Shaqquan Aaron had 24 points and Brandon Perry had 23 points and 9 rebounds to lead Taft to an exciting 84-75 win over Alemany in an emotionally-charged game in one of the highlights of the day at the Joe Frazier Benefit Showcase at Calabasas HS.

Alemany jumped out to a 17-9 early lead, but Taft answered with a 20-2 run to take a 29-19 lead midway through the first half. Taft held a 44-38 lead at the break, but Alemany tied the score early in the second half after a steal & lay-up by Marqueze Coleman, who then drained a 3-pointer to give the Warriors a 49-46 lead. A 3-point play by K.J. Moffett made it 54-48.

Shortly after that, things got a little chippy. There had already been some chatter - Coleman and Kris Yanku had been assessed matching technical fouls in the first half - and Moffet was ejected for a hard foul with 10:21 left.

Taft tied the score at 60 on a 3-pointer by Aaron, and seemed to start to pull away, pushing the lead to eight at 72-64. But Alemany rallied one more time, cutting the margin to 76-75 with just over three minutes left. At that point, Coleman was assessed a technical foul.

Due to some confusion between the scorer's table and the officials, he was allowed to stay in the game a little longer, but was finally removed with just under three minutes left.

And that finally doomed Alemany, who had already lost starter Moffet and was without two-sport standout Jerico Richardson, who is busy with football. The short-handed Warriors saw Taft put the game away with a putback basket by Perry and a 2-point free throw by Yanku in the final minute to account for the final margin.

Aaron led the Toreadors with 23 points on 9-for-13 from the floor, including 4 threes, and added 7 rebounds. Perry had 23 points on 9-for-13 and the game-high 9 rebounds. Teyvon Myers came off the bench for 9 points and a team-high 5 assists.

For Alemany, Bear Henderson led all scorers with 27 points on 9-for-13 with a pair of 3-pointers, and he also had 6 rebounds. Coleman had 17 points on 8-for-12 and added 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. Moffet and point guard Max Guercy each had 11 points; Guercy dished out a game-high 8 assists.

Box scoreJoe Frazier Benefit Showcase

Sunday, October 2, 2011 @ Calabasas HS

5 pm

Taft Toreadors 84:3-Sandro Alberto, F - 2/7 fg, 0/1 ft, 3 reb, 1 ast, 4 pts

4-Kris Yanku, G - 1/8 fg, 2/3 ft, 7 reb, 4 ast, 3 pf, 6 pts

7-Shaqquan Aaron, F - 9/13 fg, 1/1 ft, 7 reb, 2 ast, 1 blk, 1 stl, 1 pf, 24 pts

8-Brandon Perry, C - 9/13 fg, 1/1 ft, 9 reb, 2 blk, 3 pf, 23 pts

9-Steven Jones, G - 2/7 fg, 1/1 ft, 7 reb, 3 ast, 1 blk, 4 pf, 7 pts

0-Andrew Avila, F - 0/5 fg, 5 reb, 1 blk, 1 stl, 3 pf, 0 pts

1-Michael Evans, F - 1/1 fg, 2 pts

5-Teyvon Myers, G - 3/9 fg, 1/1 ft, 1 reb, 5 ast, 1 stl, 4 pf, 9 pts

6-Darius Henderson, G - 2/3 fg, 1 reb, 2 pf, 5 pts

team points: 4

team rebounds: 7

Totals: 29/66 fg (.439), 6/8 ft (.750), 47 reb, 15 ast, 5 blk, 3 stl, 20 pf, 84 pts

3-pt fg (5): Aaron 4, Jones

Technical Foul: Yanku

Turnovers (16): Jones 6, Aaron 4, Alberto 3, Perry 3

Alemany Warriors 75:1-Marqueze Coleman, F - 8/12 fg, 0/1 ft, 4 reb, 3 ast, 2 stl, 5 pf, 17 pts

10-Max Guercy, G - 4/10 fg, 1/4 ft, 4 reb, 8 ast, 1 stl, 2 pf, 11 pts

12-K.J. Moffet, G - 5/11 fg, 4 reb, 2 ast, 2 pf, 11 pts

13-Mike Coleman, F - 1/13 fg, 0/1 ft, 6 reb, 3 ast, 3 stl, 3 pf, 3 pts

22-Bear Henderson, C - 9/13 fg, 3/3 ft, 6 reb, 1 stl, 3 pf, 27 pts

23-Malik Anderson, F - 1/4 fg, 1/2 ft, 2 reb, 4 blk, 3 pf, 4 pts

5-Carlos Reyes, F - 0/2 fg, 2 reb, 0 pts

3-Niko Rodriguez, G - 1/1 fg, 1 pf, 2 pts

33-Luis Gomez, C - 0 pts

team rebounds: 7

Totals: 29/66 fg (.439), 5/11 ft (.455), 35 reb, 16 ast, 4 blk, 7 stl, 20 pf, 75 pts

3-pt fg (5): Henderson 2, Marqueze Coleman, Guercy, Mike Coleman

Technical Fouls: Moffet (ejected 10:21 left), Marqueze Coleman 2 (disqualified <3 mins left)

Turnovers (12): Guercy 3, Moffet 3, Anderson 2, Marqueze Coleman, Mike Coleman, Henderson, Rodriguez

Halftime Score: Taft 44, Alemany 38

Some Notes On This Benefit Event:Joe Frazier was a standout at Muir HS and CS Northridge, and is an assistant coach at Calabasas HS. He was severely injured in a hit-and-run accident on August 22nd, and has been in a coma ever since. This event, organized by his fellow Muir HS alum and current Cleveland Cavalier Ryan Hollins along with Calabasas Coach Jon Palarz and Muir Coach Gamal Smalley, was staged to raise funds for Joe's family and for his recovery. And it was announced Sunday that the LA City Council will establish a reward for anyone with information about the accident in which Joe was injured.

DONATION DETAILS for the Joe Frazier Recovery Fund:• If you couldn't attend the event but would still like to donate, please mail checks to:

22855 West Mulholland Highway, Calabasas, CA 91302, Attention: Coach Jon Palarz

• Make checks out to: Calabasas H.S. Boys Basketball and include the following Tax ID# in the memo line: 95-2222290

• Donations are 100% tax deductible and all proceeds will go directly to Joe's family to assist in his recovery

• Check out http://www.hoopsunleashed.com for more details.