Centralia of Washington (7-4) held off East LA (5-9), 77-71. Centralia jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first 4 minutes as they made their first 7 shots. East LA rallied to tie but Centralia finished the half on a 10-0 run to lead 39-29 at the break. East LA rallied yet again to take their first lead of the game at 59-58 on a jumper by SF Jamal Cain with 9:05 to play. But Centralia proved stronger down the stretch and pulled away again.
PG Virgil Matthews had a huge game, flirting with a triple-double as he had 20 pts, 12 rebs and 8 asts (and if you want to count his 12 turnovers ). Ctr Sean Russell added 20 pts and 10 rebs plus 4 blocks for the winners. SG Brian Jochim had a strong game as well with 10 pts, 7 asts, 6 rebs and 4 steals. SF Logan Ratcliffe (8 pts), PF Roman Scott (8 pts) and 6th man Tyler Sundby (9 pts) also made solid contributions to the Blazers' cause. Centralia shot 54% from the floor for the game, offsetting their 30 turnovers.
East LA was led by PG Andrew Gomez, who had 20 pts (3 threes), 7 asts and 5 steals. SG Frank Walters had a big game with 16 pts (3 threes) and 6 rebs. SF Eric Smith came off the bench to grab a team-best 11 rebs.
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Sunday, December 28, 2003 3 pm
LA City Egg Nog Tourney Consolation >
East LA Huskies 71:
3-Andrew Gomez, PG 6/20 fg, 5/6 ft, 4 reb, 7 ast, 5 stl, 20 pts
12-Bruno Acevado, SF 0/1 fg, 2/2 ft, 1 stl, 2 pts
23-Jorge Sotomayor, SG 3/16 fg, 1/2 ft, 3 reb, 3 ast, 2 stl, 9 pts
33-Kennith Irby, PF 2/6 fg, 4 reb, 2 ast, 1 blk, 1 stl, 4 pts
50-Michael Garcia, C 2/9 fg, 4/6 ft, 4 reb, 1 ast, 2 blk, 3 stl, 8 pts
20-Frank Walters, G 6/8 fg, 1/1 ft, 6 reb, 1 stl, 16 pts
32-Eric Smith, F 2/7 fg, 2/6 ft, 11 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl, 6 pts
30-Jamal Cain, F 3/4 fg, 4 reb, 1 blk, 1 stl, 6 pts
team rebounds: 3
Totals: 24/71 fg (.338), 15/23 ft (.652), 39 reb, 15 ast, 4 blk, 16 stl, 71 pts
3-pt fg (8): Gomez 3, Walters 3, Sotomayor 2
Turnovers (20): Gomez 6, Garcia 5, Acevado 4, Sotomayor 2, Walters 2, Irby
Centralia (WA) Trailblazers 77:
3-Brian Jochim, SG 5/12 fg, 6 reb, 7 ast, 2 blk, 4 stl, 10 pts
4-Roman Scott, PF 4/5 fg, 2 reb, 2 ast, 8 pts
5-Logan Ratcliffe, SF 3/5 fg, 2/2 ft, 2 reb, 2 ast, 8 pts
32-Sean Russell, C 7/13 fg, 6/8 ft, 10 reb, 3 ast, 4 blk, 3 stl, 20 pts
44-Virgil Matthews, PG 8/14 fg, 2/4 ft, 12 reb, 8 ast, 1 blk, 4 stl, 20 pts
22-Tyler Sundby, G 2/5 fg, 3/3 ft, 3 reb, 2 ast, 9 pts
43-Lonnie Twitchell, F 1 blk, 1 stl, 0 pts
52-Paul Agnew, F 0/1 fg, 1 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 0 pts
15-Mat Goff, G 0 pts
45-Kyle State, C 1/1 fg, 2 pts
team rebounds: 7
Totals: 30/56 fg (.536), 13/17 ft (.765), 43 reb, 23 ast, 8 blk, 13 stl, 77 pts
3-pt fg (4): Matthews 2, Sundby 2
Turnovers (30): Matthews 12, Jochim 5, Russell 4, Sundby 4, Scott 3, Twitchell 2
Halftime Score: Centralia 39, East LA 29
Updated Records: Centralia 7-4, East LA 5-9
