Calabasas Zoned Out by Chaminade

Russell White, the pupil, learned another lesson from Jeff Young, the teacher, Friday night in the semifinals of the Chaminade tournament.

White, who spent five years as a Chaminade assistant under Young until becoming the coach at Calabasas last season, couldn’t come up with a solution for Young’s smothering 2-3 zone defense.

It was the difference in Chaminade’s 56-33 victory.

“I blame the loss entirely on Jeff Young,” White said, teasingly. “He didn’t teach me enough about zone offense.”

Calabasas (4-9) appeared to be in good shape early in the second quarter, trailing only 12-9. The Coyotes’ zone defense was causing Chaminade (7-4) trouble. It also helped that 6-foot-9 Scott Borchart of Chaminade was on the bench with two fouls.

When Borchart returned with 5:08 left before halftime, the Eagles went on a 9-0 surge to take control.

Calabasas paid close attention to Borchart, creating scoring opportunities for Ryan Arceo, who had 13 points. Borchart finished with 11 points. Josh Jones had nine rebounds.

Chaminade plays Riordan of San Francisco in tonight’s final at 8.

Young and White hugged afterward, both expressing relief the matchup was over.

“I hate it,” Young said. “When he’s not playing against us, I’m rooting so hard for him. He’s like a brother to me. When he beat Agoura [Thursday], I was clapping and cheering. I know he’s going to be successful.”

In other Chaminade tournament games:

Monroe 55, Agoura 51--Ramall Goodrich scored 19 points to help Monroe (5-7) reach the fifth-place game against Campbell Hall.

Agoura (10-2), which lost its second consecutive game, played without guard Johnny Gray, who was ejected Thursday for receiving two technical fouls.

Lancaster 68, Birmingham 60--Teddy Meyers made two clutch free throws in the final 30 seconds to help Lancaster (10-3) move into the consolation final.

Ryan Nishimoto scored 22 points and Haig Tatian had 21 for Birmingham (3-5).

Campbell Hall 76, Bullard 62--Sophomore Derrick Williams had 21 points and 10 rebounds, and sophomore Robert Locke added 21 points to lead Campbell Hall (5-6).

Oak Park 69, Grant 56--The Eagles made nine three-pointers to reach the consolation final.

Jeremy Murphy scored 20 points for Oak Park (7-6). Gino Riney had 24 for Grant (7-5).