Two-time defending state champion Harvard-Westlake is reaching peak kind simply because the playoffs beckon, and with Tuesday night time’s 63-52 Mission League win over Sierra Canyon, the Wolverines (23-1) can stay up for loads of video games in Studio Metropolis because the possible No. 1 seed for the league event and Southern Part Open Division playoffs.
“Huge win,” coach David Rebibo stated.
The massive improvement for the Wolverines has been that they’re now eight gamers deep with unsung gamers able to contribute.
Towards the Trailblazers (18-4, 4-1), it was Dominique Bentho contributing 11 factors and Amir Jones 10 factors. It was Isaiah Carroll getting 9 rebounds. It was Cole Holden making two threes. Then there have been the standard standouts. Nikolas Khamenia, the McDonald’s All-American, had 17 factors, eight assists and 6 rebounds. Joe Sterling added 12 factors.
“That’s the worth of workforce,” Rebibo stated. “On any given night time, it might be anybody.”
Bryce James of Sierra Canyon drives in opposition to Harvard-Westlake.
(Craig Weston)
Khamenia retains discovering strategy to contribute with out scoring. He took two expenses and twice handed to Carroll for layups within the second half.
“He’s an elite basketball participant,” Rebibo stated. “He’s the final word winner.”
Sierra Canyon obtained a powerful recreation from Bryce Cofield, who scored 22 factors, and Bryce James added 11 factors, however the Trailblazers made solely three of 17 from three-point vary.
“We put together for something,” Jones stated. “We felt we had been locked in. It’s good to have guys off the bench.”
Harvard-Westlake held a 25-16 halftime lead. Exterior of Cofield, Sierra Canyon stored lacking shot after shot, and there have been few second-chance alternatives due to the Wolverines’ rebounding edge. Cofield had 10 of his workforce’s 16 factors. James contributed a four-point play, one among solely three Sierra Canyon gamers to attain within the half. The Trailblazers had been one for 10 from three-point vary.
Subsequent up are video games on the Intuit Dome on Saturday, together with Sierra Canyon taking up Sherman Oaks Notre Dame in a recreation to determine the No. 2 seed for a Mission League event that begins Sunday.