“[Garnett] has a lot of emotion,” said Greene, who scored nine points and said he wants to also play basketball with the Trojans. “He has what it takes to win a championship. I told myself, ‘That’s what I have to do.’ I have to bring that. I don’t care if I have two points or four points. As long as I’m hollering in positive way, and beating my chest, and letting everybody know that we’re there, there’s no way in the world we’re going to lose.”
Ocean View battled in the second half, whittling a 20-point lead down to six. But Seahawks Coach Jim Harris didn’t see the same type of intensity from his team, at least not in a first half that ended with the Fightin’ Irish (29-4) up 11.
Ocean View (27-8), which has made a habit of getting off to fast starts in its CIF State playoff run, decidedly didn’t Saturday. At one point midway through the first quarter, the score was 12-1, Sacred Heart.
For the first half, the Seahawks shot 24 percent (6 of 25). The struggle extended to the three-point line (one of seven) and free throws (nine of 16).
“It wasn’t us,” Harris said. “We didn’t have the fire, the heart, the drive, the confidence that I feel we’ve earned with this run.”
In addition, three Ocean View starters – senior guard Mason Jones and junior guards Avery Johnson and Aaron Delgado -- all had two personal fouls after the first quarter.
Jones, who had scored in double figures in 10 straight games, only played 13 minutes and was held scoreless. Harris said he had been battling sickness this week and only practiced two days.
