Garden Grove’s boys basketball team escaped at home with a 58-56 non-league victory over University Wednesday night.
The Argonauts got a steal on a deflection with seven seconds to go, called a timeout and senior Neiman Quach hit a spinning, driving layup as time expired.
Garden Grove (8-6) was down by seven points with 5:21 to go. Quach led the team with 24 points with nine coming in the fourth quarter. Senior teammate Ethan Juarez added 13 points.
University (2-10) suffered another close loss and was led by the Chalan brothers.
Sophomore Yousuf Chalan tied a career high with 17 points. Junior Nader Chalan had 11 points and five steals.
Senior forward Joshua Thio had nine points on three 3-pointers adding four rebounds and four assists. Junior center Abdallah Shami had six points, 10 rebounds, four assists and three steals.
–Courtesy Daryl Bogard, For OC Sports Zone
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