The Los Alamitos High boys basketball team held off a rally by Long Beach Poly to advance to the quarterfinals of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoff, with a 58-56 win on Friday at Los Al High.

The Jackrabbits had rallied from a 15-point deficit to tie the game 56-56 with less than 30 seconds remaining.

The Griffins moved the ball down court and with seconds left, Wes Trevino drove to the basket for a layup attempt, but the ball rolled off the rim, where Liam Gray tipped it up and in, with two seconds remaining. Poly inbounded the ball, but could not get a shot off before the buzzer sounded. 

“I can’t believe we won the game on a rebound, we struggled to rebound all night and the fact that we can win because we just made an effort play, uh, says a lot about our ability to push through it,” Griffin Head Coach Nate Berger said. 

Forward Trent Minter led the Griffins with 16 points, while Trevino and Samori Guyness each chipped in 13. Long Beach Poly’s Jovani Ruff had a game-high 24 points and Nana Ofoegbu added 13 for the Jackrabbits.