San Ramon Valley's Conley and Deely are too much for Dublin
San Ramon Valley's Elliot Conley had the hot hand early, and Seamus Deely had a nose for the ball late.
In between, San Ramon Valley played strong defense to keep Dublin from making any serious rallies Tuesday night as the Wolves extended their winning streak to 15 games with a 58-45 victory on the road in East Bay Athletic League boys basketball play.
Conley led the way with 21 points, 17 before halftime, and Deely pulled down key offensive rebounds down the stretch to keep possessions alive. He finished with 12 points and 12 rebounds for the No. 5 ranked Wolves.
Luke Isaak added 18 points — he was 6 for 6 from the foul line in the second half — as the Wolves improved to 19-3 overall and 5-0 in the league.
Dublin, No. 8 in the Bay Area News Group rankings, fell to 17-5, 3-2.
Conley made three 3-pointers in the first half and Deely scored eight of his points after the midway break.
“We can score points,” Conley said. “But defense is going to win us the game.” No. 12 Serra 71, No. 9 St. Ignatius 68 (OT)
The 50th Jungle Game at Serra turned into a classic as the host Padres pulled even on Andrew McDowell's basket in the final three seconds of regulation and went on an 8-0 run in overtime to beat West Catholic Athletic League rival St. Ignatius before a charged-up capacity crowd.
Ryan Pettis (20 points) and Mikey Ballout (19 points) led the Padres, who improved to 13-4, 5-2.
SI got 21 points from Raymond
Whitley.
No. 2De La Salle 54, No. 3 Granada 45: Tied 36-36 after three quarters, host De La Salle took charge in the final period to snap Granada's 17-game winning streak and remain undefeated in EBAL play.
The Spartans got 24 points — 17 in the second half — and 10 rebounds from their junior star, Alec Blair.
Leo Ricketts chipped in with 14 points as De La Salle improved to 19-3, 5-0.
Cortevious Taylor led Granada (18-2, 4-1) with 18 points.
No. 1 Salesian 83, Pinole Valley 25: It was business as usual for Salesian as the Pride returned to TriCounty Athletic League Rock Division domination after winning a one-point thriller over the weekend against Millennium of Arizona at the Crush in the Valley showcase in San Pablo.
Carlton Perrilliat (12 points) paced the scoring for Salesian (22-1, 7-0).
Girls
No. 1Archbishop Mitty 77, Valley Christian 23: Morgan Cheli had another outstanding game as Mitty improved to 18-0 with another blowout victory, this one over Valley Christian (11-7).
Cheli, a UConn commit, scored 14 points.
Sophomore McKenna Woliczko led the Monarchs with 23 points.
No. 14 Salesian 35, Pinole Valley 34: Salesian's grip on the TCAL Rock Division nearly came to an end as host Pinole Valley (9-13, 3-4) gave the Pride (12-8, 6-0) all it could handle.
But in the end, Salesian found a way to avoid its first regular-season league defeat since St. Mary's-Berkeley beat the Pride in February 2013.