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Boys’ basketball: Mater Dei, Taft tied after third quarter

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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Taft forward De’Andre Daniels started to really assert himself in the third quarter, scoring 10 points to help the Toreadors forge a 56-56 tie against top-seeded Mater Dei going into the fourth quarter of their Southern California Division I regional semifinal.

Gary Franklin Jr. had seven points in the quarter for the Monarchs, who are hoping to avoid having their season end against a L.A. City Section team on their home court for a second consecutive season.

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Mater Dei played the final 4:52 of the third quarter without Keala King after the forward went to the bench with four fouls.

--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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