State Basketball Playoffs: Jason Crowe Jr. Ends High School Career In Loss To Damien

The ending was not what Jason Crowe Jr. wanted, but he sewage a hug from his mother and praise from his coach/father aft Inglewood’s 84-65 nonaccomplishment to Damien connected Tuesday nighttime successful nan Southern California Division I location playoff game.

He vanished pinch 34 points, ending his precocious schoolhouse profession pinch a state-record 4,718 points successful 124 games, according to CalHiSports.com. He’s much than 1,000 points up of nan next-closest player. His scoring mean was 38.0 points.

“I deliberation he’s had an astonishing precocious schoolhouse career,” said his father, Jason Sr., who will subordinate his boy astatine Missouri adjacent play serving arsenic an adjunct coach. “He had to spell against nan champion defenses each night. I’m proud of him. He brought this programme to nan Division I level. He was connected grant rotation each year.”

Damien (28-7) had excessively overmuch firepower for Inglewood (28-7). Eli Garner scored 25 points and Zaire Rasshan had 24 points. Garner had a five-point play and Rasshan added a four-point play. Damien will play astatine No. 3-seeded Crespi connected Thursday. Crespi defeated Bishop Amat 83-66. Isaiah Barnes scored 20 points. Sophomore Aiden Shaw had 25 points for Bishop Amat.

Jason Crowe Jr. of Inglewood launches a three-pointer against Damien. He vanished pinch 34 points successful a loss.

(Nick Koza)

“Incredible career,” Damien coach Mike LeDuc said of Crowe Jr.

Damien fans get excited successful a Southern California Regional game.

(Nick Koza)

Mater Dei 86, La Mirada 79: The Monarchs came backmost from a 12-point halftime shortage to destruct No. 1-seeded La Mirada connected nan roadworthy successful Division I.

St. John Bosco 65, San Marcos 55: Christian Collins scored 30 points and Max Ellis 19 for nan Braves.

Venice 61, Riverside Ramona 50: Canaan Rodriguez scored 18 points for Venice successful Division IV.

Girls basketball

Oak Park 72, La Jolla Country Day 57: Karisma Flores scored 27 points, including 7 of 7 from nan three-point line, to lead Oak Park.