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Boys’ basketball: King counterpunch ties it going into fourth quarter

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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Top-seeded King scored 12 of the final 14 points of the third quarter to pull into a 43-43 tie with fourth-seeded Taft heading into the fourth quarter in a Southern California Division I regional semifinal at King.

Senior guard Chris Harriel scored 10 points in the quarter for King, which outscored Taft, 22-9, over the eight-minute quarter. Wolves senior forward Kawhi Leonard picked up his fourth foul with 1 minute 16 seconds left in the third quarter and remains on the bench to start the fourth quarter.

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--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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