Michael Birket led Crean Lutheran with 26 points in Tuesday’s quarterfinal round game. (Photo Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone)
CREAN LUTHERAN 75, CULVER CITY 57: The top-seeded Saints marched into the CIF 2A semifinals with a victory in the quarterfinals in front of a big crowd at Crean Lutheran. Michael Birket scored 26 points and made seven 3-pointers to lead the Saints, who will play at Dominguez Friday night in the semifinals. Dominguez defeated Servite 69-52 in another quarterfinal Tuesday night.
Koat Keat had 17 points, 20 rebounds and 10 assists and James Agany had 13 points, 11 rebounds and four assists for Crean Lutheran (16-2). The Saints jumped out to an 8-0 lead and never trailed in the contest.
Crean Lutheran led 38-28 at halftime.
It’s the second time in three seasons that Coach Nate Klitzing has led a Crean Lutheran team into the semifinals.
Please click here for a full report with photos and other CIF playoff scores.
—Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone; timburt@ocsportszone.com
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