Bryan Delancy scored eight of his 10 points in the fourth quarter, as Center of Life Academy held off Oldsmar Christian 59-57 at the MLK Classic on Friday night at Boyd Anderson.

With the game tied at 26 at halftime, the Hawks went on a 13-3 run to open the third quarter behind eight points by Tony Mitchell, who led them with 18 points, including four three-pointers.

Oldsmar was able to cut the lead down to 41-35 going into the fourth quarter, and outscored the Hawks 14-8 in the first four minutes of the fourth to tie the game at 49.

But Delancy and Ismaila Dauda scored the next 10 points to help the Hawks take a 59-54 lead. Dauda scored eight of his 13 points in the fourth quarter.

Free throws nearly cost the Hawks though, as they missed three front ends of a one-and-one in the fourth quarter, giving the Eagles hope.

Dauda fouled Oldsmar's Chris Perez on a three-point shot with 5.5 seconds left, but Perez short-armed the first free throw and missed the next one long before hitting the last one.

Another missed one-and-one gave Perez another chance, but he missed a layup at the buzzer that would have sent the game into overtime.

Harold Dolby led Oldsmar with 26 points and Perez had 19.

OC: Williams 3, Perez 19, Dolby 26, Agholor 1, Kraus 3, Segert 3, Bianci 2. CLA: (15-7) -- Blucher 4, Kelly 2, Goumber 6, Dauda 13, Mitchell 18, Delancy 10, Bell 2, Valdez 2, Koussuri 2. Half: 26-26. Three Pointers: Mitchell 4, Kraus, Segert. Rebounds: Dolby 10. Assists: Delancy 3. Steals: Valdez 4.

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• MLK Classic at Boyd Anderson -- Coral Reef 63, Fort Myers Bishop Verot 60: Steven Lopez hit six consecutive free throws in the final 1:30 to help hold off Bishop Verot at the MLK Classic at Boyd Anderson. The Vikings went on a 13-0 run to take a 58-57 lead with just under two minutes to play, but Lopez hit a pair of free throws that gave Coral Reef the lead for good. Lopez went 12 for 13 from the free-throw line overall.

CR: Vickers 2, Granberry 16, Lopez 17, Palmer 3, Pameze 3, Hankerson 18, Saunders 4. Bishop Verot: Melvin 16, Kane 2, Hagan 13, Sandoval 2, Howard 6, Effenberg 21.

Half: 28-28. Three-Pointers: Melvin, Hagan 2, Howard 2, Granberry 2, Lopez, Pameze.

• Western 62, McArthur 45 -- MCA: Legagneur 6, Garcia 4, Williams 4, Davila 12, Sabb 5, Johnson 8, Palcios 6. Wes (9-7): Roberti 16, Blatcher 12, Weigel 14, Aguilar 12, Feliciano 5, Lewis 3. Halftime: Wes 29-14. Three-pointers: Davila 1, Palacios 2, Roberti 2, Weigel 1. Rebounds: Feliciano 8. Assists: Blatcher 8. Steals: Blatcher 3.

• American Heritage 76, Coral Springs Charter 61 -- CSC (5-8): Smith 9, King 2, Jean-Baptiste 14, Davis 6, Greenway 8, Luedy 22. AH (10-4): Schiff 5, Boynton 32, Taylor 6, Hewitt 3, Wheeler 7, Ferrales 4, Barry 12, Blake 7. Halftime: AH 41-29. Three-pointers: Hewitt 1, Schiff 1, Davis 2, Smith 1, Luedy 4. Rebounds: Boynton 11.

• Florida Chrisitan 60, Chaminade 38 -- Cham: Valdez 6, Lugardo 2, Livingston 2, Armbrister 2, Prendes 4, Pecora 16, Richardson 4. FC (8-6): Estrella 9, G. Priz 5, J. Prinz 6, Nunez 2, Galan 10, D. Fernandez 22, C. Fernandez 2, Hale 4. Halftime: FC 25-24. Three-pointers: D. Fernandez 3, Valdez 1. Rebounds: C. Fernandez 9. Assists: D. Fernandez 6. Steals: D. Fernandez 6.

• Killian 50, Gulliver 44 -- Gul (13-1): Cruz 9, McCarthy 4, Estrada 9, Blank 3, Lundeen 2, Pierre 17. Kil (7-8): Hermanni 4, Palacios 7, Fife 8, Tomlin 15, Labrada 2, Pickford 4, Del Rosio 2, Calatayud 8. Halftime: Kil 23-18. Three-pointers: Palacios 1, Tomlin 1, Estrada 1, Blank 1. Rebounds: Pickford 11. Assists: Tomlin 4. Steals: Labrada 3.

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