Benicia High boys basketball wins league title

The Benicia High boys basketball team defeated Alhambra 65-50 on Thursday night to clinch the Diablo Athletic League (DAL) title.

The Panthers were led in the win by Darrell Hurd who had 15 points and three steals. Also playing well was Jake Matteson with 13 points and 11 rebounds. James Wong and Kabir Sihota each had 10 points, while Jacob French had eight assists and five steals.

The Panthers are now 21-4 and 9-1 in the DAL.

Benicia plays Liberty on Saturday at 2 p.m. before waiting to find out its playoff seeding in the North Coast Section.

Salesian 73, St. Pat's 48

The St. Patrick-St. Vincent High boys basketball team lost to Salesian 7348 in the Tri-County Athletic League playoffs on Thursday.

The Bruins fell to 15-12 and 5-5 in league play with the loss.

Girls Basketball

Pinole Valley 53, St. Pat's 50

The St. Patrick-St. Vincent High girls basketball team lost to Pinole Valley 53-50 in the Tri-County Athletic League playoffs.

The Bruins are now 20-6 overall and 6-4 in league play.

Men's Basketball Cal Maritime 65, Westcliff 60

The Cal Maritime men's basketball team defeated Westcliff on the road Thursday 65-60.

One week after scoring a career-high 23 points at home against Embry-Riddle, Shawn Kelly matched that total against Seacliff.

The junior forward led all players in scoring by shooting 9-for-12 from the floor, including one threepointer, and 4-for-5 from the line to lead a contingent of three Keelhaulers who posted double-digit totals. Including Kelly, Miles Pennington added 14 points and Everett Perrot ended one rebound shy of a double-double by finishing with 12 points and a team-high nine boards.

Cal Maritime connected on half of its attempts from the floor by canning 26 of 46 attempts (.565 pct), compared to the host Warriors' .369 shooting clip, but one stat allowed Westcliff to split the season series, and snap the Keelhaulers' six-game win streak, since it forced CSUM to commit 17 turnovers, which led to 17 points in a game WU won, 65-60.

Men's basketball will have a chance to bounce back into the win column when it faces Saint Katherine in Saturday's 4 p.m. league tilt. The Keelhaulers will enter their final road game of the year with an overall record of 12-12 and 11-6 mark against conference competition.

Westcliff will continue its weekend with respective records of 10-8 and 9-6.