There’s nothing Reggie Morris can’t do with basketball expertise. He received a Metropolis Part Open Division title at Fairfax, coached Russell Westbrook at Leuzinger and has received Southern Part titles at Leuzinger, St. Bernard and Redondo Union.
Now again for his second stint as coach at Redondo, Morris has an enormous objective in thoughts this season — make the Open Division playoffs.
“That’s where we want to be,” he mentioned.
The Sea Hawks have performed a difficult schedule and are on their solution to a Bay League championship after a 76-64 street win over Mira Costa on Friday night time.
Brayden Miner, the son of former NBA dunk champion Harold Miner, made 4 threes and completed with 18 factors. Hudson Mayes, a Central Michigan commit, had 15 factors. Chris Sanders scored 15 factors. Devin Wright got here off the bench to contribute 13 factors.
The Sea Hawks (19-2) have been a bit of inconsistent. They opened a 14-point lead within the first half, however it dwindled to 31-27 at halftime. They surged within the third quarter for a 56-33 cushion, then gave up 11 consecutive factors to start out the fourth quarter. Mira Costa (19-2) closed to inside 63-58 with 3:10 left on two free throws from Jacob De Armas. Then the Sea Hawks took cost once more.
“We have bouts of that,” Morris mentioned.
Give Mira Costa credit score for hustling and getting again into the sport. Eneasi Piuleini had 22 factors. Mira Costa began the season with 19 consecutive wins however has misplaced consecutive video games to Anaheim Canyon and the Sea Hawks.
Guide Arts 82, Los Angeles 59: Devin Moody, who scored 64 factors earlier this week, had 48 factors and 22 rebounds for the Toilers.
Palisades 78, Hamilton 47: Mikal Sims led the Dolphins with 15 factors.
Grant 74, Arleta 61: Champ Merrill scored 24 factors for the Lancers.
Birmingham 83, Taft 73: Mandell Anthony had 27 factors and sophomore Chris Sanabria made three threes to spark the Patriots to the West Valley League win.
Chatsworth 72, El Camino Actual 51: Alijah Arenas had 22 factors and Taj Unuakhalu added 16 factors and 11 rebounds within the West Valley League win.
Damien 69, Los Osos 42: Eli Garner led 4 scorers in double figures for Damien.
Rancho Cucamonga 65, Chino Hills 50: McKel Shedrick continued his positive play with 20 factors and 5 rebounds for Rancho Cucamonga.
Oaks Christian 56, Westlake 48: The Lions improved to 14-3 and 3-0 within the Marmonte League. Nick Giarrusso had 12 factors and Stevie Amar 11.
Calabasas 77, Agoura 48: Grayson Coleman led the Coyotes with 24 factors.
San Clemente 60, Trabuco Hills 34: Chase Tolliver scored 15 factors because the Tritons improved to 18-4.
Los Alamitos 66, Huntington Seaside 30: The Griffins stayed unbeaten within the Sundown League.
AGBU 71, South Hills 42: Isaiah Bennett scored 28 factors and had 11 assists for 17-2 AGBU.
La Mirada 89, Mayfair 52: Julien Gomez completed with 24 factors for the Matadores (19-4).
Camarillo 49, Oak Park 35: The Scorpions improved to 21-1.
Women’ basketball
High sophomore Kaleena Smith balled out once more, main no. 1 Ontario Christian (CA) to a win over Christ the King (NY) 87-75 🤩
Smith: 26p, 12a, 5s pic.twitter.com/KtYoO0b5Sn
— SportsCenter NEXT (@SCNext) January 17, 2025
Ontario Christian 87, N.Y. Christ the King 75: On the HoopHall Basic in Springfield, Mass., Kaleena Smith had 26 factors and 12 assists and Tatianna Griffin added 26 factors and eight assists for 23-1 Ontario Christian.
Hamilton 71, Palisades 63: The Yankees stayed unbeaten within the Western League. Jade Fort led the way in which with 32 factors. Elly Tierney had 22 factors for Palisades.
Sierra Canyon 82, Louisville 41: Jerzy Robinson completed with 39 factors, 10 rebounds and 6 steals for the 18-1 Trailblazers.
Mira Costa 46, Redondo Union 33: Kristyn Kim scored 17 factors and Kaylee Yeh added 16 factors within the Bay League win for Mira Costa. Abby Zimmerman led Redondo Union with 14 factors.
