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Boys’ basketball: Mater Dei holds on for victory

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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Mater Dei avoided another defeat against a Los Angeles City Section opponent on its home floor, pulling out a 75-73 victory over Taft with a late flourish.

Tyler Lamb’s three-pointer gave the Monarchs a 72-68 lead and after Bryce Jones hit one of two free throws, the Toreadors had a chance to tie the score when Landon Drew launched a three-pointer. But the shot was off the mark and Katin Reinhardt made a layup to give the Monarchs a 74-69 lead.

A late three-pointer by Jones was too little too late for Taft, which was hoping to repeat Fairfax’s feat of knocking off Mater Dei on its home floor.

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--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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