Isaiah Pinero had 21 pts and 16 rebs to lead Sierra past host Chabot in a semifinal of the 2014 Chabot Holiday Classic in Hayward.
Sierra (7-6) trailed 45-37 midway through the second half before going on a stunning 23-4 run, taking a 60-49 lead with 1:30 left and stunning the 11th-ranked Gladiators in their own building.
Pineiro gave Sierra its first lead of the second half when he scored off a pass from Devin Moss with 7:40 left to give the Wolverines a 48-47 lead. Back-to-back 3-pointers by Anthony Williams and Moss pushed the Sierra advantage to nine points at 56-47 with 5:05 remaining. After Terrence Simon scored for Chabot, Cole Preston made a pair of free throws and Antonio Lewis scored on a tip-in for Sierra to push the lead to 60-49 and all but clinch the win for Sierra.
Chabot cut the margin to seven points when Noel Briones was fouled attempting a 3-point shot and made two of the three resulting free throws with 58.3 seconds left. But Pineiro made a pair of free throws for Sierra with 52.5 seconds left, and threw down a slam dunk off an alley-oop pass from Devin Campbell to make it 64-54 and clinch the win for the Wolverines.
Before the 23-4 run, it looked like Chabot (9-7) had shaken off a slow start and was ready to advance to the championship game of its tournament. Sierra scored the first four points of the game and led, 8-2, early on. But Chabot tied the score at 14 on a 3-pointer by Khalil James and took a lead moments later on a long 2-point jumper by Shanquel Watson.
Chabot pushed its lead to nine points when Kellen Sweetwynne scored off a pass from Simon, was fouled, and made the free throw to make it 28-19 with four minutes left in the first half. Sierra got within two points at 28-26, but Sweetwynne hit a 3-pointer in the final seconds of the first half to give Chabot a 31-26 advantage at the break.
Sierra got within two points early in the second half, but Chabot pushed its lead to eight points at 45-37 after a basket by Chris Patterson off a pass from Watson. But then came the 23-4 run as Sierra pulled away for the win.
Pineiro was 7-for-9 from the floor and 7-for-11 from the line for his game-high 21 pts, and he added a game-high 16 rebs, 4 asts, 2 blocks and 3 steals. Williams had 15 pts, including 3 three-pointers, on 6-for-9 from the floor. Lewis came off the bench for a double-double with 10 pts and 14 rebs. Preston had 7 pts and dished out a game-high 9 asts.
For Chabot, Sweetwynne had a team-best 14 pts and tied for team honors with 6 rebs. But he was the only Gladiator to score in double digits. Raymond Baldwin had 9 pts, 6 rebs and 3 asts, and Decarlos Frank had 8 pts and a team-high 5 asts. Amazingly, the Gladiators shot just 29.7% from the floor in their own gym and that, combined with Sierra's 45-38 rebounding advantage, spelled doom for the home team.
box score
Monday, December 29, 2014 - 7 pm
Chabot Holiday Classic, Hayward
Semifinal #2
Chabot Gladiators 54:
22-Raymond Baldwin, SF - 3/11 fg, 3/4 ft, 6 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl, 2 pf, 9 pts
23-Noel Briones, SG - 0/2 fg, 2/3 ft, 3 reb, 4 pf, 2 pts
33-Kellen Sweetwynne, C - 5/10 fg, 3/3 ft, 6 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl, 3 pf, 14 pts
34-Decarios Frank, PG - 3/14 fg, 3 reb, 5 ast, 3 stl, 2 pf, 8 pts
40-Shanquel Watson, PF - 2/7 fg, 0/2 ft, 4 reb, 1 ast, 2 pf, 8 pts
44-Chris Patterson, C - 3/7 fg, 5 reb, 4 pf, 6 pts
31-Khalil James, G - 1/2 fg, 2 ast, 3 pts
5-Adrian Crump, F - 0/2 fg, 2/2 ft, 1 reb, 1 stl, 1 pf, 2 pts
21-Austin Medeiros, G - 0/3 fg, 1 stl, 0 pts
42-Shane Haley, F - 1/3 fg, 2/3 ft, 3 reb, 1 stl, 1 pf, 4 pts
43-Terrence Simon, G - 1/3 fg, 3 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl, 2 pf, 2 pts
team rebounds: 4
Totals: 19/64 fg (.297), 12/17 ft (.706), 38 reb, 15 ast, 0 blk, 10 stl, 21 pf, 54 pts
3-pt fg (4): Frank 2, Sweetwynne, James
Flagrant Foul: Patterson (FL-1)
Turnovers (10): Baldwin 2, Sweetwynne 2, Frank 2, Patterson, James, Crump, Simon
Sierra Wolverines 64:
0-Cole Preston, PG - 2/9 fg, 3/6 ft, 3 reb, 9 ast, 1 stl, 2 pf, 7 pts
1-Anthony Williams, SG - 6/9 fg, 1 reb, 1 pf, 15 pts
11-Jaquan Dupree, SF - 0/4 fg, 0/2 ft, 3 reb, 0 pts
14-Isaiah Quintero, C - 0/1 fg, 1/2 ft, 1 reb, 1 pf, 1 pt
43-Isaiah Pineiro, PF - 7/9 fg, 7/11 ft, 16 reb, 4 ast, 2 blk, 3 stl, 3 pf, 21 pts
2-Devin Campbell, G - 0/1 fg, 0/2 ft, 2 ast, 1 stl, 1 pf, 0 pts
3-Devin Moss, G - 2/4 fg, 2/2 ft, 1 reb, 2 ast, 2 pf, 7 pts
13-Glenn Lemon, C - 1/2 fg, 1/2 ft, 2 reb, 1 blk, 1 stl, 3 pts
20-Antonio Lewis, F - 5/12 fg, 14 reb, 2 ast, 1 pf, 10 pts
5-Wade Davis, G - 0/2 fg, 1 reb, 1 pf, 0 pts
team rebounds: 3
Totals: 23/53 fg (.434), 14/25 ft (.560), 45 reb, 19 ast, 3 blk, 6 stl, 12 pf, 64 pts
3-pt fg (4): Williams 3, Moss
Turnovers (15): Campbell 5, Pineiro 4, Dupree 2, Lemon 2, Williams, Davis
Halftime Score: Chabot 31, Sierra 26
Updated Records: Sierra 7-6, Chabot (#11-North) 9-7
Chabot led 28-19 in the first half and 45-37 early in the 2nd half.
Sierra went on a 23-4 extended run to lead 60-49 with 1:30 left and led by 7+ the rest of the way.
