{"id":318215,"date":"2023-01-03T09:01:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T17:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/?p=318215"},"modified":"2023-01-02T15:28:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T23:28:16","slug":"bishops-boys-basketball-hagan-ball-and-a-whole-lot-of-prime-parts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/bishops-boys-basketball-hagan-ball-and-a-whole-lot-of-prime-parts\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop\u2019s boys basketball: Hagan, Ball, and a whole lot of prime parts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clank. The first free throw gave up the ghost.<\/p>\n

Clank. Second free throw. Hit the front of the rim again.<\/p>\n

Tyler Hagan, guard for Bishop\u2019s, was fouled attempting a three-pointer against Palm Springs on the first day of the Torrey Pines Holiday Classic. He was awarded three free throws.<\/p>\n

With .8 seconds left. After the second miss, the 6 feet 1 inch tall senior stepped way back above the circle and took a deep breath. The Knights were tied, 61-61, and he had to make the next one, or Palm Springs would likely force overtime.<\/p>\n

The third one rattled in. Bishop\u2019s won, 62-61.<\/p>\n

In the stands, at 9:45 p.m., a sparse crowd at this late hour, members of the Sierra (outside Fresno) team were laughing and smiling. \u201cThese are the guys we want,\u201d said one member, of the potential day-two matchup. In other words, they thought they could beat Bishop\u2019s. Not meant as a compliment. (Bishop\u2019s beat them 65-61.)<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a tough win,\u201d said Luke Ball, a senior, the next day at an optional Bishop\u2019s shoot-around. \u201cWe were losing most of the game. It was our first game back from the (winter) break.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the Bishop\u2019s players said, \u201cSierra wanted us? We\u2019ll have to talk about that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Knights, behind Hagan\u2019s 22 points, downed Sierra, 65-61, that night.<\/p>\n

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Bishop\u2019s senior Tyler Hagan scores on a finger roll layup from the right side in a 62-21 win over Palm Springs on Dec. 27. The win was in the Holiday Classic tournament. PHOTO BY ED PIPER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cLuke is our defensive stopper,\u201d said Owen Hill, a Class of \u201921 graduate and team member and now an assistant coach while he attends Miramar College. \u201cWe ask him every game who he\u2019s gonna stop. The guy we put him on against Palm Springs didn\u2019t do anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ball and Hagan played most or all of the game against Palm Springs. Eight players make up the rotation. Hagan scored 26, while senior Shea Rueda was first off the bench and sophomore Jacob Tsai started the second quarter and contributed eight key points, including a layup with 14.2 seconds left on an assist from Hagan to go ahead 61-60.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been coming off the bench since my sophomore year and supplying some energy off the bench, as coach (Nick) Levine calls it,\u201d said Rueda at the shoot-around. \u201cI\u2019m really interested in political science. I interned for (Congressman) Scott Peters. Ideally, I want to be in the Senate representing California\u2014to be in the room where it happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unfortunately as a Californian, Rueda said, \u201cI\u2019m a big Celtics fan. My dad lived in Honolulu and watched Larry Bird, Robert Parrish, and Kevin McHale. They watched whatever teams were on cable TV back then.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tsai, a 5 feet 9 inches tall guard, said of team chemistry, \u201cWhen one guy is playing more or getting more points, no one cares. We play together.\u201d He and his teammates used the term \u201ctogetherness\u201d that Levine promotes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love chemistry,\u201d continued Tsai. \u201cThe teacher is super-patient. I want to understand natural phenomena.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ball, the lockdown defender, said, \u201cTyler (Hagan) and I help the team grow\u2014as human beings. I love bio and math, my two faves.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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