Orange County boys basketball highlights and final scores for Friday, Dec. 13

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NON-LEAGUE

FOOTHILL 48, TUSTIN 36: The Knights won their fifth game in a row in the crosstown series Friday night at Foothill. Danny Kennard had 16 points, 15 rebounds and four blocks, Lorenzo Turner had 16 points and four steals, Kai Nixon had seven points, three assists and three steals and Braedon Davidson five points and three blocks to lead Foothill.

LAGUNA HILLS 66, UNIVERSITY 59: Laguna Hills overcame a 38-25 halftime deficit to beat former league foe University on the road.

Junior Jackson Burnham and freshman Cyrus Yusuf combined for 35 second half points to lead the charge for the Hawks (7-5). Each player made five 3-pointers. Burnham had 24 points and Yusuf 21 points.

University (3-6) was led by senior Isaac Evans with 22 points and 10 rebounds to go with three steals and three blocks. Senior Shervin Moarrefian contributed 17 points, four rebounds, three assists and four steals.

—Courtesy Daryl Bogard, For OC Sports Zone

SAN CLEMENTE 80, MISSION VIEJO 49: The Tritons (11-3) were led by Christian Fernandez, who had 29 points. Porter Hansen had 16 points and Chase Tolliver 12 points.

NORTH-SOUTH CHALLENGE

CYPRESS 59, COLONY 27: The Centurions (9-4) hit 12 3-pointers. Ryan Gov led the way with 21 points and four 3-pointers and King Birdsong scored 13 points and made three 3-pointers. Gavin Kroll added three more threes and had nine points. Cypress will play Murrieta Valley on Saturday at the North Orange County Championships.  

“We played with good energy today and got great effort from everyone. We need to be consistent with this type of game,” said Coach Derek Mitchell.

PACIFICA CHRISTIAN 75, PHILIBOS 69: The Tritans advance to the championship game to face Canyon Saturday night. EJ Spillman had 30 points with six rebounds and five assists to lead the Tritons. Owen Connell had 16 points, 10 rebounds and three assists and Logan Stewart 15 points and 10 rebounds. Hudson Reynolds added eight points and took three charges.

Spillman reached 1,000 career points and is the fourth player in school history to reach the mark.

BEVERLY HILLS TOURNAMENT

JSERRA 56, CROSSROADS 49: The Lions advanced into the championship game of the tournament with a win Friday. Dominic Bolton had 17 points and Jarne Eyanga 14 points to lead the Lions. Grayson Sinek added 10 points and four assists for the Lions, who won their ninth staight game.

WESTERN TOURNAMENT

SERVITE 68, WESTERN 39: The Friars (7-2) were led by Bryson Allen, who had 17 points and Hugh Hannah, who had 14 points. Servite meets Newport Harbor in the championship Saturday at 7 p.m.

NEWPORT HARBOR 77, JURPA HILLS 46: The Sailors (9-2) advanced into the championship game of the tournament. Jack Berry led all scorers with 30 points.

SPARTAN CLASSIC

SANTA MARGARITA 94, YGNACIO 50: Kaiden Bailey scored 22 points and Brayden Kyman 20 points with six 3-pointers to lead the Eagles to their seventh straight win out of the gate. The Eagles move on to the championship Saturday night.

SAVANNA TOURNAMENT

Corona del Mar 60, Tesoro 41

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