The New Westminster Hyacks did the not-so unexpected in BNW high school boys' basketball.
The unranked Hyacks knocked off the No. 8ranked Burnaby South Rebels 57-50 at South on Monday.
New West jumped out to an 8-2 lead and held the advantage through the full 40 minutes with some timely shooting down the stretch.
Masood Walli led the way with 21 points for the winners, including five three-pointers.
One of Walli's longrange bombs stopped a 12-4 third-quarter South comeback run in its tracks.
Rebel post Nick Irvine scored 15 of his gamehigh 25 points in the third frame.
In the fourth quarter, Jordan Zeer drained a key short jumper in the final minutes after South had shaved the deficit to just three points.
New West guard Manvir Gandham stroked six straight free throws to ice the win.
"Actually we did (think we could win). We've been working hard in practice and were looking forward to this game," said Gandham, who finished the game with 12 points. "This was a good testing game for us - to see where we are against a top-10 team."
South was held to just 19 first-half points.
"We just didn't come to play," said South head coach David Smith. "We think we're better than we are."
Smith said the team appeared to take earlier losses to St. George's and Vancouver College in the semifinal of the recent Emerald tournament in stride.
"But this is the wakeup check for us. I could tell coming in the door," Smith said. "We weren't ready for (New West) and we're not good enough to play like that."
The Hyacks are back at it tonight (Wednesday) at honourable mention Byrne Creek for a league tilt against the Bulldogs.
Tipoff is scheduled for 6: 45 p.m.
