Mater Dei’s boys basketball team has outside shooters and ball-handlers ... Santiago senior guard Jacob Buboi, All-Garden Grove League last season, is having another outstanding year.

In the most important game of the season for the Mater East Academy basketball team, Lonnie Bass rose to the occasion. That, after all, is what great players do, Knights coach Antoine Wright said.

TINTON FALLS — Round one, of what should be a good Class B Central boys basketball rivalry over the next several years, went to the more experienced Mater Dei Prep team on Tuesday night.

That, in a nutshell, was Saturday night’s CIF Southern Section Open Division girls basketball pool-play finale between No. 2-seeded Etiwanda and No. 3 Mater Dei. Etiwanda trailed early but ...

This prompted the coach to quickly call timeout. “Mater Dei (Academy) came out strong,” Crawford-Behm said. “I told the guys to step up and they did.” Momentum shifted in the direction of ...