There were more than a few ebbs and flows in this one. Christopher trailed by six at halftime and by five in overtime before pulling out a 61-59 victory over Westmont on Jaxen Robinson’s bucket, which rolled around the rim and hung there for a long moment before falling through the net with four seconds left in OT.

“It was going all the way around forever,” Robinson said. “It really freaked me out for a second.”

The teams went into the game tied for first place in the Blossom Valley Athletic League’s Mt. Hamilton Division. Christopher (15-2, 5-0) now sits at the top of the standings alone after winning on Westmont’s home court for the second time this season.

Christopher found success by going to the big guy. The 6-foot-6, 230-pound Robinson, headed to Northern Arizona on a football scholarship to play quarterback, finished with a game-high 20 points had only two points at halftime. But he single-handedly turned the game around by scoring the first 10 points of the second half on five nearly identical right-side post-up shots. Suddenly a 26-20 deficit was turned into a 30-26 lead.

His basket to begin the fourth quarter gave the visitors a seemingly comfortable 10-point lead at 45-35. But a 10-1 run with Jacob Froman and Seth Reese scoring five points each brought the Warriors within one. Ben Rivera scored in close with nine seconds left off a pass from Reese to tie it, 52-52.

Reese hit a 3 and Froman made two foul shots at the beginning of the overtime period to put Westmont up five. But Christopher scored the next seven on a 3 by Ebuka Okeke, a basket by Robinson down low and a layup off a steal by Quinn Ledesma Old-Elk. Reese’s fall-away jumper tied it and set the stage for Robinson’s game-winner.

Christopher made up for 3-of-9 foul shooting by making 26 field goals to 19 for Westmont, which went 12-of-14 at the free-throw line.

Trey Caragio added 14 points, making four 3-pointers for Christopher, which also defeated Westmont Dec. 6 in the championship game of the Westmont Tournament, 67-55.

Gabe Matthiesen led Westmont (13-4, 4-1) with 17 points, 14 in the first half. Froman scored 16 and Reese 15.

“We made some mistakes we hadn’t been making, mistakes that led to easy baskets,’’ Westmont coach John Franza said. “Our goal as a team is to get better every game. I’m not doubting our team’s toughness. We play hard.’’

Palo Alto 60, Wilcox 42 >> Jorell Clark continued his scorching season of scoring for Palo Alto, putting up 28 points to lead the Vikings to yet another win. A 21-7 first quarter gave Paly an early lead it would not relinquish. Gavin Haase scored 11 points in a supplementary role, and Jai Wadhwani contributed eight. Shreyas Shashi brought the energy off the bench for Paly, which improved to 5-0 in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League and 15-2 overall. Paly faces Los Gatos in another pivotal SCVAL showdown tonight in Los Gatos.

Cornerstone Christian 64, College Prep 35 >> Cornerstone picked up a solid win over College Prep in a Bay Counties-East league matchup on Wednesday night in Oakland. Marcus Wagner led CC (17-3, 4-0) with 13 points, followed by Pierre Tyson and Ryan Seto with 10 points apiece.

Head-Royce 54, Bentley 46 >> Head-Royce handled Bentley at home to improve to 10-10 this season and second in the Bay Counties-East with a 4-1 league record. Jonah Greenberg led the Jayhawks with 14 points, followed by Micah Riebel with 10 and Nick Taubes with nine.

Milpitas 73, Los Altos 38 >> Milpitas took care of business against Los Altos on Wednesday, nearly doubling up the Eagles at home. The Trojans jumped out to an early lead behind junior Dylan Nguyen’s 10-point first quarter. Nguyen did his work early and finished the game with 12. Due to an “intense defensive effort,” according to coach Clarence Wrencher, Milpitas led 38-19 at the half. Picking up the slack for the Trojans after the break, Jacob Wrencher scored 18 of his game-high 20 points in the second half.

Girls basketball

Mills 43, Carlmont 30 >> Mills managed to hold Carlmont to its second-lowest point total of the season during a home win in Millbrae. Sofia Kwan led Millbrae with 20 points. Chloe Lee chipped in seven, and Riley Dela Fuente added six. Mills improved to 4-1 in league play and 10-7 overall.

Notre Dame-Belmont 51, Sacred Heart Prep 43 (OT) >> NDB needed an extra session to eke out a close win over SHP at home in Belmont on Tuesday night. The Tigers (13-2, 2-1 WBAL Foothill) entered the fourth quarter down by seven points but rallied to tie the contest up with a 13-6 final frame. That trend continued in overtime, with Notre Dame outscoring the Gators 12-4. Sammy Kakala led all scorers with 16 points for NDB. Anani Perez chipped in 14 points, and Mika Cary added 13 points in a tertiary role. SHP (8-7, 1-2 WBAL) was co-led by Jocelyn Jones and Katherine Baron with 11 points each.

Boys soccer

Berkeley 3, Bishop O’Dowd 1 >> Berkeley turned to three different goal-scorers to pick up a win on Tuesday at home. Seniors Andrew Estrada, Pablo Sweet Fuentes and Zolly Corrigan each scored a goal to power the Yellowjackets to victory. Senior Chase Borjon scored the lone goal for O’Dowd, with junior Mateen LeClair assisting.

Burlingame 3, South San Francisco 3 >> In a mirror-image contest, both teams scored one goal in the first half and two in the second in this deadlocked battle in Burlingame on Wednesday. Alejandro Gutierrez scored the first goal for South City assisted by Jonathan Guzman). Delfino Martinez scored the Warriors’ second, assisted by Adrian Yañez. Yañez notched the third tally for SSF, aided by a pass from Martinez. South San Francisco is now 1-1-1 in league play and 3-6-2 overall. Burlingame is 2-7-2 and 0-1-2 in league play.

Menlo School 1, Sacred Heart Prep 0 >> Menlo took care of Sacred Heart Prep 1-0 at home Wednesday to wrap up the first half of its WBAL schedule. Knights senior Gabriel Gil scored on an Adrian Collantes assist with 10 seconds left in the game to secure the win for Menlo. Knights freshman goalkeeper Cameron McMullen picked up the shutout win. Menlo (6-0 WBAL, 8-2-2 overall) next plays at Pinewood today.