![]() Salesian’s De’ Undrae Perteete (0) shoots a three-point basket against Harvard-Westlake in the first quarter of the CIF State Basketball Championship Open Division Boys game at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, Calif., on Saturday, March 9, 2024. Senior guard Aaron Hunkin-Claytor found De’Undrae Perteeete for a layup to start the second period, and then Zion Yeargin canned a couple threes to make it a five-point game again. The Pride, which went the entire season without having a player average double-digit in points, passed the ball from one side to the other and screened with a purpose.Īfter going down 21-11 at the end of the first quarter, Salesian’s veteran group refused to get rattled. The fact that Salesian pushed one of SoCal’s great teams to the brink was a testament to the Richmond’ schools system and the selfless players that made it great. ![]() Robert Hinton went 7 of 8 from the field to lead Harvard-Westlake with 19 and Trent Perry had 17. Tulsa will play a first-round game Thursday.Obenyah led Salesian with 14 points and De’Undrae Perteete scored 10. South Florida has a first-round bye and will play its first game Friday. Up nextīoth teams will head to Fort Worth, Texas, for the American Basketball Championship at Dickies Arena. It was Tulsa’s first victory over a ranked team since a 65-64 win over No 5 Houston on Dec. Tulsa: A year after going 5-25 in Eric Konkol’s first season, the Golden Hurricane improved considerably, led by Haggerty, Tulsa's freshman scoring record holder who exceeded his previous high of 30 against Rice. South Florida: The Bulls became ranked for the first time in school history last week and will be the No. South Florida made just 4 of 23 3-pointers. Pryor, a 6-10 junior, had 15 in the first half on 5 of 6 shooting including going 2of 3 3-pointers, exceeding his 12.1 scoring average by halftime. Chris Youngblood had 12 points and Selton Miguel 11 for the Bulls. Pryor led South Florida with 29 points and 11 rebounds. “I just try to take what I see out there,” Haggerty said. He can slow down and get what he’s looking for.” “He’s got such balance and is constantly changing directions. ![]() “You talk to the guys who watched him grow up and they all say he’s always been able to score,” Konkol said of Haggerty. Williams had 11 rebounds and made 3 of 8 3-pointers and 8 of 9 free throws. Haggerty made 11 of 17 shots from the floor, 10 of 14 free throws and had seven rebounds and five assists. Tulsa coach Eric Konkol marveled at Haggerty’s shot making and said it’s a skill he’s possessed since his earliest days of competitive basketball. With his strength and patience he just really made it tough on us.” He’s 6-4, strong and he never gets in a hurry. “Haggerty is just a really crafty player. “We didn’t match their competitiveness and that was disappointing.ĪP South Florida head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim talks to a referee against Tulsa during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, March 9, 2024, in Tulsa, Okla. “We had opportunities to stretch the lead, but in the second half Haggerty and Cobe Williams were the most competitive players on the floor,” said South Florida coach Amir Abdur-Rahim. South Florida (23-6, 16-2) pulled within 70-67 on a tip-in by Kasean Pryor with 1:20 left but Tulsa made 6 of 9 free throws from there. ![]() Haggerty continued to pour it on from there, scoring Tulsa’s next 10 points to give Tulsa a 69-58 lead with 2:33 remaining. Cobe Williams, who added 23 for Tulsa, hit a 3-pointer out of the break. Haggerty, the conference’s 13-time freshman of the week and nation’s leading freshman scorer at 20.6 points per game, scored 10 points of a 16-5 Tulsa run, prompting South Florida to take a timeout with 8:10 to play. Tulsa (16-14, 7-11 American Athletic Conference) held USF to 30% shooting in the second half, coming back from a 37-31 halftime deficit. 24 South Florida 76-70 on Saturday, snapping the nation’s longest winning streak at 15 games. Freshman PJ Haggerty scored a career-high 32 points, including 26 in the second half, as Tulsa defeated No. ![]()
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