The day after Christmas is about more than finding great Christmas sales or returning gifts. It’s also the first chance for high school basketball players who had to sit out the first half of the season after transferring to make their debut.
In the Classic at Damien, Loyola picked up the slack Friday with a 67-51 win over Bakersfield Christian. His two leading scorers were sit-out players. Deuce Newt, a transfer from Campbell Hall, scored 24 points and Omari Cuffe, a transfer from St. Pius X-St. Matyáš had 17 points.
No team has waited more patiently than the Corona Centennial girls basketball team. Knowing their top transfer students wouldn’t be eligible until Dec. 26, the Huskies didn’t play a game until Friday’s 90-31 win over Camarillo. Maybe this is the trend of the future. Centennial is 1-0 and expected to be an Open Division South playoff team.
Can you say built for the playoffs?
Boys basketball
Crean Lutheran 62, Meridian (Id.) Owyhee 59: The Saints beat a team that beat Harvard-Westlake last week in Hawaii. Hunter Caplan scored 20 points.
Crespi 73, Layton (Utah) Christian 70 (OT): The Celtics won in overtime. Isaiah Barnes had 28 points, nine rebounds and five assists.
110 Redondo Union, Fresno Clovis North 56: SJ Madison had 30 points for the Sea Hawks.
St. John Bosco 56, Utah American Fork 39: Christian Collins led the Braves with 27 points.
Arcadia 64, Mayfair 59: Owen Eteuati-Edwards had 22 points for Arcadia to set up Saturday’s showdown with San Gabriel Academy.
San Gabriel Academy 66, Palisades 57: Freshman Zach Arnold contributed 14 points for San Gabriel Academy.
Moorpark 57, Fairfax 47: Sophomore Logan Stotts had 16 points for Moorpark.
Bogart (Ga.) 65 North Oconee, St. Pius Matthias 64: Freshman Darrellreon Morris had 21 points in the loss.
Milken 65, Bishop of Alemany 55: Grayson Coleman scored 24 points for 7-7 Milken. Sophomore Ethan Frank, a transfer from Crespi, made his season debut for Milken, scoring nine points and grabbing seven rebounds.
ANDtiwanda 53, San Joaquin Memorial 50: Armaun Pollock’s 14 points helped the Eagles (15-0) remain undefeated.
Mira Costa 55, La Costa Canyon 44: The Mustangs improved to 14-1 with the win in Karlovy Vary. Jayden Kainsinger scored 20 points.
La Habra 63, Washington Prep 48: Acen Jimenez finished with 27 points for La Habra.
St. Francis 68, Burroughs 23: Luke Paulus had 23 points for St. Francis.
Bishop Montgomery 73, Sylmar 41: Twins Terron and Tarron Williams combined for 30 points and 18 rebounds.
Harvard-Westlake 70, Germany Urspring 44: Joe Sterling made seven 3-pointers and finished with 31 points.
Brentwood 62, Taft 52: Ethan Hill finished with 22 points and 11 rebounds.
Mater Dei 98, Otay Ranch 50: Zain Majeed, a transfer from IMG Academy, had 20 points in his Mater Dei debut.
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 55, Idaho Lake City 45: Josiah Nance, who returned from injury, had nine points for the Knights as they slowly worked him back into form. NaVorro Bowman led the way with 17 points.
Thousand Oaks 68, Davis Sr. 61: The Lancers remained undefeated behind Dylan McCord, who made seven 3-pointers and scored 36 points.
View 67, Washington Roosevelt 43: Solomon Clanton Jr. he had 21 points.
Preparing for Rolling Hills 51, California 50: Carter Fulton had 27 points for 11-2 Rolling Hills Prep.
Calabasas 85, Eastside 58: Tristan Cordero had 28 points and Calvin Goetz had 27 points for the Coyotes.
JSerra 68, Democracy Prep 64: Bryson had 23 points and Jaden Bailes had 22 points for San Diego.
St. Bernard 65, Washington Mount Si 64: Brandon Granger had for St. Bernard 34 points.
Girls basketball
Troy 57, King/Drew 46: Mei-Ling Perry led 10-3 Troy with 24 points.
Sierra Canyon 82, Rancho Cucamonga 36: Sophomores Rosie Oladokum and Cherri Hatter each scored 18 points for the Trailblazers.
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