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Blast From The Past-2009
Bell Gardens Stuns Montebello at the Buzzer
By Mario Villegas, Exclusive to EGP
By Mario Villegas, Exclusive to EGP
With his team down by a point and only 2.4 seconds to play, Bell Gardens High School boys’ basketball Coach Al Cuevas decided to let his players create an opportunity, rather than call time out to diagram a high-percentage shot.
The move paid off, as Albert Chavez drilled a 3-point shot from mid-court as time expired to lift Bell Gardens to a stunning 62-60 victory over Montebello Tuesday in a pivotal Almont League boys’ basketball game at Bell Gardens.
Chavez’ heroics set off a wild celebration with cheer and drill team members, and fans joining players to rush the court and mob the junior guard who briefly ran around the court before lining up for the traditional post game handshake between opponents.
“My assistant coaches always want me to call a time out and set something up in situations like that,” Cuevas said. “But because of the way we play, we seem to create good opportunities for ourselves, so I said, ‘let’s just go. Let’s just go.’ But I kind of was hoping for closer shot than half court.”
After missing his first free throw attempt, Montebello’s Michael Carabes converted on the second to give the Oilers a 60-59 lead and it appeared Montebello was on its way to the win.
But the Lancers quickly in bounded the ball into the hands of Chavez, who scored 14 of his team-high 17 points in the second half. In the first half, Chavez followed a missed 3-pointer with a short jumper as time ran out to bring his team to within 33-29 at halftime.
Bell Gardens improved to 12-10 overall and went 3-2 in the first half of Almont League play. Montebello (13-10) dropped to 2-3 in league.
“This was a huge game for both teams, and we were just lucky enough to win it,” Cuevas said. “Montebello is a real good team and (Coach) Marino Angulo does such a good job coaching them. It’s always a tough battle against them.”
Said Angulo: “We beat them at the buzzer at our place last season, so they owed us one.”Montebello led for most of the game Tuesday only to have Bell Gardens overcome numerous deficits. The Oilers hurt their cause by missing five of seven free throws in the game’s final two minutes. They also had trouble against the Lancers’ pressure defense.
“That’s what happened at the end,” Angulo said. “We couldn’t take care of the ball and we opened up the door to give them an opportunity. We had too many turnovers. They’re a guard-oriented team, their guards are fast and they killed us.”
Bell Gardens was also led by Enrique Escobedo with 15 points and by Travon Williams with 10. Gilbert Ceniceros added eight points.
Andrew Torres scored 19 to lead Montebello, which also got 10 points from Antonio Worthy and Carabes. Daniel Flores had nine points.
Bell Gardens plays host to San Gabriel Friday on homecoming night. Montebello travels to Alhambra. Both games will tip off at 7.
The move paid off, as Albert Chavez drilled a 3-point shot from mid-court as time expired to lift Bell Gardens to a stunning 62-60 victory over Montebello Tuesday in a pivotal Almont League boys’ basketball game at Bell Gardens.
Chavez’ heroics set off a wild celebration with cheer and drill team members, and fans joining players to rush the court and mob the junior guard who briefly ran around the court before lining up for the traditional post game handshake between opponents.
“My assistant coaches always want me to call a time out and set something up in situations like that,” Cuevas said. “But because of the way we play, we seem to create good opportunities for ourselves, so I said, ‘let’s just go. Let’s just go.’ But I kind of was hoping for closer shot than half court.”
After missing his first free throw attempt, Montebello’s Michael Carabes converted on the second to give the Oilers a 60-59 lead and it appeared Montebello was on its way to the win.
But the Lancers quickly in bounded the ball into the hands of Chavez, who scored 14 of his team-high 17 points in the second half. In the first half, Chavez followed a missed 3-pointer with a short jumper as time ran out to bring his team to within 33-29 at halftime.
Bell Gardens improved to 12-10 overall and went 3-2 in the first half of Almont League play. Montebello (13-10) dropped to 2-3 in league.
“This was a huge game for both teams, and we were just lucky enough to win it,” Cuevas said. “Montebello is a real good team and (Coach) Marino Angulo does such a good job coaching them. It’s always a tough battle against them.”
Said Angulo: “We beat them at the buzzer at our place last season, so they owed us one.”Montebello led for most of the game Tuesday only to have Bell Gardens overcome numerous deficits. The Oilers hurt their cause by missing five of seven free throws in the game’s final two minutes. They also had trouble against the Lancers’ pressure defense.
