Sea Kings bounce Canyon, 62-54

ANAHEIM -- Corona del Mar High’s boys basketball team, on the

heels of a near-miss upset of Esperanza Wednesday, rallied from a 7-0

deficit to post a 62-54 nonleague victory at Canyon High Thursday

night to give the Sea Kings a 7-9 record entering Wednesday’s Pacific

Coast League opener at Laguna Beach.

“I was really proud of our kids,” said CdM Coach Ryan Curry.

“We’ve had a lot of close games and we lost a heart-breaker

Wednesday. “We really regrouped.

“We talked about forgetting it and getting ready for Canyon,”

added Ryan.

The message was apparently heard.

Brett Matsen, who scored 16 points on Wednesday, led the scoring

parade with a season-high 18 points Thursday, including three treys.

“He’s really had two solid games, at both ends of the court,” said

Curry.

Robbie Luce, meanwhile, held Canyon’s No. 1 threat to 12 points

and was singled out by Curry. “He really did a great job on Didier,”

said Curry.

Also in double figures for CdM were Jay Northridge (12) and Pancho

Seaborn (11). Adam Freede scored nine points coming off the bench.

Bart Welch was CdM’s key rebounder with five.

Canyon falls to 3-12.