By Corey Kwok
(West Covina) – South Hills opened up San Antonio league play by dominating from the opening tap to the final buzzer in a 64-37 rout of West Covina Wednesday night. The Huskies ruled the boards as well out rebounding the Bulldogs 43-24.
Ify Umodu collected 11 caroms and Cody Doyle added another 8.
Stanley Tran led all scorers with 17 WC points. He sunk a trey and drew a 3 point play in the first quarter to keep the Bulldogs in contention early. Doyle, (10 points), responded by adding six points on a pair of free throws followed by consecutive buckets at the end of a 9-0 spurt for a 21-9 Huskie lead.
Danny Gonzalez drilled one for West Covina off a Brian Fortuna dish from the top of the key but South Hills’ Joe Paul Rodriguez, (12 points, 5 steals, 1 block), delivered a short banker 4 seconds before the first quarter buzzer before besting the horn again before halftime with a high flying tip in, capping another 9-0 Huskie run.
South Hills slowed down considerably in the third quarter, missing 5 of 6 free throws against a 6-0 WC start. John Reed, Arrion Quinn, and Rodriguez each scored later in the quarter to maintain a 20 point Huskie margin.
The Huskies then put it out of West Covina’s reach in the fourth beneath an 11-1 opening run resulting in a 30 point lead.
WC 12 8 8 9 – 37
SH 23 18 7 16 – 64
WC – Tran 17, Andre Carthon 9, CJ Salvedo 4, Gonzalez 3, Andrew Miranda 2, Horace Nguyen 2. Reb – Deion Steppes 7, Miranda/Carthon 5.
SH – Rodriguez 12, Reed 11, Doyle 10, Georges Laguerre 6, Alek Karpuzyan 5, Chris Le 4, Umodu 4, Quinn 3, Joe Ruvalcaba 3, Michael Cortez 2, Chris Porter 2, Darrell Chapman 2. Reb – Umodu 11, Doyle 8, Reed 7.
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