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Boys’ basketball: It takes five

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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Ray Penn, a 5-foot-10 guard from the Houston Superstars, posted the top three scoring performances in the Reebok Summer Championships through the end of play Thursday. He scored 44 points in one game, 43 in another and 37 in a third.

Too bad he’s not still around.

Penn’s team lost Thursday in single-elimination play, meaning the top scoring threat is gone from the tournament. This serves as a reminder that it often takes more than one or two phenomenal scorers to win. Just ask the Denver Nuggets.

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--Ben Bolch

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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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