“That’s what happened at the end,” Angulo said. “We couldn’t take care of the ball and we opened up the door to give them an opportunity. We had too many turnovers. They’re a guard-oriented team, their guards are fast and they killed us.”
Bell Gardens was also led by Enrique Escobedo with 15 points and by Travon Williams with 10. Gilbert Ceniceros added eight points.
Andrew Torres scored 19 to lead Montebello, which also got 10 points from Antonio Worthy and Carabes. Daniel Flores had nine points.
Bell Gardens plays host to San Gabriel Friday on homecoming night. Montebello travels to Alhambra. Both games will tip off at 7.
Blast From The Past-2008
THREE THE MAGIC NUMBER FOR THE LANCERS
By Brad Memberto / Sports Writer
Some teams live by the three and die by the three. The Bell Gardens Lancers lived by them and will live another day in the CIF playoffs.
Behind eight 3-pointers from Gilbert Hopkins, the Lancers defeated the Lompoc Braves 55-54 at Paisola Pavilion on Friday night in a first round game of the Division III-AA basketball playoffs.
Hopkins hit his final 3-pointer with under 10 seconds remaining to pull off the upset of Lompoc, the number two seed out of the Los Padres League.
The Braves held 6-10 J.C. Lugo to six points in the game, but were unable to rein in the bombs put up by Hopkins. Several of his baskets were from well beyond the 3-point line.
“He's not their big scorer - he averages 11 points a game,” Lompoc coach Jeff Jones said about the Lancer's big man. “But we made a superstar out of number 11.
“You have to guard him and we didn't - we chose not to guard him.”
With a large contingent of fans from Bell Gardens and the usual loud Lompoc cheering section, emotion was as high as the decibel level. The emotion of the evening was something that hurt the Braves.
“With the emotions this high it's hard to get the kids to settle down,” Jones explained. “It reminds me of Cabrillo with that type of charged atmosphere. To me it's the hardest game of the season to coach.
“It's so hard to keep your guys under control and we were just not under control tonight.”
The game started slowly as both teams felt each other out. As Bell Gardens tried to feed Lugo underneath, Trae Vernon and his teammates near the basket were able to deny the pass, then double teamed well when Lugo did receive the ball.
Meanwhile Vernon was having no trouble moving with the ball inside. He scored eight points in the first. He made a couple baskets on short jumpers and made a baby hook for another as the Braves built up an early 13-4 lead. Hopkins hit his first trey of the game late in the quarter that was followed by another Vernon basket and Lompoc led 15-7 after one.
“I thought our defense in the first quarter was okay, but we were rag tag,” said Jones. “I thought we would get better and play better, but we didn't. We went in the other direction.”
Hopkins hit two 3-pointers in a row to start the second, followed by a trey from Travon Williams and a lay-up by Luis Preciado, starting with an 11-0 run and taking an 18-15 lead.
Lompoc regained the lead with a 6-0 run of their own, before Hopkins hit another long range shot, tying the score 21-21.
With Steven Morehart scoring four and Vernon hitting another lay-up, the Braves took a 27-21 lead into half-time.
In the third, the Lancers kept coming at the Braves, but they were able to hold them off until late in the quarter. Andrew Cruz hit a driving lay-up to give Bell Gardens a 37-35, but again Vernon came back and scored three straight baskets to give Lompoc a 41-37 cushion going into the fourth.
“He was my one guy that played very well today,” Jones said about Vernon, a sophomore who has shown steady progress all season long.
Early in the final quarter Lompoc was able to extend their lead to eight, before Bell Gardens started to whittle away at the lead.
Joe Alerta made a traditional three point play to give Lompoc a 54-49 lead with just over a minute remaining, then Hopkins hit two NBA range 3-pointers to conclude the scoring.
The final score came with 17 seconds remaining, but the Braves were unable to get a good shot off.
“We played more emotional and less under control,” said Jones. “And we didn't guard number 11 - he was wide open for shots.”
Lompoc took several runs at the big guy Lugo under the basket, but he did not falter and had several blocks late in the game.
“They'd press us and we'd break the press easily and then the big guy was back there,” Jones explained. “Everybody wanted to challenge him, but then backed away from him.
“You don't back away from a big guy, all you do then is let his length come out. You've got to get into the body and we didn't do that. Then again, how do you simulate 6-10 in practice - it's very difficult to prepare for that.”
