LONG BEACH – It was a game with significant CIF Southern Section Open Division implications.
Translated: The winner of the Del Rey League clash between St. Bernard and host St. Anthony Friday night was going to be a strong candidate to be one of the eight teams in the Open playoff pool when it’s unveiled on Feb. 9.
And, despite spotting the visitors an 8-1 lead, the Saints looked every bit the part of an “Open team” while cruising to an eased-up, 75-60 victory to improve to 25-2 overall and 6-1 in league.
Coach Allen Caveness’ team got double-figure scoring from four players, including Long Beach State-bound Jadon Jones (21 points, including four 3s/pictured) and sophomore post Elijah Price (16 points and 11 rebounds).
It was only the second loss for the Vikings (18-7 overall and 4-2 in league) with senior point guard Nick Bowden (who missed a lot of the season with an ankle injury suffered on Dec. 26 during the Classic at Damien) on the floor.
The Saints trailed, 19-17, after the first quarter but out-scored the Vikings, 44-21, in the middle 16 minutes of the contest.
Freshman guard Darius Carr led St. Bernard with 14 points while juniors Damion McDowell and Reese Dixon-Waters added 13 apiece.
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