By Tim Peterson
(Whittier)- South Pasadena overcame a first half deficit to outscore La Serna down the stretch in a 53-47 win over the Lancers Saturday night at La Serna High.
The Tigers found themselves down 25-19 at halftime but outscored La Serna 34-22 in the second half including 15-8 in the decisive fourth quarter and went on to the six-point victory.
The Tigers’ Sage Wayans got off to a slow start hitting just one of his first six shots and scored two points in the first half. But he warmed up in the third quarter with 12 points including five buckets down in the paint and finished with a game high 21. Wayans hit 7 of 8 free throw in the fourth quarter as South Pas put it away.
La Serna led 25-19 at the half. Zach Leija scored nine points in the second quarter including a three and had 11 overall in the firth half. La Serna outscored South Pasadena 17-9 in the second to take the six-point advantage at the break.
The Tigers opened the third with a 6-0 run to get even at 25 but the Lancers immediately responded with eight straight of their own to go up 33-25.
South Pas then started going to Wayans inside and he was able to get untracked. The Tigers were down by just one, 39-38, at the end of three before over taking La Serna in the fourth quarter.
After Wayans 21, Dillon Akers nailed two threes for South Pas and also finished in double figures with 13. Finny Ho had six and Jonathan Guy five.
For La Serna Leija took scoring honors with 17 and was the only Lancer in double figures. Gabriel Lewis and Vincent Quintero each had nine points and Marco Montano contributed eight.
With the victory South Pasadena improved to 8-3 while La Serna dropped to 7-8.
SP 10 9 19 15 53
LS 8 17 14 8 47
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Real LS fans care, winning League and adding to the banner is always a great accomplishment and team goal.
Winning a CIF championship in basketball is nearly impossible especially with us almost always being in Division 2. With all the recruiting private schools can do there isn’t much most regular schools can do but compete when you play against multiple D1 players and international 7 foot kids. And that’s when you have your good years, every public goes through cycles and down years with rebuilds.
Del Rio League Championships?!?! Who cares. How many CIF wins? Any team that scores 29 in their own Tourney is an EMBARRASSMENT!!! If you can’t win CIF games…… You can coach at Cal or Whittier but not LS.
How many league championships does La Serna have in a row? 5 straight league championships, so if that’s your joke exactly how many schools in the Whittier area can say that? Definitely not the one you really cheer for.
LS Basketball is a joke and an embarrassment to the school. It all starts with the coach and his staff. A change must be made but we know it won’t. The AD and principal are way too clueless to realize it.