Boys' basketball: King leads Dominguez by 13 at half

Boys’ basketball: King leads Dominguez by 13 at half

Staff Writer

Feb. 27, 2009 8:14 PM PT

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Riverside King sure knows how to start. And finish.

The Wolves scored the first seven points of the game and the final 12 points of the first half to take a 39-26 lead over Compton Dominguez at intermission tonight in a Southern Section Division I-AA semifinal at Rancho Verde High.

San Diego State-bound forward Kawhi Leonard scored 14 points and forward Tony Snell had 12 for second-seeded King.

Dominick Lacoste scored nine points for third-seeded Dominguez, including seven consecutive points during one stretch of the second quarter to pull the Dons to within 27-26. But King reeled off the final 12 points of the half to take control.

--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.