Barstow 67, at Los Angeles Valley 69

LOS ANGELES (Interstat) — Deng Lual scored 21 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Valley Monarchs survived a three-point barrage from Barstow to edge the Vikings 69-67 in a men’s junior college basketball game on Friday night. The Monarchs improved to 5-4 overall, while Barstow fell to 3-7. The most important part of the game unfolded in the final two minutes, transforming a back-and-forth contest into a narrow escape for the home team. With the score tied at 67, Barstow’s Princeton Green fouled Los Angeles Valley’s Gionn Swann with 2:09 remaining. Swann calmly sank both free throws… Read more...