Boys Basketball: Claremont rallies for 63-61 win over Damien in overtime


By Stephen Ramirez
steve.ramirez@langnews.com
@SteveRRamirez on Twitter
CLAREMONT —
If the Damien High School entertained any thoughts of winning a piece of the Sierra League title, it had to win out.
Claremont all but put those hopes to rest.
Chris Edwards scored 20 points, including two baskets in overtime, and the host Wolfpack rallied for 63-61 victory over the Spartans in a league game on Friday.

Omar Mahmoud also had 20 points for Claremont, which improved to 18-8 overall and 5-3 in league play.
Malik Fitts had 19 points for Damien, which slipped to 20-5 and 6-2. Jeremy Hemsley, who fouled out with a little more than two minutes left, had 14 points.
The Spartans had a chance to tie the score, but Fitts missed a 3-pointer with about eight seconds left and after being fouled with 0.7 seconds left, Tyler Ginyard made just one of three free throws.
Damien coach Matt Dunn: “I guess that’s the result. We don’t really talk about that (the league race). Our goal every year is to play our best basketball at the end of the year. I thought we grew in some areas tonight, but not in others. The next couple of weeks we can try to perfect it and see what can happen in the playoffs.”

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