Basketball roundup: Clayton Valley’s suffocating defense smothers Campolindo in blowout DAL win ...Middle East

CONCORD — Clayton Valley didn’t overwhelm Campolindo with flash. It wore the Cougars down. 

On Tuesday night, the Concord school tightened its grip until Campolindo simply ran out of air in a 57-33 home victory that felt more dominant than the box score would suggest. 

Behind a suffocating half-court defense and an offense that operated with surgical patience, Clayton Valley controlled the game from start to finish. The Ugly Eagles bled the shot clock on nearly every possession, forcing Campolindo to defend deep into sets before punishing breakdowns with wide-open looks. 

“With us it’s just about being solid and playing the percentages of the game,” Clayton Valley coach Frank Allocco said. “I think with us, it’s all about pace and play offensively. I feel like our defense slows the game down a little bit. It takes some of these teams 25 seconds, 30 seconds to get a shot off, and then we want to make sure we don’t want to rush a shot. We want to play with pace. I thought we found a pretty good balance of that tonight.”

Senior Vince Ellis led Clayton Valley with 18 points. Junior forward Zion Grissom and senior 

Cannon Simpson each had 15 points. 

The Ugly Eagles took a 10-point lead into halftime and didn’t look back. 

Their methodical offense outscored Campolindo 13-5 in the third quarter behind nine points from Ellis in the period. 

“We had a height difference at almost every position, so we were just trying to attack mismatches,” Ellis said of Clayton Valley’s third-quarter run. “We just felt like we could get anything we wanted.”

Clayton Valley’s trio closed the final eight minutes of Tuesday’s game strong, scoring 16 of the Ugly Eagles’ 19 fourth-quarter points. A cutting dunk from Grissom put the exclamation point on the game as Clayton Valley cruised to its eighth consecutive Diablo Athletic League win. 

“We can still be so much better in three weeks,” Allocco said. “Around this time of year, we are doing drill work every day, skill work, trying to get better so we’re at our peak at the right time. So that’s what our goal is. We’ll see what happens.” 

Campolindo (14-10, 5-3) got eight points from Peyton Beld and six points from Noah Henry. 

No. 11 Oakland 76, McClymonds 31

Oakland continued to roll as the Wildcats routed McClymonds behind 16 points from junior Quin Windom and 10 from senior Romyn Waugh to improve to 17-5 and 4-0 in Oakland Athletic League play. Josiah McCombs scored a team-high 12 points for McClymonds, which dropped to 4-16, 1-3. 

Half Moon Bay 63, Terra Nova 53

A 23-point performance from Gio Garduno-Martin powered Half Moon Bay to a PAL Bay Division victory over Terra Nova at home. Jonathan Martins led Terra Nova (8-11, 1-6) with 18 points. Half Moon Bay improved to 13-7, 7-1.

Menlo-Atherton 71, Burlingame 52

M-A picked up a Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division victory on the second night of a back-to-back, defeating Burlingame on the road by 19 points. Jerry Williams scored a game-high 22 points and Luca Auer added 20. Burlingame (12-7, 4-4) got 11 points from Max Robenalt and 10 each from Zach Zamalin and Lucca Maher. M-A improved to 15-3, 8-0.

Oakland Tech 54, Fremont-Oakland 40

The Bulldogs bounced back after dropping two consecutive games last week, winning a key OAL contest. Senior Kingston High scored a team-high 13 points and freshman Jordan Price added nine. Fremont (13-8, 2-2) got a game-high 16 points from Tyreese West. Oakland Tech improved to 13-9, 3-1. 

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No. 11 Bishop O’Dowd 69, Encinal 26

Myella Chapman scored 16 points and Brielle Ordone had 13 as O’Dowd picked up a dominant nonleague win over Encinal. Encinal (7-9) got 19 points from Leiloa Lyons. O’Dowd improved to 11-8. 

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Acalanes continued to cruise through the DAL, this time beating Mt. Diablo by 28 points on the road. Cameron Thorton had a game-high 15 points and Sienna Fernandez added 13. Mt. Diablo (10-13, 2-6) got 14 points from Trinity Conley. Acalanes improved to 17-5, 7-0. 

Piedmont Hills 74, Santa Teresa 72 (OT)

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