TIMES TOP 25 BASKETBALL

The Times’ high school boys’ basketball rankings and comments by Ben Bolch:

Rk.; Team (Rec., Div.); Results (last week’s rank)

1 MATER DEI

(14-0, SS-Div. I-AA) def. Diamond Ranch, 74-49; Bellingham (Wash.) Squalicum, 79-50; Gahr, 90-66. (1)

2 WESTCHESTER

(14-1, City-Div. I) Did not play. (2)

3 KING

(9-1, SS-Div. I-AA) def. Cedar Hill (Texas), 53-51; lost to Marietta (Ga.) Wheeler, 78-73; def. Fairless Hills (Pa.) Pennsbury, 52-48. (4)

4 TAFT

(11-2, City-Div. I) def. Sacramento, 58-54; Etiwanda, 63-61; Colony, 69-55. (8)

5 DOMINGUEZ

(11-4, SS-Div. I-AA) def. Mt. Vernon (N.Y.), 60-57; Fairfax, 58-56; Etiwanda, 58-56. (7)

6 FAIRFAX

(11-2, City-Div. I) def. Beaverton (Ore.) Westview, 72-46; lost to Dominguez, 58-56. (3)

7 ETIWANDA

(10-3, SS-Div. I-AA) def. Inglewood, 55-40; lost to Taft, 63-61; Dominguez, 58-56. (5)

8 LEUZINGER

(11-3, SS-Div. II-AA) def. The Woodlands (Texas) College Park, 77-52; Long Beach Jordan 72-70; Windward, 59-49. (10)

9 DIAMOND RANCH (10-3, SS-Div. III-A) lost to Mater Dei, 74-49; def. Ocean View, 56-54; Bishop Montgomery, 52-49. (13)

10 BISHOP MONT.

(14-2, SS-Div. IV-AA) def. St. Bernard, 75-63; Price, 73-55; lost to Diamond Ranch, 52-49. (6)

11 CAMPBELL HALL

(9-3, SS-Div. III-AA) def. Kahuku (Hawaii), 54-36; lost to Concord De La Salle, 41-20. (9)

12 LOS ALAMITOS

(13-1, SS-Div. I-AA) def. Niceville (Fla.), 66-43; Albany (N.Y.) Academy, 68-49. (16)

13 GOLDEN VALLEY

(14-1, SS-Div. III-A) def. Grant, 77-40; Hart, 96-89; Ridgecrest Burroughs, 89-48. (18)

14 SANTA MONICA

(11-2, SS-Div. I-A) lost to Granada Hills, 49-46; def. Saugus, 67-41. (12)

15 TESORO

(13-2, SS-Div. I-A) lost to Mayfair, 70-69; def. South Jordan (Utah) Bingham, 69-57; Foothill, 60-50. (14)

16 WINDWARD

(9-5, SS-Div. V-A) def. Newark Memorial, 58-39; lost to Rocklin, 77-66; Leuzinger, 59-49. (11)

17 PACIFIC HILLS

(11-4, SS-Div. V-AA) def. La Verne Lutheran, 69-46; Reseda, 68-67; Modesto Christian, 69-59. (19)

18 GARDENA SERRA

(13-3, SS-Div. IV-AA) def. Las Vegas Centennial, 65-50; Las Vegas Palo Verde, 71-62; North Torrance, 86-82; San Diego Hoover, 73-71. (21)

19 SONORA

(14-1, SS-Div. III-A) def. West Ranch, 67-56; Poway, 56-50. (24)

20 CORONA CENTENNIAL

(13-1, SS-Div. II-AA) def. Damien, 57-41; Rancho Verde, 74-68. (NR)

21 LONG BEACH POLY (10-2, SS-Div. I-AA) def. South Jordan (Utah) Bingham, 75-66; Mayfair, 73-52. (25)

22 LONG BEACH WILSON

(12-3, SS-Div. I-AA) def. Norco, 64-49; Edison, 49-36; San Diego Serra, 66-42. (NR)

23 LONG BEACH JORDAN

(11-3, SS-Div. I-AA) def. Cleveland, 64-58; lost to Leuzinger, 72-70; def. Cabrillo, 78-69. (23)

24 EISENHOWER

(11-2, SS-Div. II-A) def. San Diego, 66-58; lost to Bellevue (Wash.), 58-54. (NR)

25 MURRIETA VALLEY (12-0, SS-Div. I-A) def. Arlington, 61-45; Alta Loma, 70-58. (NR)