{"id":5935,"date":"2017-01-05T13:38:18","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T13:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=5935"},"modified":"2017-01-05T13:38:18","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T13:38:18","slug":"boys-basketball-crespi-drops-st-francis-57-51-in-mission-league-opener-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=5935","title":{"rendered":"Boys Basketball: Crespi Drops St. Francis, 57-51, in Mission League Opener Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By <span class=\"il\">BRIAN<\/span> <span class=\"il\">REED<\/span>-BAIOTTO, Sports Editor<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>St. Francis was hoping to ride the momentum of last week&#8217;s Nogales Tournament championship when it hosted Crespi in the Mission League opener for both schools.<\/p>\n<p>Crespi came in with a 6-9 record, but the Celts were consistent all game and used 15 points from Russ Strong to outlast the Golden Knights, 57-51.<\/p>\n<p>St. Francis (9-4 overall, 0-1 in league) got 21 points from Joey Walsh, as the lefty had a pair of 3-point baskets and went 7 of 9 from the free-throw line.<\/p>\n<p>Malakhi Jensen added 16 for the Golden Knights, but the drop off after Walsh and Jensen was rather noticeable.<\/p>\n<p>The next highest scorer for St. Francis was Tomas Seager&#8217;s 5 points.<\/p>\n<p>Crespi, in contrast, had five players with at least 7 points.<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Owens scored 12 points, Billy Oxley 11, Devon Rojo 8 and Robert Hunter had 7.<\/p>\n<p>Lucas Shin and Omari Moore had four each for the Golden Knights.<\/p>\n<p>St. Francis will travel to Harvard-Westlake Friday night as the Golden Knights will try and earn their first Mission League victory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Box Score:<\/strong><br \/>\nCrespi: 13-13-14-17-(57)<br \/>\nSt. Francis: 13-9-13-16-(51)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mission League Standings:<\/strong><br \/>\nAlemany (12-3 overall, 1-0 in league)<br \/>\nChaminade (12-5, 1-0)<br \/>\nHarvard-Westlake (9-6, 1-0)<br \/>\nCrespi (7-9, 1-0)<br \/>\nSt. Francis (9-4, 0-1)<br \/>\nLoyola (8-4, 0-1)<br \/>\nNotre Dame (7-6, 0-2)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BRIAN REED-BAIOTTO, Sports Editor St. Francis was hoping to ride the momentum of last week&#8217;s Nogales Tournament championship when it hosted Crespi in the Mission League opener for both schools. 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