AZUSA — Arroyo doubled and sometimes triple-teamed Rosemead junior Rhys Anderson on Friday in the CIF Southern Section Division 5A boys basketball championship game at Azusa Pacific University.

The two Mission Valley League teams were playing for a third time this season after having split their two league games. Anderson, who was the Mission Valley League MVP, finished with a game-high 22 points and 14 rebounds.

But Arroyo came away with the big prize, using a 14-4 run at the end for a 50-38 victory and the school’s first championship.

“I’m just proud of how the kids came out and played,” Arroyo coach Oscar Lopez said. “They started out a little rough, but they came around and sticked to the game plan. They never felt the pressure, they just played their game and came through for us.”

Arroyo’s Luis Ventura scored 12 points to go with nine rebounds. He he was also the one mostly tasked with slowing down Anderson. He did a remarkable job of forcing Anderson to take tough shots.

“He’s a tough player,” Ventura said of Anderson. “Just the way that he moves, he’s so fluid with the ball.

“You could tell he was taking our bumps pretty easily. He’s just a good player.”

Elijah Gonzalez finished with a team-high 14 points and Kamren Dorantes finished with six points and 10 rebounds. Dorantes hit the game-winning shot in the Knights’ semifinal win over Saddleback,

“You got to play as a team, it’s not always about the stats,” Dorantes said. “We did whatever it took to pull through and win this game.”

In Rosemead’s 44-33 semifinal win over South El Monte, Anderson went off for 26 points and practically carried his team to the finals. Arroyo was determined not to let that happen.

“We know about him (Anderson), he was player of the year for a reason,” Lopez said.

“We tried to, not to hurt him, but bang him around and give him some different looks. He still knocked some big shots down, but the game plan wasn’t necessarily to shut him down, but make someone else beat us.”

That worked because Anderson’s teammates struggled. Rosemead shot 1 of 16 on 3-pointers.

Daniel Nguyen and Preston Huynh added six points apiece for the Panthers.

“They had a very solid defense and they executed their game plan,” Anderson said of Arroyo. “We just couldn’t hit shots. We got the looks we wanted, that was it.”

Arroyo (16-11) and Rosemead (16-12) are not done. Both are in the CIF State Southern California Regional playoffs. The pairings will be released Sunday.

Arroyo led only 5-4 after the first quarter and led 12-11 at the half.

Not your typical basketball scores.

“That was old-school, no shot clock, man-to-man defense and zone defense,” Rosemead coach Sonny Hayes said.