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Boys’ basketball: Gardena Serra still up by 13

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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It was a quarter of wild momentum swings.

Gardena Serra took a 16-point lead over Compton Centennial in the Southern California Division III championship, then had its advantage trimmed to eight before a late flurry gave the Cavaliers a 48-35 lead going into the fourth quarter.

Steven Archibald hit a three-pointer and Marqise Lee made a layup to close the quarter for Serra. Deonte Burton had a couple of eye-popping moves for Centennial, including a floater and a one-handed shot on a spin move.

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--Ben Bolch

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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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