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Boys’ basketball: Gardena Serra has 11-point halftime lead

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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In a frenetic, up-and-down first half, Gardena Serra took a 33-22 lead over Compton Centennial in the Southern California Division III championship at the Galen Center.

Marqise Lee has eight points on four-for-five shooting for the Cavaliers, who are hoping to advance and become the first school to win state titles in football and basketball in the same school year. Serra has already defeated Centennial twice this season, including in a Southern Section title game.

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Vaughn Autry and Craig Carter scored six points apiece for Serra, which shot 46.7% to Centennial’s 44.4%.

Kurt Davis has eight points and Deonte Burton seven for Centennial, which is being outrebounded, 21-8.

--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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