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CIF-SS III-A Championship:  Knights Beat
Compton Centennial..Again--(Mar. 2, 2002)

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CIF-SS Division III-A Boy's Championship Game

Let's just hope we can get five more games this good and this competitive.   In one of the best finishes we've ever seen to a CIF championship game, Bishop Montgomery pulled off the miracle at the Pond, beating the only team that we know of in California which was unbeaten this season, Compton Centennial and the Knights did it with solid guard play and unbelievable grit from Fred Washington who finished with a game-high 21 points and 10 rebounds, as well as four blocked shots, including one with only seconds to play which could have given Centennial the win.

Fred Washington was the scoring leader, but Ryan Howard, the diminutive sophomore guard for the nights was the real hero, hitting a wide-open three pointer to tie the game with under a minute to play, and then Jason Estrada got fouled twice by the Apaches' Aaron Afflalo, and he made one out of two each time to give the Knights the final margin of victory.

Centennial probably wishes they'd never heard of Bishop Montgomery, because this is the third straight year that the Knights have now beaten out Centennial for the divisional title, and it would be just like the State tournament seeding committee to see to it that these teams get one more matchup at some point down the road in the Division III state tournament next week.

In any event, we're updating this "live" from the Pond, so we don't have much time to go into any other details. We'll have more when we get a chance to breathe tomorrow.  In the meantime, here's the box score

Visitors: Bishop Montgomery

Player FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA OREB DREB TR PF PTS AST TRN BS STS MIN
Ryan Howard 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 5 0 1 0 1 21:33
Brandon Williams 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 7:47
Brandon Hamilton 2 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 5 1 1 1 0 11:21
Marquis Washington 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 10;35
Austin Autry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DNP
Andrew Mangola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DNP
Tramel Dodd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DNP
Kyle Bins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DNP
Brandon Peace 2 7 0 2 3 5 3 3 6 4 7 2 6 1 4 27;20
Nate Clark 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 14:56
Jason Estrada 0 2 0 0 2 4 2 5 7 2 2 1 0 0 1 15:19
Scott Bryson 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 8:29
Fred Washington 6 13 1 2 8 11 2 8 10 3 21 3 9 4 0 28:03
Gavin Lee 2 6 0 0 3 6 1 1 2 4 7 1 1 0 0 15;18
Totals 17 45 4 8 19 30 11 27 38 18 57 8 20 6 8  
Total FG 1st Half 10/24 417 2nd Half 7/21 333 Game 17/45 378
2PT FG 1st Half 1/3 333 2nd Half 3/5 600 Game 4/8 500
Free Throws 1st Half 9/16 562 2nd Half 10/14 714 Game 19/30 633

Home:  Centennial Compton            

Player FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA OREB DREB TR PF PTS AST TRN BS STS MIN
Jonathan Smith 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 4 4 3 2 0 2 23;04
Aaron Afflalo 1 9 0 2 0 1 0 3 3 5 2 4 4 1 4 25:58
Saul Lankster 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 0 11:47
Michael Gordon 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 15L56
Sterling Byrd 5 14 2 8 1 1 2 4 6 3 13 2 1 3 2 21:07
Gabriel Pruitt 5 13 1 8 1 4 1 0 1 1 12 2 2 0 2 31:50
Danny Lang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5:02
Darius Sanders 8 12 0 0 4 7 4 5 9 4 20 2 3 1 4 25:43
Ronnie Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DNP
Traveon Jackson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DNP
Andre Lowden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DNP
Jonathan Scates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DNP
Totals 23 61 3 20 6 13 9 15 24 20 55 14 6 14 6  
Total FG 1st Half 12/30 400 2nd Half 11/31 355 Game 23/61 377
2PT FG 1st Half 1/9 111 2nd Half 2/11 182 Game 3/20 150
Free Throws 1st Half 6/12 500 2nd Half 0/1 667 Game 6/13 462

Bishop Montgomery   16    14     11    16--57
Compton Centennial   14    17    14     10--55   


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