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Boys’ basketball: Mater Dei, King tied at halftime

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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It doesn’t get any closer than this. Mater Dei and King have played to a 23-23 tie at halftime of their Division I-AA championship this evening at the Honda Center.

Mater Dei forward Travis Wear picked up his second foul early in the second quarter and went to the bench, but twin David Wear has more than compensated with 10 first-half points. Guard Tyler Lamb has seven points and five rebounds for the Monarchs.

Forward Kawhi Leonard has six points and forward Tony Snell five for King. Neither team has led by more than four points.

--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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