Reinhardt leads the way in Mater Dei blowout

When the passionately loud Capistrano Valley student section starts booing you every time you touch the basketball, usually you've done something right.

It took just nine minutes and some change for Katin Reinhardt to hear those boos Saturday night.

Mater Dei's senior guard scored a game-high 34 points to lead the top-ranked Monarchs in a 91-55 rout of the third-ranked Cougars in the championship game of the Diablos Inferno Tournament at Mission Viejo High.

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"I love it," Reinhardt said referring to the chorus of boos from the Capo Valley students. "It's all good. I like it because it means I'm hitting big-time shots for my team."

The 6-foot-5 guard, who was voted co-MVP of the tournament with teammate Xavier Johnson, hit his first two shots (both threes) to give Mater Dei (4-0) a lead it would never relinquish.

He alone outscored the Cougars (3-1) in the first quarter.

"Katin started the game shooting like crazy," Monarchs coach Gary McKnight said. "He was hitting everything in sight and that definitely helped us."

Reinhardt poured in 24 first-half points and finished with six of Mater Dei's 11 three-pointers.

"When my shot is falling, the basket is wide open," Reinhardt said. "It's like a vacuum; the ball just gets sucked into it."

The Monarchs held a decisive 14-point lead after the first quarter, extended it to 30 early in the third quarter and never led by less than 23 points the rest of the game.

"We played well as a team and executed well," McKnight said. "I'm pleased with our kids' effort. It was a good first tournament. Capistrano Valley is a good team and I hope we helped them out the way they helped us tonight."

Stanley Johnson scored 15 of his 21 points in the second half and Xavier Johnson added 17 despite being in foul trouble all game.

Aleks Lipovic scored 15 points for the Cougars.

In other Diablos Inferno Tournament games:

No. 4 Mission Viejo 69, Woodbridge 58: Evan Zeller had 25 points and the Diablos (3-1) outscored the Warriors, 23-14, in the second quarter to take control of the game. Michael Cramer had 20 points and eight rebounds for the Diablos.

In the Coyote Classic:

Tesoro 72, Newport Harbor 49: Nick Pallas scored 26 points as the Titans knocked off the Sailors in the championship game. Tanner Lancona was selected tournament MVP.

In the Morro Bay Tournament:

Villa Park 68, Liberty 66: Isaiah Bradford had 15 points points as the Spartans (4-0) won the tournament title. Bradford was the tournament MVP.