Larkin's Shaw, Lynch overpower McArthur

ROCKFORD - Elgin Larkin built an early lead and was never in trouble in beating McArthur of Hollywood, Florida, in Tuesday night's first game at East High.

Jalen Shaw, Larkin's 6-foot-11 center who was a first team all-tournament selection in last year's RPS205 Tip-Off Classic, scored 21 points to lead the Royals. Shaw is now the career leader in 205 Tip-Off Classic scoring. The Royals also got 20 points from Anthony Lynch. Shaw's 21 included three slam-dunks in the first half as Larkin built a 39-21 halftime lead. At one point, Larkin had a 20-point advantage at 32-12.

McArthur, which lost for the second straight night, managed to creep to within nine points at 45-36 with 2:10 left in the third quarter, but three straight three-pointers by Kindrel Morris and a pair by Pierre Black helped to push the Royals' lead to 55-37 entering the fourth quarter.

Larkin built the lead to 64-44 only to see McArthur come within 11 (72-61) before time ran out.

Nicholas Choi led McArthur with 12 points. Javier Zapata chipped in 11 points for the Mustangs.

BOXSCORE:

Elgin Larkin 74, Hollywood McArthur 61
(At East High School)

Larkin            23    16    16    19 -- 74

McArthur        12     9    16    24 -- 61

Larkin -- Black 3 0-0 9, Perez 1 2-2 5, Morris 3 2-5 9, Coney 2 0-0 4, Lynch 5 8-17 20, Talley 3 0-0 6, Shaw 8 5-9 21, Totals 25 17-22 74.

McArthur -- Labastille 2 1-1 6, Brown 2 0-0 5, Gonzalez 1 0-0 2, Francois 2 0-0 4, Narvaez 4 1-2 9, Woodstock 1 0-0 3, Zapata 4 0-0 11, Choi 6 0-2 12, Lindsey 2 1-2 5, Howard 2 0-0 4, Totals 26 3-7 61.

3pt FG -- Larkin 7 (Black 3, Perez, Morris, Lynch 2); McArthur 6 (Labastille, Brown, Woodstock, Zapata 3).