By Corey Kwok
(San Gabriel) – Keppel kept its Almont title pursuit in the crosshairs as they closed out round one of league by easily dismantling neighborhood and cross-freeway rival San Gabriel, 63-19 Tuesday.
The Aztecs forced 27 turnovers (10 in the first quarter) and served a paralyzing dose of twin brothers Justin and Jordan Young over the first three stanzas upon SG. They combined for 39 of the team’s 53 points – nearly tripling the entire Matador offense (15) – to help put this one well into deep freeze. Justin, the postman, had the more impressive stat line with 19 points, 3 assists, 2 blocks, and a whopping 8 steals, one of which he took for a breakaway pick and slam late in the second.
Jordan, the shooter, had a point more (20) and added another 6 boards, 3 dishes, and 2 thefts. Ashlee Wong capped the leader board with a trifecta of threes, of which the Aztecs shot 6 for 7 in the second half. San Gabriel was led across all categories by Eric Alvarez, who had 10 of the team’s 19 points, with 7 rebounds, 3 steals, and 3 blocks.
The Matadors took advantage of a rare slow start by Keppel and led 5-4 shortly into period one after an Alvarez deuce and Brandon Tran trey.
MKHS 19 14 20 10 (63)
SGHS 5 5 5 4 (19)
MK – Jordan Young 20, Justin Young 19, Wong 9, Garrett Masada 5, Cameron Lee-Sung 4, Max Katz 2 (4 steals, 1 assist and block), Jacky Tran 2, Jonathan Marty 2
SG – Alvarez 10, Tran 4, Daniel Ramos 3, Justin Tan 2
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