Crespi’s basketball team is starting to gain notice just in time for the start of Mission League play next month.
The Celts (11-4) advanced to the semifinals of the toughest division of the Classic at Damien with a 70-67 victory over Northern California power Richmond Salesian on Saturday.
Carter Barnes finished with 16 points and five assists. Jasiah Williams had 15 points. And, in a big development for the Celts, 6-foot-10 transfer student Rodney Mukendi, who became eligible on Friday, had nine points and eight rebounds in 13 minutes as he continues to gain playing time and makes the transition to blending in.
Crespi will face Phoenix Sunnyslope in the 8 p.m. Platinum Division semifinals on Monday. Sunnyslope defeated St. John Bosco in overtime 61-54. Christian Collins scored 26 points for St. John Bosco. The other semifinal at 7 p.m. will have Redondo Union playing Crean Lutheran.
Crean Lutheran 61, Texas Sandra Day O’Connor 60: Nick Giarrusso had 17 points and 12 rebounds to help Crean Lutheran earn a spot in the Platinum Division semifinals.
Redondo Union 60, Damien 59: The Sea Hawks held on in overtime and will play Crean Lutheran on Monday in the Platinum Division semifinals. Eli Garner scored 22 points for Damien. SJ Madison had 24 points and Chris Sanders finished with 13 rebounds for Redondo Union.
Arcadia 52, San Gabriel Academy 47: The Apaches (11-1) came away with their biggest win of the season against a team that inflicted the only loss on Redondo Union and will play Rolling Hills Prep in the Gold Division semifinals. Nick Wallace Jr. and Ajani Balogun each scored 14 points. That’s the second time this season that Arcadia has been a team with a center 6-foot-11 or taller.
Rolling Hills Prep 61, Arizona Mesa 47: Nick Welch Jr. had 25 points and 14 rebounds to advance Rolling Hills Prep (12-2) to the Gold Division semifinals at Damien.
Nevada Liberty 61, Etiwanda 59: The Eagles (15-1) lost in overtime at Damien. Devin Mitchell scored 18 points for Etiwanda.
Folsom 60, Loyola 54: The Cubs were beaten despite 10 rebounds from Mattai Carter.
Eastvale Roosevelt 65, Utah American Fork 61: Sloane Harris had 26 points for Roosevelt.
Corona Centennial 70, Idaho Owyee 46: Stanford commit Isaiah Rogers scored 21 points for Centennial.
Village Christian 73, San Ramon Valley 60: Freshman Will Conroy scored a career-high 41 points.
Mayfair 55, Palisades 49: Josiah Johnson finished with 27 points for Mayfair.
Campbell Hall 75, Washington Prep 69: Ean Britt finished with 23 points for Campbell Hall.
St. Pius X-St. Matthias 67, De La Salle 64: In double overtime, the Warriors prevailed. Kayleb Kearse scored 23 points and Dominic Gallardo had 16.
Crossroads 65, California 58: Shalen Sheppard, cleared by the Southern Section after transferring from Brentwood, scored 19 points for Crossroads.
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 85, St. Augustine 47: NaVorro Bowman had 17 points for 10-4 Notre Dame. Josiah Nance added 15 points.
St. Anthony 64, Tesoro 55: Jamil House had 24 points and seven rebounds for St. Anthony.
Calabasas 76, Menlo 53: JR Hughes had 24 points and 14 rebounds for Calabasas.
Viewpoint 62, Palo Verde 43: Solomon Clanton Jr. finished with 21 points for 10-2 Viewpoint.
Harvard-Westlake 83, Idaho Mountain View 28: Joe Sterling had 27 points, Dominique Bentho had11 points and 13 rebounds and Cole Holden scored 10 points for the 15-2 Wolverines.
Santa Margarita 95, Nevada Clark 69: Drew Anderson scored 24 points, Kaiden Bailey 20 and Brayden Kyman 19 for the 15-2 Eagles.
Brentwood 67, Newport Beach Pacifica Christian 65: AJ Okoh had 30 points in the double overtime victory. Ethan Hill added 13 points and 12 rebounds. Brentwood is 15-1.
Sierra Canyon 79, Oregon Barlow 51: The Trailblazers improved to 10-1 in Oregon.
St. Francis 71, Pilibos 49: Luke Paulus had 20 points and Cherif Millogo 17 for the Golden Knights.
Mira Costa 69, Nevada Douglas 41: Paxx Bell had 14 points and Jayden Kainsinger 10 points for 15-1 Mira Costa in San Diego.
Westlake 54, Milken 53: The Warriors got in a tip-in at the buzzer.
JSerra 67, San Jose Archbishop Mitty 56: Jaden Bailes led JSerra with 21 points.
San Pedro 70, Palos Verdes 66: The Pirates won their own tournament championship. Tourney MVP Ricky Alonso scored 19 points. San Pedro is 10-3.
Windward 68, Bishop Montgomery 50: Angelina Habis scored 37 points, including eight threes, for a Windward team that got better after the sit-out transfer period ended Friday. Charis Rainey added 21 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists.
Sierra Canyon 72, San Juan Hills 22: Emilia Krstevski finished with 16 points and Payton Montgomery had 12 rebounds for 11-1 Sierra Canyon.
St. Anthony 78, North Torrance 52: Laila Hughes led St. Anthony (12-2) with 29 points.
Harvard-Westlake 65, Hamilton 25: Freshman Lucia Khamenia had 22 points for the Wolverines.
JSerra 53, Oak Park 48: The Eagles put up a fight against Orange County’s No. 1 team before losing. Karisma Lewis had 19 points.
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