LOS ANGELES — The St. Pius X-St. Matthias boys basketball had a chance to beat Harvard Westlake, the defending CIF State Open Division champions at the buzzer but senior guard Tyrone Riley missed what would have been the game-winning jump shot from 18 feet out, as the Wolverines held on for a hard-fought 72-71 win at home Wednesday night.
Harvard-Westlake senior guard Trent Perry, who recently signed with USC, had a game-high 20 points. Senior guard Robert Hinton added 17 points for the Wolverines, who improved to 8-0 this season.
“Credit to (St. Pius X-St. Matthias), they competed, they scratched, they clawed, they did everything they needed to and gave themselves a chance to win and it was a good test for us and we’ll learn and grow from it,” Harvard-Westlake coach David Rebibo said.
Harvard-Westlake boys basketball coach David Rebibo on his team’s hard fought 72-71 win at home against St. Pius X-St. Matthias. Rebibo said @pmabbasketball absolutely has a chance to be a @CIFSS Open Division team. pic.twitter.com/b3p21H6FtR
— John W. Davis (@johnwdavis) December 7, 2023
St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy (PMA), who wants to make the CIF-Southern Section Open Division playoffs this season, was led by senior point guard David Mack, who had a team-high 19 points, including 14 points in the second half before fouling out with 3:39 to go.
When Mack, who transferred from Fairfax fouled out, the Warriors trailed 67-60 but never quit as they finished five players in double figures and ended the game on an 11-5 run to end the game.
“I loved how we fought,” Mack said. “I love how they never gave up. I push them in practice every day. We talk about never giving up, on the miles (the team runs before practice) we have to keep going, so that just translated to here and towards the end, even when I fouled out, they still kept going and I was really proud of them for that and I was proud of myself for pushing myself to keep them in the game.”
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