London Perrantes is far from a finished product. The junior point guard from Crespi is a work in progress, consistently learning and improving, both on and off the court.
Perrantes showed several flashes of his immense upside in Saturday's 66-31 victory over Chatsworth in a San Fernando Valley Invitational game and listened intently to multiple Division I college scouts afterward when they spoke to him about ways to take his game to the next level.
"He is a good player, even when he's not great, he is better than most," Celts coach Russell White said after Perrantes scored eight points and added six assists in his 20-plus minutes of work.
His statistics would most likely have been better had the game not been a blowout.
Perrantes did a good job of distributing the ball early on and getting all his teammates involved as the Celts (7-0) took an 18-5 advantage at the end of first quarter. He handed out multiple assists to Michael Milligan Jr., who scored six points in the opening eight minutes.
It was more of the same in the second quarter. Perrantes found Michael Avery on several occasions and Crespi built what proved to be an insurmountable 38-13 lead at the break.
Milligan Jr. had the hot hand after the intermission. Perrantes set him up down in the low post and Milligan Jr. finished around the rim, scoring seven points against Chatsworth (5-7).
"I feel like I'm starting to round into shape, I'm close to full speed," Perrantes said. "It's important for me to stay focused, because when I do that, things come easy for me. That happened tonight. My shot was falling and my teammates were doing a good job around me, too."
One of the keys for Crespi heading into the game was attempting to limit the overall effectiveness of the Chancellors' Terrell Funches. The 6-foot-2 senior guard was coming off a 31-point effort on Friday in a nine-point tournament victory over Sierra Canyon.
Tyler Foreman was assigned the task of stopping Funches for the Celts and the junior did his job well. Funches finished with three points.
"Our offense runs through Terrell, when he is on, we're tough to beat," Chatsworth coach Scott Switalla said. "We can't rely on him all of the time, though. He needs some help.
Montel Shirley attempted to fill the void for the Chancellors. The senior guard scored a game-high 15 points.
"We locked down Funches tonight, that was the goal," White said. "Once we took him out of the game, I think they had a tough time making things a close game."
Avery and Milligan Jr. each finished with 13 points.
Perrantes showed several flashes of his immense upside in Saturday's 66-31 victory over Chatsworth in a San Fernando Valley Invitational game and listened intently to multiple Division I college scouts afterward when they spoke to him about ways to take his game to the next level.
"He is a good player, even when he's not great, he is better than most," Celts coach Russell White said after Perrantes scored eight points and added six assists in his 20-plus minutes of work.
His statistics would most likely have been better had the game not been a blowout.
Perrantes did a good job of distributing the ball early on and getting all his teammates involved as the Celts (7-0) took an 18-5 advantage at the end of first quarter. He handed out multiple assists to Michael Milligan Jr., who scored six points in the opening eight minutes.
It was more of the same in the second quarter. Perrantes found Michael Avery on several occasions and Crespi built what proved to be an insurmountable 38-13 lead at the break.
Milligan Jr. had the hot hand after the intermission. Perrantes set him up down in the low post and Milligan Jr. finished around the rim, scoring seven points against Chatsworth (5-7).
"I feel like I'm starting to round into shape, I'm close to full speed," Perrantes said. "It's important for me to stay focused, because when I do that, things come easy for me. That happened tonight. My shot was falling and my teammates were doing a good job around me, too."
One of the keys for Crespi heading into the game was attempting to limit the overall effectiveness of the Chancellors' Terrell Funches. The 6-foot-2 senior guard was coming off a 31-point effort on Friday in a nine-point tournament victory over Sierra Canyon.
Tyler Foreman was assigned the task of stopping Funches for the Celts and the junior did his job well. Funches finished with three points.
"Our offense runs through Terrell, when he is on, we're tough to beat," Chatsworth coach Scott Switalla said. "We can't rely on him all of the time, though. He needs some help.
Montel Shirley attempted to fill the void for the Chancellors. The senior guard scored a game-high 15 points.
"We locked down Funches tonight, that was the goal," White said. "Once we took him out of the game, I think they had a tough time making things a close game."
Avery and Milligan Jr. each finished with 13 points.