Vernon finished with 22 points and scored from all over the floor. Alerta scored seven of his 11 points in the second half.
But it is the Lancers who will move on Tuesday to face the winner of the Savanna - Temple City game.
“I loved coaching this team with all the progress they made,” Jones stated. “At the start of the year we were not very good. We became a good basketball team.
“It's a team I really thought would make a decent run in the playoffs.”
Some teams live by the three and die by the three. The Bell Gardens Lancers lived by them and will live another day in the CIF playoffs.
Behind eight 3-pointers from Gilbert Hopkins, the Lancers defeated the Lompoc Braves 55-54 at Paisola Pavilion on Friday night in a first round game of the Division III-AA basketball playoffs.
Hopkins hit his final 3-pointer with under 10 seconds remaining to pull off the upset of Lompoc, the number two seed out of the Los Padres League.
The Braves held 6-10 J.C. Lugo to six points in the game, but were unable to rein in the bombs put up by Hopkins. Several of his baskets were from well beyond the 3-point line.
“He's not their big scorer - he averages 11 points a game,” Lompoc coach Jeff Jones said about the Lancer's big man. “But we made a superstar out of number 11.
“You have to guard him and we didn't - we chose not to guard him.”
With a large contingent of fans from Bell Gardens and the usual loud Lompoc cheering section, emotion was as high as the decibel level. The emotion of the evening was something that hurt the Braves.
“With the emotions this high it's hard to get the kids to settle down,” Jones explained. “It reminds me of Cabrillo with that type of charged atmosphere. To me it's the hardest game of the season to coach.
“It's so hard to keep your guys under control and we were just not under control tonight.”
The game started slowly as both teams felt each other out. As Bell Gardens tried to feed Lugo underneath, Trae Vernon and his teammates near the basket were able to deny the pass, then double teamed well when Lugo did receive the ball.
Meanwhile Vernon was having no trouble moving with the ball inside. He scored eight points in the first. He made a couple baskets on short jumpers and made a baby hook for another as the Braves built up an early 13-4 lead. Hopkins hit his first trey of the game late in the quarter that was followed by another Vernon basket and Lompoc led 15-7 after one.
“I thought our defense in the first quarter was okay, but we were rag tag,” said Jones. “I thought we would get better and play better, but we didn't. We went in the other direction.”
Hopkins hit two 3-pointers in a row to start the second, followed by a trey from Travon Williams and a lay-up by Luis Preciado, starting with an 11-0 run and taking an 18-15 lead.
Lompoc regained the lead with a 6-0 run of their own, before Hopkins hit another long range shot, tying the score 21-21.
With Steven Morehart scoring four and Vernon hitting another lay-up, the Braves took a 27-21 lead into half-time.
In the third, the Lancers kept coming at the Braves, but they were able to hold them off until late in the quarter. Andrew Cruz hit a driving lay-up to give Bell Gardens a 37-35, but again Vernon came back and scored three straight baskets to give Lompoc a 41-37 cushion going into the fourth.
“He was my one guy that played very well today,” Jones said about Vernon, a sophomore who has shown steady progress all season long.
Early in the final quarter Lompoc was able to extend their lead to eight, before Bell Gardens started to whittle away at the lead.
Joe Alerta made a traditional three point play to give Lompoc a 54-49 lead with just over a minute remaining, then Hopkins hit two NBA range 3-pointers to conclude the scoring.
The final score came with 17 seconds remaining, but the Braves were unable to get a good shot off.
“We played more emotional and less under control,” said Jones. “And we didn't guard number 11 - he was wide open for shots.”
Lompoc took several runs at the big guy Lugo under the basket, but he did not falter and had several blocks late in the game.
“They'd press us and we'd break the press easily and then the big guy was back there,” Jones explained. “Everybody wanted to challenge him, but then backed away from him.
“You don't back away from a big guy, all you do then is let his length come out. You've got to get into the body and we didn't do that. Then again, how do you simulate 6-10 in practice - it's very difficult to prepare for that.”
Vernon finished with 22 points and scored from all over the floor. Alerta scored seven of his 11 points in the second half.
But it is the Lancers who will move on Tuesday to face the winner of the Savanna - Temple City game.
“I loved coaching this team with all the progress they made,” Jones stated. “At the start of the year we were not very good. We became a good basketball team.
“It's a team I really thought would make a decent run in the playoffs.”
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