Campolindo’s Aidan Mahaney, proven right here in a file picture, scored 18 factors (all on 3-pointers) because the Cougars cruised previous Valley Christian 74-32 at De La Salle’s MLK Traditional. (Ray Chavez/Bay Space Information Group)
It’s getting tougher to search out adjectives to explain the Campolindo boys basketball staff. Simply once you assume the Cougars can’t probably play higher, they wow you but once more.
In Monday’s MLK Traditional at De La Salle, going through a Valley Christian staff that has two signature West Catholic Athletic League victories this month underneath new coach Raymond Townsend, Campolindo buried one 3-pointer after one other and performed terrific protection on its technique to a 74-32 trouncing.
The Cougars led 28-15 after the primary quarter and 48-19 at halftime.
The sport ended with a operating clock.
“In all probability in addition to we’ve shot from 3 this season, for positive,” stated Campo coach Steven Dyer, whose staff made 14 pictures from past the arc. “And I assumed defensively we performed very well within the second, third and fourth quarters.”
Valley scored 4 factors within the second quarter, 5 within the third, eight within the fourth.
Aidan Mahaney led Campo with 18 factors, all on 3-pointers. Cade Bennett had 17 factors and 11 rebounds. Logan Robeson added 12 factors.
The victory was Campo’s sixth in a row and thirty first in its final 32 video games relationship to February 2020.
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The Cougars had a 10-day pause after coming residence from the Torrey Pines vacation event, the place they went 3-1.
They returned to the court docket final week with a 50-45 victory over Clayton Valley Constitution in Diablo Athletic League Foothill Division play.
Saturday, they beat St. Mary’s-Stockton 64-46.
Monday, they crushed an opponent that on Saturday edged sixth-ranked Serra 50-49 and earlier this month received at No. 11 Bellarmine.
“At this time was form of the primary day I felt we had been again in our groove a bit of bit,” Dyer stated. “We had been taking part in fairly nicely in Gridley and Torrey Pines. I didn’t assume we performed nice in our final two video games. I feel simply getting recreation reps. We all know our league is a large problem. I feel these video games will get us prepared for the playoffs.”
Campo, which beat De La Salle and Archbishop Riordan to win the Gridley Invitational in December, has league video games this week in opposition to Acalanes and Las Lomas.
Subsequent week, the Cougars play league video games in opposition to No. 9 Northgate (13-2) and No. 4 Miramonte (15-1).
The playoffs begin in a month.
Host DLS snaps skid
De La Salle’s three-game dropping streak got here to an finish Monday because the fifth-ranked Spartans defeated Capital Christian-Sacramento 65-54.
John Flannigan scored 16 factors and Jordan Webster added 14 to guide the Spartans, who led 14-11 after the primary quarter, 30-22 at halftime and 51-44 after the third quarter.
De La Salle improved to 11-4. Capital Christian fell to 9-8.
DLS performs host to Dublin on Wednesday. The Gaels (9-3) have received seven in a row.
Different video games
Salesian, taking part in for the primary time since Dec. 21, put up a powerful effort however misplaced to powerhouse Modesto Christian 67-58 within the final of 5 video games at DLS’s MLK Traditional. Tyler Harris scored 20 factors and Amani Johnson had 10 to guide Salesian, which dropped to 4-5. Modesto Christian is 15-1. … Bishop O’Dowd led College by 14 factors at halftime however pale within the fourth quarter on its technique to a 61-52 loss on the MLK Traditional. O’Dowd is 4-5. College improved to 11-7. … Moreau Catholic, coming off a loss to O’Dowd on Saturday at Miramonte’s MLK-John Lewis Memorial, held off Vanden to win the opener at DLS’s MLK Traditional, 57-54. Trey Knight scored 17 factors and freshman Kellen Hampton completed with 15 to guide Moreau (12-4). Vanden is 7-10.
WCAL thriller
In a make-up recreation at Mitty, Aidan Burke nailed a 3-pointer to power time beyond regulation and completed with 29 factors because the third-ranked Monarchs edged No. 10 St. Francis 73-70 in double OT.
Derek Sangster had 21 factors and 10 rebounds for Mitty, which improved to 10-3 total and 3-0 within the WCAL.
St. Francis, which acquired 15 factors from Isaiah Kerr and 13 from Vince Barringer, misplaced its third consecutive recreation to fall to 9-5, 1-3.