Highlights and photos: Cameron Thrower's 17 points leads Harvard-Westlake to 67-45 playoff win over Mater Dei

Wolverines senior Cameron Thrower scored a game high 17 points for Harvard-Westlake. Junior Brady Dunlap put in 14 points and senior Landon Lewis added 13, including two vicious first quarter dunks.

Author:
Connor Morrissette, SBLive Sports
Publish date:
Feb 12, 2022 1:55 AM EST

STUDIO CITY, Calif. -- No. 3 Harvard-Westlake led for the vast majority of their Southern Section Open Division playoff game against No. 6 Mater Dei on Friday.

The Wolverines were up 17-10 after one quarter and 33-22 at the half. With four minutes to play in the third quarter, Mater Dei cut Harvard-Westlake’s lead to seven, 39-32, when Wolverines’ head coach David Rebibo called a timeout. Harvard-Westlake senior Dahnte Russell drilled a 3 after the stoppage and the Wolverines went on to blow the game open winning 67-45.

“I felt like early on we were trying to throw the knockout when we just needed to do what we do and grind them a little bit,” Rebibo said.

Senior Cameron Thrower scored a game high 17 points for Harvard-Westlake. Junior Brady Dunlap put in 14 points and senior Landon Lewis added 13, including two vicious first quarter dunks. Senior Jack McCloskey led Mater Dei with 16 points. Watch the highlights and check out photos from the game below.