Buena goes cold late and loses in semifinals as Riley scores 48 for St. Pius X-St. Matthias
VENTURA, Calif. - For three quarters Buena played even with #1 seed St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy.
But an ice cold fourth quarter and red-hot Tyrone Riley doomed the Bulldogs 82-59 in a CIF-SS Division 3-AA semifinal game.
Tied at 57 the visiting Warriors scored the first 23 points of the fourth quarter to secure a spot into next week's championship game against La Serna.
Riley was too much for Buena as the 6'6 junior went off for a game-high 48 points.
He showed why he has scholarship offers from USC, Arizona State and a host of other schools.
Riley made three-pointers, he sank floaters and had several put back buckets for the Warriors won their 20th straight game.
Zane Carter led the way for Buena with 26 points.