Ctr Brandon Chavers had a tremendous game with 26 pts, including 6 threes, plus 20 rebs and 6 asts as East LA (7-12, 2-0) led wire to wire in an 87-71 win over host Pasadena (6-13, 1-2) Friday night in SCC-North play.
Chavers hit a pair of threes to help stake East LA to an early 8-0 lead, and the Huskies never surrendered the lead. He fed PF Lester Keys for a lay-up to push the margin to 10 at 24-14 midway through the half. The East LA lead reached 13 at 30-17 after a driving lay-up by SG Andrew Ruiz with just over 8 minutes left in the first half.
Pasadena cut the margin to six points at 38-32 with 1:20 left in the half, and trailed by seven at 40-33 at the break.
But East LA pushed the margin out to 17 points at 60-43 early in the second half behind a pair of baskets by Ctr Sergio Lugo and a reverse lay-up by Ruiz.
Pasadena made a pair of late runs at the Huskies, but each time East LA answered back strongly.
The Lancers got within seven points at 60-53 with 11:57 left after a 3-pointer by SG Jordan Block and a lay-up by SG Shawn Hampton. But East LA answered with a bank-shot by SF Jeremy Gerardo and a basket by Chavers to make it 64-53. Then a driving lay-up by Keys and three free throws by Ruiz (in four tries over two consecutive trips down the court) made it 69-53 with 9:05 left.
Pasadena's other run saw Block score on a putback, then steal the ball in the East LA backcourt and score, draw the foul and convert the free throw to make it 72-63 with 5:55 left. But Chavers answered that run with a pair of threes sandwiched around a three by Keys on which Chavers assisted, pushing East LA's lead to 18 points at 81-63. One final Chavers 3-pointer pushed the lead to 20 points at 85-65, if there was any remaining doubt as to the game's outcome.
It might have been a career night - so far, anyway - for Chavers, but he's had quite a run over the last month. He's scored in double figures in seven straight games and pulled down double-digit rebounds in six of his last eight, and he beat SCC-South favorite Cerritos on a half-court 3-pointer at the buzzer.
Also for East LA, Keys had 16 pts and Gerardo had 15. Lugo came off the bench for 11 pts and 7 rebs.
For Pasadena, Block led all scorers with 28 pts, and he also had 6 rebs and 5 steals. Hampton had 12 pts and Ctr Marcus Harvey had a double-double with 11 pts and 12 rebs. PF Elliott Berry had 10 pts on 3-for-14 and grabbed 8 rebs.
Box Score
Friday, January 22, 2010 - 8 pm
at Hutto-Patterson Gym, Pasadena
South Coast Conference - North Division
East LA Huskies 87:
5-Lester Keys, PF - 7/14 fg, 1/4 ft, 5 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 5 pf, 16 pts
11-Jeremy Gerardo, SF - 5/9 fg, 4/6 ft, 6 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl, 2 pf, 15 pts
12-Alexander Mendiola, PG - 0/1 fg, 3/4 ft, 8 reb, 6 ast, 1 stl, 4 pf, 3 pts
23-Brandon Chavers, C - 10/24 fg, 20 reb, 6 ast, 1 blk, 1 stl, 2 pf, 26 pts
32-Paul King, SG - 1/4 fg, 1/2 ft, 2 reb, 1 ast, 3 pf, 3 pts
3-Chris Capinia, G - 1/4 fg, 2/2 ft, 1 reb, 4 ast, 2 pf, 4 pts
35-Andrew Kim, F - 5/11 fg, 1/1 ft, 7 reb, 1 ast, 2 pts
42-Sergio Lugo, C - 5/11 fg, 1/1 ft, 7 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 3 pf, 11 pts
10-Andrew Ruiz, G - 2/2 fg, 3/4 ft, 3 reb, 1 ast, 2 pf, 7 pts
40-Trinidad Hernandez, C - 0/1 fg, 1 reb, 0 pts
14-Daoud Ibrahim, G - 0 pts
team rebounds: 2
Totals: 31/70 fg (.443), 17/27 ft (.630), 59 reb, 24 ast, 2 blk, 4 stl, 23 pf, 87 pts
3-pt fg (8): Chavers 6, Keys, Gerardo
Intentional Foul: Ruiz
Fouled Out: Keys 2:17 left
Turnovers (20): Chavers 5, Gerardo 3, Lugo 3, Keys 2, Ruiz 2, Mendiola, King, Kim, Ibrahim, team
Pasadena Lancers 71:
12-Dannin Harris, SF - 1/3 fg, 1 reb, 1 ast, 2 pf, 2 pts
13-Elliott Berry, PF - 3/14 fg, 2/2 ft, 8 reb, 2 blk, 3 pf, 10 pts
21-Jordan Block, SG - 10/22 fg, 6/10 ft, 6 reb, 1 ast, 2 blk, 5 stl, 4 pf, 28 pts
22-Terrell Jones, PG - 0/6 fg, 5/6 ft, 2 reb, 9 ast, 3 pf, 5 pts
30-Marcus Harvey, C - 4/13 fg, 2/8 ft, 12 reb, 1 ast, 2 blk, 2 stl, 1 pf, 11 pts
32-Shawn Hampton, G - 3/8 fg, 6/7 ft, 2 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl, 4 pf, 12 pts
14-William BJ Rosary, F - 1/4 fg, 3 reb, 4 pf, 3 pts
33-Gregory Harvey, C - 1 reb, 1 blk, 1 pf, 0 pts
team rebounds: 4
Totals: 22/70 fg (.314), 21/33 ft (.636), 39 reb, 14 ast, 7 blk, 9 stl, 22 pf, 71 pts
3-pt fg (6): Berry 2, Block 2, M.Harvey, Rosary
Turnovers (13): Block 3, Jones 3, Hampton 3, Berry 2, Harris, G.Harvey
Halftime Score: East LA 40, Pasadena 33
Updated Records: East LA 7-12 overall, 2-0 in SCC-North; Pasadena 6-13, 1-2 in SCC-North
East LA started on an 8-0 run and led wire to wire
