Boys Basketball:
If anyone was worried about a possible letdown a night after Damien handed Etiwanda its first loss of the season, the Spartans put those concerns to rest with a 69-54 victory at Chino Hills.
With two games to play, Damien trails Etiwanda by one-half a game in the Baseline League standings.
But if the Spartans win on Wednesday and Friday, they will clinch at least a share the league championship with the Eagles.
Jimmy Oladokun had a team-high 22 points for Damien, while Spivey Word chipped in with 19 points.
Chino Hills got a game-high 27 points from Mourad Toure.
Logan Jereczek contributed nine points and Jaycob Parsons had six points in the loss.
Damien got 10 points from Kaleb Smith, eight from Bradley Xie and RJ Smith had seven points.
Up next: The Spartans travel to Los Osos on Wednesday and Rancho Cucamonga on Friday.
Box Score:
D: 14-18-15-22-(69)
CH: 7-16-10-21-(54)
Damien scoring: Jimmy Oladokun 22, Spivey Word 19, Kaleb Smith 10, Bradley Xie 8, RJ Smith 7, Xavier Clinton 3
Chino Hills scoring: Mourad Toure 27, Logan Jereczek 9, Jaycob Parsons 6, William Gillins 4, Justin Bellamy 3, Ian Collins 3, Chukwuemeka Okongwu 2,
Baseline League Standings:
Etiwanda (19-6, 8-1)
Damien (24-2, 7-1)
RCHS (21-5, 5-3)
Los Osos (14-11, 3-5)
Chino Hills (10-14, 2-7)
Upland (10-13, 0-8)
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