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Boys’ basketball: Is Palisades a threat in Western League?

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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Palisades is quietly putting together a nice season, with quality victories over Santa Monica and Harvard-Westlake. But can the Dolphins make a move in the super-tough Western League against the likes of Westchester and Fairfax?

We’ll find out Friday when Palisades (12-4 overall, 1-0 league) plays host to Fairfax (9-5, 1-0), ranked No. 12 in the Southland by The Times.

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Adam Griffin scored 23 points and made five three-point baskets to lead the host Dolphins to an 84-73 victory over Los Angeles University on Monday. David Nwaba had 29 points and 10 rebounds for L.A. University (10-8, 0-1).

--Ben Bolch

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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