Boys’ basketball: The rise of Spencer Dinwiddie

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UCLA and USC fans are going to be asking the question, ‘How did he get away?’ And I’m referring to Spencer Dinwiddie of Woodland Hills Taft.

Dinwiddie is a point guard who signed with Colorado, and he showed Saturday night at the Battle of the Valley just how good he has become. The City Section player of the year scored 27 points in the second half and finished with 32 points. He rarely shoots during games because he focuses on being a passer. But his team needed him to score, and Dinwiddie did just that.

Considering that UCLA has been on a year-long search for a point guard and waited too long to offer Dinwiddie, next season will be a tough one when he comes to town. He has grown to 6 feet 4 and is still getting better.

Didn’t this happen before, a player named Derrick Williams?

-- Eric Sondheimer