MISSION HILLS — A player’s impact upon a game is often measured through their grit and determination.
With the high school basketball season coming down to the final two games, Alemany assistant coach Randy Narciso made it easy to determine which players had the highest impact when it mattered most.
The Alemany roller coaster of a season moved forward with a 74-63 victory over Bosco Tech on Tuesday in the CIF Southern California Regional Division III final at Alemany High.
The young stars for Alemany shined in more ways than one, as they helped the team advance to the state finals in Sacramento. Alemany will face Santa Cruz, the Northern California Regional top seed and champion, in the state final Friday at 4 p.m. at Golden 1 Center.
“Player impact rating isn’t just scoring,” said Alemany head coach Mike Dulaney. “It’s rebounds, assists and hustle plays and we had a lot of that tonight.”
The Warriors caught fire during their postseason run. After going 1-6 in the Mission League, the Warriors have clawed their way through the CIF postseason. They had won nine games in a row heading into Tuesday’s contest.
One of their nine wins was an 86-80 victory in triple overtime over Bosco Tech on Feb. 24 in the CIF-Southern Section Division 3A final.
The Tigers arrived ready for the rematch. Led by Jaden Erami’s 21 points and team-high five steals, the Tigers would not go away.
“It was easy to keep guys fired up because (Bosco Tech) is so tough,” said Dulaney. “We knew they were going to come at us and they never give up. We knew that. They are such a well-coached ball club and we just had to match their intensity.”
Bosco Tech went down early in the first quarter, but with its tenacious defense and a knack for finding the ball, they cut the Warriors’ lead to one point at halftime.
Alemany’s Mike Lindsay scored 10 points early in the contest and wound up being the game’s top scorer with 23 points.
Lindsay contributed in all aspects…
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