Palo Alto boys lose heartbreaker at Alvarez in a Division I quarterfinal when last-second tip-in is disallowed.
took an inbounds pass in heavy traffic underneath the basket and scored as time expired to give Menlo-Atherton a 57-55 win over Los Altos in a Central Coast Section Division I boys basketball playoff game Tuesday.
No. 3 seed M-A advances to play at No. 2 Mountain View, a 54-30 winner over Silver Creek, on Thursday in the semifinals. The Bears led 29-14 at halftime before Los Altos roared back. An 11-1 run in the fourth quarter brought the Eagles even at 51-51. A bucket byJake Skaggstied it back up with 27 seconds left and set the stage for the game-winning shot by Adams.
“I’m super proud of their effort in the second half, to come back and battle the way they did,” Los Altos coach Trevor Naas said. “M-A’s pressure defense really bothered us in the first half.”“We became a little too reckless, not very disciplined,” M-A coachsaid. “ did a real good job of adjusting. They attacked us. We got very lucky. Sometimes you need luck.”The top four seeds all advanced to the Division I semifinals.
No. 1 seed Carlmont escaped with a 65-64 win over an unseeded Salinas team that had already knocked off No. 9 Santa Teresa and No. 8 Fremont. Salinas’“He was shooting from anywhere, like Steph Curry,” Carlmont coachdid a great job.”scored 15. The Scots advance to play No. 4 Alvarez , a 63-61 winner over Palo Alto in a game that concluded with a disputed ending when a tip-in that would have tied the score was disallowed.
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