Darius Brown, II scored 19 points for the victorious Bulldogs
By Tim Peterson
(Pasadena) – Bryce Hamilton and Darius Brown, II combined for 46 points to lead Pasadena to a 69-47 rout of Beaumont Friday night at the Dog House.
The Bulldogs used an 11-2 run to begin the second quarter to open up an eight point lead and never looked back. They outscored Beaumont 20-7 overall in the second after trailing by one after the first to lead 31-19 at the half.
Brown, the junior point guard, was held scoreless in the first but broke out with eight in the second quarter including a pair of threes. Brown finished with 19 points for the game and also added 12 assists and four steals. Hamilton led all scorers with 27 including two from downtown and a rim rattling jam that electrified the crowd in the fourth quarter. Hamilton was also seven of eight from the free throw line and pulled down 10 rebounds.
Pasadena was up by 14 by the end of the third quarter with Brown and Hamilton (9) combining for 14 of the Bulldogs 18 in the quarter. The fourth quarter turned into garbage time as the Dogs cruised out to a 20 point lead giving Coach Tony Brooks an opportunity to clear his bench.
Bryce Hamilton led all scorers with 27
Jesse Watkins added six for the Bulldogs to go along a dozen boards.
For Beaumont big man Aaric Sanders got it going in the second half and led the way with 17 points down in the paint. Sanders was the only Cougar in double figures. CJ Clemons finished with seven.
Next up for Pasadena is a match up with Corona del Mar in the quarterfinals.
@bohi
It all starts at the top. It is not the parents, it’s the administration. You guys got new administrators and they made some bad coaching hires. Football is the most important sport to start the school year and your administrators miss the boat on that hire. I remember when Bonita was the jewel of the valley. I hope it gets better, maybe it’s time for a change.
Congrats Pasadena. A frustrated side note. I can’t help but think that football success at the start of the school year breeds success. Only a couple of years ago all our teams at Bohi were flourishing. Now, not so much. Basketball both highly rated teams at the out set, dumped,football awful,soccer ugh, all with poor student body support. But we still have plenty of helicopter family getting in the middle. Maybe we should have out teams made up of the mommies and daddies and let them coach themselves. Ketterling where are you?
@solid stuff to bad your team didn’t even make it to the playoffs,to bad your only chance to take a shot at one school is to ride the success of another since it can’t be your own school haha..
Pasadena had a first round bye, beat Beaumont after an 11 day layoff. The road is not easy, but the Bulldogs are after their 12 CIF finals appearance and 6th CIF ring.
Winning two rounds of CIF basketball is great, and I congratulate the Dogs on this count. Too bad the Gabrielino team was unable to savor even one win, but such are the rigors of CIF championship competition.