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Boys’ basketball: Compton has early one-point lead

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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The Cinderella story continues.

Unseeded Compton has an 11-10 lead over second-seeded San Diego Lincoln after the first quarter of a fairly sloppy Southern California Division II regional championship.

Both teams are missing lots of free throws and tip-ins around the basket. Cliff Sims Jr. and Dazjae Hill have each made an early three-pointer for the Tarbabes.

Norman Powell has seven points for the Hornets, who are shooting only 17.6% to Compton’s 23.1%.

--Ben Bolch

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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