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Redondo boys basketball routs Los Alamitos, setting up third meeting with rival Mira Costa

March 7, 2025

REDONDO BEACH — The Bay League’s boys basketball co-champions will get a third meeting this season, and this time with playoff bragging rights at stake.

Redondo outscored Los Alamitos by 20 points in the second quarter Thursday to run away with a 91-66 victory to advance to the CIF SoCal Regional Division I semifinals.

The Sea Hawks, who made 11 3-pointers, had four players score 17 or more points, led by senior guard Brayden Miner’s 20. Senior guard Hudson Mayes added 19 and juniors SJ Madison and Chace Holley chipped in 17 apiece in their second victory over the Griffins this season.

“We have pretty good firepower,” Redondo coach Reggie Morris Jr. said. “We took a poll the other day. I think we said six guys on our team have led the team in scoring at one point this season. So we’re pretty balanced and it makes it hard for people to key in on specific guys. When we’re sharing the ball it’s hard for people to lock in on who to take away.”

Redondo (27-5), the third seed, will be home against No. 7 seed Mira Costa (31-4) on Saturday at 7 p.m. The winner advances to the regional finals Tuesday night.

The Sea Hawks had a 12-point victory at Mira Costa in January before the Mustangs earned a share of the league title with a 69-68 win over Redondo on Feb. 4.

“We gave them one,” Miner said. “I’m not going to say it was a fluke, they got it fair and square. But we’re going to get ‘em.”

Mayes called the opportunity a “get-back” game.

“We got it posted in our locker room, them celebrating on our home court,” Mayes said. “That’s the first home game I’ve lost since I’ve been here with coach Morris.

“It’s going to be a big game, a lot of people there, a big environment. It’s a tiebreaker. … Our goal was to get an undefeated Bay League title and we didn’t do that. This is how we make up for it.”

The game was played at a frenetic pace from the start, as the Griffins (26-9) raced out to a 16-8 lead after senior forward Trent Minter’s 3-pointer with 2:35 left in the first quarter.

The Sea Hawks, who were plagued by seven turnovers in the quarter, answered with a 14-6 run to close out the quarter and tie the game capped by Holley’s 3-pointer at the buzzer.

In addition, the Griffins lost top defender Kedric Delaney to a left leg injury with 22.3 seconds left in the first. He did not return.

“To lose your best player on that side of the ball in a game like this, when they have as much talent as they do, combined with the second factor is fatigue,” Griffins coach Nate Berger said.

“Us losing someone who plays 16 to 20 minutes a night kind of put people in spots. … It kind of throws everything for a little bit of a loop.”

Tied 28-28 in the second, Redondo went on a 27-7 run over the final six minutes of the half to go into the locker room with a commanding 55-35 lead.

Berger credited Redondo’s physicality for making the difference.

“They played with a quicker pace and a stronger kind of presence,” Berger said. “They kind of imposed their will. Sometimes when that happens — and they are bigger, faster, stronger — the team who does what they did tonight, they’re going to go on runs. … Your only chance there is maybe get a couple calls to quiet it down, hit a couple shots to quiet it down.”

The key, Morris said, was the Sea Hawks’ ability to take care of the ball. Redondo had just six turnovers between the second and third quarters combined.

“Just making sure we take care of the ball and pass the ball to our team,” Morris said. “Once we did that, I think we got settled in.”

The Griffins made a brief run in the third, forcing three Sea Hawk turnovers and scoring seven consecutive points bookended by Samori Guyness’ 3-pointer and layup to pull within 65-49 at the 4:28 mark. Guyness finished with a team-high 20 points.

Mayes, though, was relentless driving to the basket throughout the contest. Back-to-back layups, including one through contact, ignited a 9-3 run to close the quarter and put Redondo in cruise control the rest of the way.

“Everyone eats,” Mayes said. “We don’t care who gets to score or who gets the ball.”

Los Alamitos closed out a season that was highlighted by the program’s first CIF Southern Section championship since 2007, winning the Division 1 title.

“You can’t pick another word other than proud,” Berger said. “Maybe happy would be your second one.

“You’ll have that ring, you’ll have that banner. That picture of this team will last forever and that’s something to cherish.”

Orange County Register

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