If it weren't for a few missed dunks, Aaron Gordon might have set a
single-game scoring record at the Les Schwab Invitational Wednesday
night at Liberty High.
Instead, he settled for 43 points as the
Archbishop Mitty High from San Jose, Calif., beat Southridge of
Beaverton 80-70 in boys basketball action.
Gordon, who is 6-foot-8
and among the best high school players in the nation, made 20 of 25
shots from the field, with four of the misses coming on attempted dunks,
to lead the Monarchs to the quarterfinals of the 16-team holiday
tournament, where they will face four-time defending Class 6A state
champion Jesuit.
The Crusaders beat Sheldon 77-39 in their opener to improve to 8-0 on the season.
The tournament record is 46 points, according to tournament organizers.
"We
got a chance to watch them play," Monarchs' coach Tim Kennedy said. "We
don't expect Aaron to get so many good looks at the basket like he did
today."
Southridge got 21 points from A.J. Monterrosi in the loss, which dropped it to 4-4.
The
Skyhawks represented themselves well throughout the game inspite of
Gordon's huge size
advantage. Scrappy play had the team within 56-54
late in the third quarter before a pair of turnovers turned into easy
baskets for the Monarchs, who scored the first eight points of the third
qaurter to take a 68-54 lead.
Gordon finished with 15 rebounds as well.
"We
played okay today," said Gordon, who has publicly narrowed his college
choices to Washington, Arizona and Kentucky, "but we gave up way too
many points. We have to do a lot better job on defense."
On the
day, the three out-of-state teams all won. Gonzaga Prep of Washington,
D.C., beat Clackamas 90-51, and Neumann-Goretti of Philadelphia, beat
Tigard. In other games, Century beat Columbia River of Vancouver, 58-47,
Central Catholic beat Jefferson 84-67, West Linn beat Sprague 78-59 and
Lake Oswego beat Sunset, 59-39.
In the quarterfinals, Jesuit and
Archbishop Mitty meet at 5:30 p.m., following Century's battle with
Gonzaga Prep at 4 p.m. Lake Oswego meets Central Catholic at 7 and West
Linn faces Neumann-Goretti at 8:30 p.m.
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