February 13, 2014 Page 5 Joe’s Sports Lawndale Takes Over First in Pioneer After Downing North Hawthorne’s Ricky Bryant attempts a basket in last week’s Ocean League boys’ basketball action against Inglewood. Photo by Joe Snyder By Joe Snyder Earlier in Pioneer League play, North Torrance High’s boys’ basketball team had a very good shooting game in stunning defending league champion Lawndale 95- 77. Last Friday, the Cardinals got to host the Saxons and they made it worthwhile in rolling to a 90-73 victory to avenge that defeat and take over first place in Pioneer action. With the win, Lawndale improved to 7-1 in league and 16-8 overall, while North fell to 19-5 overall and 6-2 in Pioneer action. The Cardinals took advantage of their height, led by 6-foot-9 players Chimeze Metu and Brodricks Jones, but it was guards Quincy Pinkard and D’Lano Beckles who paved the way. Pinkard led all scorers with 29 points, while Beckles added 13. Metu contributed 16 points, nine rebounds and five blocked shots. Jones had nine points, 13 rebounds and three blocks. North, though, played without standout guard Koh Flippin, who is lost for the season with a broken wrist, and that could have hampered the Saxons. Flippin put in 18 points when the Saxons defeated Lawndale. Mo Nwodili led North with 22 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks. The Cardinals led virtually the entire game. North was within three points (49-46) early in the third quarter behind a steal and layup by guard Chad Ashimine, but Lawndale responded with a 20-7 run culminated by a slam dunk by Metu on a pass from Beckles to up its lead to 16 (69-53) with 1:39 left in the third period. The win puts the Cardinals in good position for their second consecutive league title. After visiting lowly South Torrance (1-7 in league) last Tuesday, Lawndale closes Pioneer play at home against Torrance tonight at 7:30 p.m. INGLEWOOD DEFEATS HAWTHORNE, CULVER CITY Inglewood High’s boys’ basketball team is just one game behind leader Beverly Hills in Ocean League play after crushing Hawthorne 91-54 and overcoming Culver City 62-48 on the road last week. Against the hapless Cougars (6-19 overall and 0-8 in league) on February 5, Inglewood broke open an early close game. Leading 27-20 after the first quarter and by five (31-26) early in the second period, it was a slam dunk by Darae Elliott that ignited a first half closing 23-6 run that gave the Sentinels a 54-32 halftime advantage. Inglewood (14-10, 6-2) was led by Terrell Gomez and Elliott with 17 points apiece. Corey Dollarhidi tallied 10 points. Hawthorne had a game-high 18 points from Ricky Bryant, but he went down with what appeared to be an ankle injury with 1:32 remaining in the game. Bryant did not play in the Cougars’ 81-60 home loss to Morningside last Friday. Markell Gray totaled 10 points for Hawthorne. At Culver last Friday, the Centaurs led throughout three quarters. They led 34-24 at halftime and still by three (45-42) after the third period before Inglewood’s offense and defense took over and outscored Culver 20-3 in the fourth quarter to pull out a 14-point victory. Hawthorne fell to 0-8 in league with an 81- 60 home loss to Morningside last Friday. The Cougars were unable to stop the Monarchs’ Gabe Solache, who scored a career best 41 points. Solache went 15 for 19 from the field, including making seven of nine three-point basket attempts, and made all four of his free throw attempts. The Monarchs, who improved to 8-14 overall and 3-5 in league, also had a triple double by Dakaria King with 11 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. James Brown finished with 12 points and nine rebounds. Marlon Towns led Hawthorne with 20 points. After hosting Beverly Hills last Tuesday, Inglewood finishes league at cross-town rival Morningside tonight at 7:30 p.m. The Sentinels already clinched a spot in the CIF-Southern Section Division IA playoffs. The Cougars close league at home against Santa Monica tonight at 7:30 p.m. LADY SENTS ROLL OVER HAWTHORNE Inglewood High’s girls’ basketball team is in second place in the Ocean League after rolling over host Hawthorne 58-27 on February 5. Leading 14-7 after the first quarter, Inglewood turned the game into a rout by outscoring the Cougars 36-10 in the next two quarters for a 50-17 bulge. The Sentinels (5-3 in league) had balanced scoring led by Dominique Godbolt with a game-high 13 points. Shanatha Bryant tallied 10 points and Nicole Lemberg put in eight. Hawthorne, which is 4-4 in Ocean play after topping Morningside 47-37 last Friday at home, was led by Kristina Brown with eight points. Deanna Ray and Crishell Tebudio had five and four points respectively. 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