LIONS STORM INTO DIVISION 1 SEMIFINALS: The @jserrahoops Boys Basketball team advanced to the final four of the CIF-SS Division 1 Playoffs on Tuesday, as the Lions defeated the Rolling Hills Prep Huskies 66-49 in a quarterfinals game at North (Torrance) High School in Torrance.
JSerra is now 22-12 overall on the season and will host Inglewood in the semifinals on Friday night at JSerra Catholic High School.
Junior Earl Bryson tallied 10 points in the first quarter to spark the Lions to a 21-16 lead after the opening eight minutes.
The Lions maintained a five-point lead into halftime before expanding their advantage to seven points by the end of the third quarter.
JSerra put the game away in the opening 4:05 of the final period, as the Lions surged to a 15-0 run.
Senior Jaden Bailes connected on back-to-back-to-back shots from behind the three-point line to start the run and added another jump shot (sandwiched between baskets by Bryson), as the Lions ballooned the lead to 22 points and put the game out of reach.
Balies scored a team-high 19 points on 7-of-14 shooting from the field.
Bryson added 18 points (on 8-of-16 shooting) and a team-high seven assists.
Junior Godschoice Eboigbodin collected a double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds.
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