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SoCal High School & Prep Report

Still More Friday Action:
Garden Grove League--(January 26, 1998)

Man, there were a lot of games played in the Southern Section here in SoCal last Friday and Saturday. We're still trying to catch up. Here are two that were played in the Garden Grove League, involving Pacifica vs. Bolsa Grande, and Santiago vs. La Quinta.

Pacifica 72, Bolsa Grande 58

With Pacifica's starting point guard Danny Dihn out with the flu, Jeff Swan and Adam Rachlin each scored 19 points, the defense helped frustrate Bolsa Grande into a sub-par shooting night, in a win for Pacifica Friday at Bolsa Grande.

Pacifica shot 66% from the field in the first half to take an 11-point lead at the half. Although Bolsa Grande sophomore Jon James finished with 21 points and 15 rebounds, overall, the Matadors struggled to find the range, making only 17 of 52 (33%) from the field in the game.

But Bolsa Grande, which is now 15-5 overall and 5-1 in league, held Pacifica, 16-4 overall and 6-0 in league, scoreless for the first 5 1/2 minutes of the third quarter to close within, 44-40, on Duc Nguyen's jumper. However, that was Nguyen's first field goal of the game, and that was as close as Bolsa Grande would get as Pacifica went on a 17-2 run over the next four minutes to put the game out of reach.

Although they missed Dihn's scoring, the Pacifica Mariners managed to do without him by taking Nguyen out of his game. Nguyen came into the game averaging 20 points. But Friday, he made only two of 10 shots from the field with no three-pointers facing Swan's man-to-man pressure or the Mariners' 1-3-1 trapping zone. Nguyen finished with 14 points, making 10 of 12 free throws, but had only six points through three quarters.

La Quinta 66, Santiago 51

Chris Smith scored 26 points for La Quinta (10-10, 3-3), which trailed by seven at halftime but outscored Santiago in the third quarter, 24-4. Aris Lindo scored 19 points and Jose Lizarraras added 18 for Santiago (8-10, 2-4).