Doug Adams took an inbounds go in heavy site visitors beneath the basket and scored as time expired to provide Menlo-Atherton a 57-55 win over Los Altos in a Central Coast Part Division I boys basketball playoff recreation Tuesday.
No. 3 seed M-A (18-6) advances to play at No. 2 Mountain View, a 54-30 winner over Silver Creek, on Thursday within the semifinals.
The Bears led 29-14 at halftime earlier than Los Altos (19-6) roared again. An 11-1 run within the fourth quarter introduced the Eagles even at 51-51. A bucket by Ryan Anderson and a pair of free throws by Connor Cadigan put M-A up by 4. Baskets by Jake Skaggs and Andrew Reilly tied it again up with 27 seconds left and set the stage for the game-winning shot by Adams.
“I’m tremendous happy with their effort within the second half, to return again and battle the way in which they did,” Los Altos coach Trevor Naas stated. “M-A’s stress protection actually bothered us within the first half.”
Skaggs scored 24 and Reilly 23 for Los Altos.
“We grew to become a bit too reckless, not very disciplined,” M-A coach Mike Molieri stated. “(Los Altos) did an actual good job of adjusting. They attacked us. We obtained very fortunate. Generally you want luck.”
Jalen Williams led M-A with 20.
“He makes our crew go,” Molieri stated.
Anderson scored 13.
The highest 4 seeds all superior to the Division I semifinals.
No. 1 seed Carlmont escaped with a 65-64 win over an unseeded Salinas crew that had already knocked off No. 9 Santa Teresa and No. 8 Fremont. Salinas’ Max Edria scored 40 factors, 28 within the first half.
“He was taking pictures from wherever, like Steph Curry,” Carlmont coach Ron Ozorio stated. “Within the second half, we denied him the ball, made him work onerous. Ben Lefer did a fantastic job.”
Enzo Carvalho-Goncalves led Carlmont (16-7) with 23 factors. Nate Wong scored 15. The Scots advance to play No. 4 Alvarez (22-3), a 63-61 winner over Palo Alto in a recreation that concluded with a disputed ending when a tip-in that might have tied the rating was disallowed.
Palo Alto coach Jeff LaMere wrote in a textual content: “Tipped in for a tie earlier than the buzzer, however ref stated he counted the time in his head and decided the tip-in didn’t depend. Guys performed onerous. Happy with the crew. Everett Alvarez performed nice.”
Sebastian Chancellor scored 18 and Lucas Black 17 for Palo Alto (18-8),
No. 9 seed Branham pulled the upset of the evening with a 58-46 win over Pioneer, the highest seed in Division II. The Bruins go to Lynbrook and Leland performs at Christopher within the semifinals.
Ladies basketball
Los Gatos, the highest seed in Division I, didn’t expertise a lot in the way in which of problem in a 46-28 win over San Benito. Los Gatos (22-3) led 30-10 at halftime.
Sophomore Belle Bramer and freshman Nicole Steiner scored 12 factors apiece
Los Gatos coach Sara Quilici-Giles pointed to Bramer’s protection on San Benito main scorer Bailey Cotter as a key to the victory.
The Wildcats advance to play No. 5 Los Altos, a 43-42 winner over No. 4 Santa Teresa, in Thursday’s semifinals. They defeated Los Altos twice in league play this season, 42-41 and 43-37.
No. 2 seed Evergreen Valley will play at No. 3 Homestead within the different semifinal. Evergreen superior with a 50-30 win over Monta Vista. Homestead defeated Silver Creek 42-37.
The highest 4 seeds in Division II all received on Tuesday.
No. 1 Hillsdale (23-1) beat Christopher 69-45 behind 29 factors, 4 assists and three steals from Makena Nitao, 13 factors and 10 rebounds by Kira Wilmurt and 10 factors, 9 rebounds, three blocks and 4 steals from Lizzie Manis. Morgan Blaettler scored 16 for Christopher.
Hillsdale will host No. 4 Branham, a 49-38 winner over Lynbrook, in Thursday’s semifinal.
No. 3 Burlingame, a 63-57 winner over Oak Grove, will play at Aragon within the different semifinal. The No. 2 seeded Dons superior by defeating Pioneer 54-26.
Capuchino, the highest seed in Division III, moved on by advantage of a 72-46 win over Notre Dame-San Jose as Melesungu Afeaki scored 28 factors, Hailey Hoff 23 and Arianna Jordan 18
The one upset within the prime three women divisions got here when No. 6 Mills blew out No. 3 Soquel 60-25. Mills will play at No. 2 Santa Cruz and Capuichino will host No. 4 Aptos on Thursday.