No. 1 St. Francis wins at St. Ignatius

The Lancers (19-2, 11-0 West Catholic Athletic League) got 20 points from Noah Stapes and held off a late St. Ignatius push to grab a 61-50 victory in San Francisco.

St. Francis, which moved into The Chronicle’s top spot this week for the first time this season, led 51-33 with 7:29 left, but a 17-4 run by St. Ignatius cut the deficit to five before the Lancers won going away.

Adzich was a fixture in St. Francis’ starting lineup early in the season, but after suffering a concussion in the league opener against Riordan, he has come off the bench.

Sophomore point guard Darrion Trammell had nine, including a three-point play with 42.3 seconds to go to cut the deficit to 55-50.

Coming off a 50-46 loss to longtime football rival Centennial-Corona at the Nike Extravaganza, the Spartans (21-2, 11-0 EBAL) used a 45-22 second-half run to win going away at Foothill (17-6, 7-4), which got 16 points by Seth Cobb.

John Besse had 16 points, Lee Jones 12 and Jake Killingsworth 11 as Serra (17-4, 9-2) fought back from a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to win in overtime at Mitty (11-10, 6-5), which missed 10 of 17 foul shots.

Sophomore Riley Grigsby scored eight of his 15 points early in the fourth quarter to give Mitty a 10-point lead but the Monarchs couldn’t hold it.

Teammate and second-leading scorer Nick LaBruna re-injured his shoulder in the fourth quarter and didn’t return.

Sophomore Jamario Bibb’s putback with three seconds left proved to be the game-winner for the visiting Pride (21-4, 9-0), who got 22 points from James Akinjo and 10 by Brandon McGhee.

Blake Henry had 15 points and 15 rebounds, and Christian Fioretti added 14 points, Lucas Fioretti 13 and Eric Norton 11 as host M-A (21-2, 11-0 PAL South) used an 18-2 run in the second quarter to win in a rout.