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Boys’ basketball: Mater Dei impressive in early going

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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It was all Mater Dei in the first quarter of the featured game of the Nike Extravaganza.

Tyler Lamb scored five points and Connor Hughes, Travis Wear and David Wear had four points apiece for the Monarchs, who held an 18-8 lead over Newark (N.J.) St. Benedict’s Prep in the matchup of the Nos. 1-2 teams in the country according to USA Today.

Lamb made a nifty finger roll seconds before the quarter ended to give the Monarchs their biggest lead.

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Sophomore guard Tavon Sledge had six points for St. Benedict’s.

--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.

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