By Corey Kwok<\/p>\n
(La Canada) – La Ca\u00f1ada came out flaming hot from the get-go and led by as much as 23 points at one time while hitting 12 of 17 3-pointers in the first half, before surviving a seething rally by Damien in the second half to win 59-58 in the championship of its own tournament Saturday – the La Ca\u00f1ada Holiday Classic.<\/p>\n
Damien made their tuneups and LC missed all 11 attempts from beyond the arc in the second half.<\/p>\n
Bryce Peters drained a three with 30 seconds to play, pulling Damien within 1\u00a0 (at what would become the final score) and had the ball again and last shot at the buzzer after a couple point-blank misses by others, but it struck the front of the rim and glanced away as time expired and LC came away the victors.<\/p>\n
Peters (4 assists, 3 rebounds) led all scorers with 22 points for Damien, who also got 13 out of Justin Hemsley (13 rebounds, 2 assists), 12 from Isaiah White (3 assists, 3 rebounds), and six by Elijah McCullough (5 rebounds, 4 assists). Liam Ryan (4 points, 6 rebounds) and Ezekiel Alley (1 point, 2 rebounds) rounded out the scoring slate for\u00a0Damien.<\/p>\n
Sean Estes and Justin Kouyoumdjian both nailed four 3-pointers in the first half, and finished in double-digit scoring for the La Ca\u00f1ada Spartans, along with Koko Kurdoghlian.<\/p>\n
Estes\u00a0scored 16, while Kouyoumdjian added 13 with five rebounds and four assists, and Kurdoghlian 11 with six assists, four steals, and four rebounds.<\/p>\n
Grant Arthur (7 points, 2 assists) had a team-high seven rebounds, and Ben Choi chipped in with five points, four assists, and three rebounds, for LC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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