Basketball

Bishop Montgomery Defeats Damien, 61-47, in Final Round of CIF-SS Open Division Pool Play

Feb 19 2022 02:02:36

Boys Basketball:

The remarkable 2021-22 season is over for Damien.

Bishop Montgomery defeated the Spartans, 61-47, on Friday night.

It was only the second game this season that saw Damien outscored in all four quarters.

Jimmy Oladokun led the Spartans with 13, points and RJ Smith had 11.

Xavier Edmonds had a game-high 16 points for the Knights.

Liam Smith chipped in with 14 points and Jalen Vazquez contributed 13 in the win.

Damien’s 27 wins so far, tops all San Gabriel Valley programs in 2021-22.

Their 27-4 record would be impressive enough on its own, but one also has to take into consideration that Damien played in the toughest tournaments, and that includes the regular and postseason.

And the Spartans won a share of the Baseline League title for the first time since 2014-15.

He probably wouldn’t want this mentioned, but arguably the most noteworthy of all Damien accomplishments this season, was Mike LeDuc passing the 1,000-win club, which puts him in the rarest of air.

But they’re not done yet.

Up next: Damien will wait to get their CIF-State playoff opponent.

Box Score:
BM: 12-15-16-18-(61)
D: 11-9-15-12-(47)

Bishop Montgomery scoring: Xavier Edmonds 16, Liam Smith 14, Jalen Vazquez 13, Kristopher Krause 10, Christian Jones 5, Jacob Foster 3

Damien scoring: Jimmy Oladokun 13, RJ Smith 11, Kaleb Smith 9, Bradley Xie 8, Spivey Word 6

Record: Bishop Montgomery (20-3); Damien (27-4)

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