Webb picks up scoring slack for Chargers

It’s usually a bad omen for the Clark boys basketball team when leading scorers Carter Olsen and Colby Jackson are struggling to make shots.

Junior Keyshaun Webb made sure that wasn’t the case Monday.

Webb finished with 21 points, seven rebounds and two assists, and the visiting Chargers pulled away from Mojave in the fourth quarter for a 55-37 victory.

“Keyshaun’s been like that all year, maybe not scoring as many points,” Clark coach Chad Beeten said. “Keyshawn gets us extra possessions, Keyshaun gets us offensive rebounds, he gets us steals. He’s kind of like that do-it-all guy every team needs.

“Whatever we need to be done, he does. For people that watch us, he’s been our most consistent player all year.”

Darius Jackson added 10 points, 11 rebounds and two steals for the Chargers (14-8, 9-1 Sunset League), who remained in second place with four games remaining in the regular season.

Olsen and Colby Jackson combined for 12 points — about half their average — and were 1 for 15 from the floor. Colby Jackson had nine points, six rebounds, six assists and four steals, and he went 9 for 10 from the free-throw line in the final 2:36 of the fourth quarter as the Chargers closed the game on a 16-3 run.

Daryl Adams led Mojave (12-8, 7-3) with 17 points, six rebounds and two steals, while Jordan Glenn added 11 points, six rebounds and two steals. The Rattlers trailed only 24-23 at halftime but were limited to 14 points in the second half as they shot 29 percent (6 for 21) from the field.

“I took a gamble playing the zone at the beginning of the third quarter,” Beeten said. “I wanted to protect us to be able to play man later in the game. It was a real gamble, but the kids executed.”

Webb’s second-chance basket put the Chargers on top 37-30 early in the fourth, and his 3-pointer with 4:41 left gave Clark its biggest lead to that point at 42-34.

Clark finished 13 for 17 from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter and made 20 of its 24 foul shots overall.

“We learned how to close out games,” Beeten said. “We’ve been talking about steps, building toward playing our best basketball at the end of the year. We needed to win some good games ... against teams competing for the playoffs.”

Contact reporter David Schoen at dschoen@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-5203. Follow him on Twitter: @DavidSchoenLVRJ.