, Beckman 42: Freshman Rilynn Robinson scored 20 points for Troy.