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Boys’ basketball: Bishop Montgomery loses in wild finish

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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SACRAMENTO--Talk about wild momentum swings.

Bishop Montgomery had a one-point lead and its best player, senior guard Justin Cobbs, at the free throw line with seven seconds left today in the state Division IV championship game at Arco Arena.

Cobbs missed the front end of a one and one and Salesian grabbed the rebound. Pride forward Desmond Simmons, who had scored 31 points and grabbed 19 rebounds, dribbled frantically upcourt but lost the ball. Guard Jabari Brown picked it up and passed to sophomore forward Kendall Andrews, whose layup at the buzzer gave Salesian a 65-64 victory and set off a wild celebration in which Andrews immediately ripped off his jersey.

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Cobbs finished with 24 points but will long be haunted by the missed free throw. Bishop Montgomery had led, 59-50, midway through the fourth quarter. Simmons scored 13 points in the final quarter.

--Ben Bolch

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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