Mira Costa boys basketball advances to CIF Quarter Finals with Brentwood victory
by Paul Teetor Mid-way through the third quarter of Friday night’s Division 1 playoff game the small-but-very-vocal crowd of Brentwood fans began an unusual chant: “Mustangs rattled, Mustangs rattled!” It was accurate as far as it went: Brentwood had just chopped the Mira Costa lead down from 16 points to a measly four points, at 49-45. The momentum was on the Eagles’ side. The Mustangs did indeed look rattled. Mira Costa Forward Nick Lundy wasn’t rattled by Brentwood fans’ chants. Photo by Ray Vidal But Mira Costa Coach Neal Perlmutter wasn’t worried because he knew his team had a super-power custom-made for white-knuckle situation. “We’ve got four senior starters who have been through every kind of stressful situation you can imagine over the last four years,” Perlmutter said moments after the game ended with a 74-67 victory. “I knew they could handle it.” And handle it they did: Senior forward Nick Lundy worked loose for a reverse layup to bump the lead back to six points. Super sophomore Jacob De Armas powered his way through a thicket of defenders to the hoop for a 53-45 lead.And when senior shooting guard Dylan Black poked the ball loose, picked it up and drove…
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