Northwood boys basketball team wins second straight game at Grizzly Invitational

Northwood’s Shandon Sharifi inbounds the ball to Seth Locke during Tuesday’s game at Godinez.

Northwood’s boys basketball team won its second consecutive game at the Grizzly Invitational, defeating Savanna 52-37 Tuesday night at Godinez.

The Timberwolves (2-1) were led by Amit Flint  and Shandon Sharifi, who scored 15 points each and Seth Locke, who scored 10 points.

Northwood led 26-23 at halftime and broke the game open by outscoring Savanna 14-3 in the third quarter.

“We had a good team effort tonight,” said interim Northwood Coach Yousof Etemadi. “It was a good win after last night’s tough win against San Clemente.  Our group is slowly trending in the right direction.”

“It was a good victory, we just won one last night and we were a bit choppy in the beginning but we finished off strong,” added Flint, a sophomore. “The third quarter was a big quarter for us and we got the win.”

Savanna (0-1) was led by Waleed Khaliq (16 points) and Emmanuel Aparacio (15 points).

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-Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone; timburt@ocsportszone.com