{"id":5651,"date":"2010-02-18T00:33:50","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T07:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=5651"},"modified":"2010-02-18T00:33:50","modified_gmt":"2010-02-18T07:33:50","slug":"lancers-bury-vikings-75-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=5651","title":{"rendered":"Lancers Bury Vikings, 75-53"},"content":{"rendered":"
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La Salle's Michael Edwards (1) drives hard to the basket. Photo by Anne Cypress.<\/p><\/div>\n

(Sierra Madre) \u2013 La Salle took advantage of a depleted Blair line-up to advance to the second round of the Division 4-A CIF-SS playoffs with a convincing 75-53 victory.<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t take long for the sixth-seeded Lancers to take control of the game as Matt Nolan and Ian Schuler scored at will during a 16-6 run to end the first quarter.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny time your big guy can step out and hit three\u2019s,\u201d said La Salle head coach Steve Goldstein.\u00a0 \u201cThe lane opened up for some drives early.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nolan, who led the Lancers with 19 points, scored 12 of his points in the first quarter, while Schuler added 10 in the opening stanza.<\/p>\n

The Vikings knew they were in trouble early as they entered the game without the services of Jasper Cobb and Marcus Bagnerise who were academically ineligible.<\/p>\n

Blair\u2019s Ceandre Dade led all scorers with 26 points and filled in admirably in the absence of the high-scoring pair.\u00a0 Marsalis Ellison also stepped in to score 15 points for the Vikings.<\/p>\n

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La Salle's Ian Schuler (22) helped the Lancers jump out to a quick lead. Photo by Anne Cypress.<\/p><\/div>\n

The cold-shooting Blair offense continued to struggle against La Salle\u2019s man-to-man defense and was held without a basket for 4:52 in the second quarter.<\/p>\n

After a slow start to begin the second half, the Lancers finally awoke late in the third when Nolan and Michael Edwards buried three-pointers to increase the lead to 24 points after allowing the Vikings to get within 18.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if we (La Salle) were flat,\u201d said Goldstein.\u00a0 \u201cWe didn\u2019t get back very well early on, but we went on a real nice run at the end of the third quarter and into the fourth.\u201d<\/p>\n

La Salle would ice the game away early in the fourth quarter as they went on a 12-0 run to extend the lead to 34 points.<\/p>\n

Blair tried to make a game near the end with a 13-2 run to end the game.<\/p>\n

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LA SALLE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a028\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 14\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 14\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 19\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 75<\/p>\n

SCORING:<\/p>\n

BLAIR \u2013 Ceandre Cade 26, Marsalis Ellison 15, Lance Green 8, Marcus Spruill 4<\/p>\n

LA SALLE \u2013 Matt Nolan 19, Michael Edwards 15, Ian Schuler 14, Josh Anderson 13, Ryan Akinbayode 6, Darryl Oliver 6, Cedric Alfonso 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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