The walls were beginning to close in on the Roosevelt boys basketball team late Tuesday night. The 13-point lead the Mustangs held when the fourth quarter started had been trimmed to a single point with 3 1/2 minutes remaining on the clock.

Brayden Burries sank the decisive free throws with 12.2 seconds remaining, and the Mustangs got a defensive stop at the other end to hold on for victory.

Playing sensational basketball from start to finish, Burries finished with 33 points in Roosevelt's 58-51 victory over St. John Bosco on Tuesday night, earning the Mustangs a spot in Saturday's championship game against Sherman Oaks Notre Dame at Toyota Arena in Ontario.

The Roosevelt boys basketball team’s road to a second straight appearance in the CIF Southern Section Open Division championship game has been filled with obstacles. The Mustangs have navigated their way past three of those roadblocks,