BOYS BASKETBALL: El Camino Falls to Lancers

The Score: St. Francis 65, El Camino 49.

The Star: El Camino High junior Anthony Knight led all scorers with 22 points in his team’s Central Coast Section Division II quarterfinal defeat at Foothill College on Saturday afternoon.

The Turning Point: After matching baskets at the outset, the seventh-seeded Colts couldn’t keep up with No. 2 seed St. Francis in the second quarter. The Lancers (14-12) exploded for 24 points in the period to send El Camino (17-11) to the locker room with a 12-point halftime deficit.

The Quote: “I think we're going to make it to this point again. We have players coming back and some sophomores coming up that can play.” – El Camino junior Anthony Knight, on his team’s prospects next season.

What’s Next? El Camino’s season is finished.

The Bottom Line: The Colts, No. 9 in last week, held their own with No. 4 St. Francis, but the defending Northern California champion had too much depth and firepower. El Camino, which finished second in the Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division to Burlingame and , appears well-positioned to build on this year’s success. Next year, the Colts will return their two leading scorers in junior guard/wing Anthony Knight and sophomore point guard Elijah White. Though El Camino will graduate its starting big men, 6-foot-5 junior post Richie Mathiesen was a valuable reserve and 6-1 sophomore Michael Smith has also shown nice versatility.

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St. Francis 65, El Camino 49

EC – 16 13 11 9 – 49

SF – 17 24 9 15 – 65

EC: White 3 4-4 11, Knight 9 4-5 22, Mathiesen 1 0-0 2, Santos Jr. 3 4-7 10, Eclavea 1 0-0 2, Smith 0 2-3 2. Totals: 17 14-19 49.

SF: Miles 6 1-2 14, McCoy 1 0-0 2, Diaz 2 2-2 8, Johnson 1 4-4 6, Margar 1 8-10 10, Dawkins 1 0-0 2, Peterson 3 0-0 6, Harris Jr. 4 3-4 11, Chang 0 0-3 6. Totals: 22 18-25 65.

3-point goals: EC: White. SF: Diaz 2, Miles.

Records: El Camino 17-11. St. Francis 14-12.