Boys basketball: First loss a big one for Mater Dei
March 7th, 2009, 8:10 pm · · posted by Steve Fryer
Mater Dei, ranked No. 1 in the nation, lost to M.L. King of Riverside in the Division I-AA final Saturday at Honda Center, 71-56.
King was quicker on both ends of the floor, and the Wolves hit some big 3-pointers down the stretch, too, and also was clutch at the free-throw line in the fourth quarter.
Mater Dei’s best player in last year’s playoffs, Andy Brown, was on the bench with his left knee wrapped, just a couple of weeks post-surgery for a torn ACL. Would the Monarchs have won with Brown. No way to know. But Mater Dei would be a better team with Andy Brown.
Mater Dei is 31-1, MLK is 27-2. Both will be in the CIF Southern California Regionals next week.
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LOL
Couldn’t have happened to a better team. They got out worked.
Maybe King will get some respect now. This is their 2nd SS CIF title in a row (they won last year too). Go Wolves!
It looks like their national championship dream is done. But, they still can win another state title. Maybe!!! Can you say “over-rated”?
No one has liked losing to Mater Dei this year, but one thing I know for sure is they are nice kids that have never jumped on a public forum to bash the other teams they beat.. Show some integrity and give them a break. After all they are only human.
dont report my truth. it hurts i know but we the best. go lady monarchs your still #1 in my heart. boo wovles
All of the MD players should be proud.
30-0 is an INCREDIBLE run for any high school team with such a tough schedule, keep your heads up and focus on keeping that state title.
Congratulations to the M.L. King players, you really proved yourselves tonight. Good luck in the rest of your season.
Their average margin of victory this year was 30.2 points. That’s really classy of MD. They don’t deserve any respect.
A blind squirel finds a nut once an a while…
a team loses one game and they think its a total failure. MLK got lucky tonight and just showed and thought it was a backyard basketball game and fouling left and right and the refs swallowed their whistle and forgot their blind sticks.
state here we come
i agree with just a fan. mater dei has never jumped on a public forum to bas the other teams they beat. they are all great kids, and tonight they just got outworked. they can still win state, it happened last year.
u tell them md student!
Mater Dei . . . no doubt great team. No doubt great kids, great futures. McKnight got outcoached. Get cocky . . .lose. Get really cocky . . . get smoked. See Ya!!
congrats ml king, u guys worked hard. mater dei, you still have a chance at state keep your heads up kids 30-0 is amazing.
30-1 IS AMAZING TOO!!!!!
NOTTTTTTTTT!!!!!! when people ask what the one loss is going to be and they will say the CIF SS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. and we DONT GET A RING OR A PATCH EVEN THO WE WENT 30-1 ;(
MLKpride: The state championship rings Mater Dei will be adding to their collection will be much nicer