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Final scores and highlights for Orange County basketball on Tuesday, Jan. 17

BOYS

Pacific Coast League

Sage Hill 61, Woodbridge 59: Bryant Carter scored 24 points to lead Sage Hill in a PCL showdown. Stephen Lamp had 18 points and Ethan Fu 16 points to lead Woodbridge. Both teams came into the game undefeated in league play.

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Portola 101, University 62: Jayden Villanueva scored 21 points, Devin Daniel 14 points and Colin Huang 10 points to lead Portola (13-9, 2-2).

Irvine 54, Laguna Hills 51 (OT): Senior Daniel Shin, led the Vaqueros with 20 points. Cooper Stearns also had 20 points for Irvine (14-11, 2-3). Shin had 17 points and five 3-pointers in the second half.

Northwood 62, Beckman 59: Northwood (11-12, 2-3) was led by Zaid Yunis, who had 28 points and five rebounds; Ryan Abaye, who had eight points, seven assists, five rebounds and two steals; Aditya Sheth, who had 18 points and seven rebounds; Sam Alegre, who had three points and four rebounds; and Justin Liu, who had six points and four rebounds.

Beckman (11-10, 2-2) was led by Cayden Do, who scored 30 points and had eight rebounds and Miguel Llanes, who had 13 points, six rebounds and nine assists.

Golden West League

Segerstrom 65, Katella 56: The Jaguars (9-10, 4-0) remained undefeated in league play with a win Tuesday night. Senior Chris Negrete had 21 points, senior Isiah Velasquez 11 points and senior Jalen Cervantes 10 points.

Godinez 47, Garden Grove 46

Empire League

Crean Lutheran 76, Cypress 70: The Saints remained undefeated in Empire League play with a win at Cypress. Kaiden Bailey scored 24 points, Dylan Gomez 16 points and Evan Yang 12 points to lead Crean Lutheran (14-5, 3-0).

Cypress (10-11, 2-1) was led by Jonah Kim with 20 points and three 3-pointers, Michael Wright, who scored 18 points and Kason White, who had 12 points.

Tustin 62, Pacifica 22: The Tillers (15-6, 2-1) were led by Josh Birket, who had 13 points and eight rebounds; Eli Nyeazi, who had 12 points; and Ben Ngo, who had 11 points and five assists. Clark Phung scored seven points to lead Pacifica (11-10, 1-3).

Century Conference

Foothill 61, El Dorado 53: The Knights (21-2, 5-0) bounced back from Monday’s loss to La Mirada which ended the Knights 15-game winning streak. Carlo Billings had 17 points, five rebounds and five assists, Isaiah Bernard 13 points and Danny Kennard nine points and five rebounds to lead Foothill.

Cooper Bladow led El Dorado with 24 points.

Villa Park 61, Yorba Linda 35: The Spartans (15-7) were led by Dakari Harris, who had 14 points; Jack Sharar, who had 13 points and Michael Archer, who scored 12 points. Yorba Linda (16-7) was led by Orlando O. Laws and Tanner Yoon, who had six points each.

Canyon 82, El Modena 36

Brea Olinda 77, Esperanza 73

Academy League

Tarbut V’Torah 77, Newport Christian 66: Isaac Joelson hit some big shots in the fourth quarter to hold off a comeback bid by Newport Christian. Joelson finished with 25 points. Yonah Light had for 19 points while Ari Varon scored 11 points for TVT (9-5, 2-2).

Freeway League

Sonora 65, Sunny Hills 56

GIRLS

Pacific Coast League

Portola 88, University 17: Portola (18-5, 1-1) was led by Nina Saiki (16 points, seven steals and five assists), Moka Saiki, 15 points; Emaleena Elson, 12 points and Audrey Shiono, 11 points.

Freeway League

Sonora 47, Sunny Hills 44: The Raiders were led by Larissa Robles, who had 18 points and Kiki Graham, who scored 15 points. Robles made two free throws with 1.7 seconds remaining to clinch the win.

Golden West League

Godinez 54, Garden Grove 20

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