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Corey Kwok<\/p>\nCorey Kwok<\/p>\n
(El Monte) – Mountain View hit eight free throws within the final 75 seconds of play to beat Arroyo 51-44 Wednesday night in MVL action at Vern Nelson Fieldhouse.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0The Vikings staggered to a 12-6 lead after one quarter. Viking guard Eric Martinez (8 points, 7 rebounds) played phenomenal defense in the opening frame swatting away five passes and recording three steals.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 Juan Benitez grabbed seven caroms and scored 10 points. Jonathan Sanchez joined him atop the View scoring column with 10.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 The Knights battled back to take their only lead of the game at 33-32 on Mark Roche’s free throw 1:16 into the fourth. Roche (7 rebounds) led all scorers with a dozen points.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 A 3 point play by Benitez and a Jeremy Acosta basket for a Mountain View was immediately matched by Arroyo on a pair of Efrain Carrillo free throws and a Roche bucket 20 seconds apart to even the score. The Vikings went ahead for good on a couple of Acosta layups below the basket.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 Carrillo, (10 pts), kept the Knights in the game by sinking six straight freebies. Jeff Salazar (4 points, 2 steals) and both Martin Tran and Roche scored 4 each during the second frame.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 The Knights were dealt a serious blow in the Mission Valley league playoff picture with the loss. They fell from third place down to fifth at 3-4 with two games left.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 The Vikes advance one spot to third at 4-3, a game up on 4-3 Gabrielino in fourth. Rosemead, despite falling to Gabby, remains ahead of South El Monte at 5-2.<\/p>\n
Mt View\u00a0\u00a0 12\u00a0\u00a0 11\u00a0\u00a0 9\u00a0\u00a0 19\u00a0 –\u00a0 51<\/p>\n
Arroyo\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a06\u00a0\u00a0 16\u00a0 10\u00a0 12\u00a0 –\u00a0 44<\/p>\n
MV – Benitez 10, Sanchez 10, Martinez 8, Acosta 8, Joe Angelo 7, Josh Ortega 4, Chris Duarte 4<\/p>\n
A – Roche 12, Carrillo 10, Tran 8, Trenton Stewart 8, Salazar 4, Marco Monsivaiz 2<\/p>\n
In other MVL news:<\/p>\n
Gabrielino shrunk Rosemead’s MVL margin to a game by scoring a 56-49 win over the Panthers. Point guard Tyler Hoffman led the way with 3 steals, 5 assists, and 13 points. Nolan Tcheng added 11, and scooped up 8 rebounds as well. Josh Acosta was the last Eagle in double figures, chipping in 10 points and three steals.<\/p>\n
South El Monte survived a nail biting 54-50 win over El Monte. The Lions led two touchdowns to one (14-7) after the first but the Southmen replied with an 18-5 run sustaining enough momentum to the last buzzer.<\/p>\n
The MVL picture is as follows:<\/p>\n
1. Rosemead 5-2 – RHS 63, SEM 39 result in previous meeting)<\/p>\n
2. South El Monte 5-2<\/p>\n
3. Mountain View 4-3 MVHS 71 GHS 70 result in previous meeting)<\/p>\n
4. Gabrielino 4-3<\/p>\n
5. Arroyo 3-4<\/p>\n
6. El Monte 0-7<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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