CIF STATE PLAYOFFS
SOCAL REGIONAL
TUESDAY’S SCORES
FIRST ROUND
DIVISION II
LIBERTY 69, KEPPEL 49 — Liberty of Bakersfield used a 10-0 run in the third quarter to fuel its momentum, and didn’t allow Keppel to get within nine in the first round of the Southern California Regional. The Aztecs (24-7) trailed 29-19 at the half. They were led by Sam Thim’s 19 points. Timmy Wong was held to just eight points. Keppel made its deepest playoff run this season with a semifinal appearance in the CIF-SS Division 2A playoffs. It was the Aztecs’ first appearance in the CIF State Playoffs.
PASADENA 64, UNIVERSITY 44 — Pasadena overcame an unmotivated first quarter, kicked it into third gear in the second quarter and took off in the fourth, dispatching University High of Los Angeles, 64-44, in the first round of the Southern California Regional CIF State Division II playoffs Tuesday night. George Toyama finished with a team-high 14 points on 6-of-11 shooting. Chris Bridges, who finished with five steals in the game, added 11 points. Fellow junior Todd Lewis Jr. also added 11 points. University was led by David Nwaba, who scored 20 points. Anthony Harris added 15. No other Wildcat player scored in double figures. Pasadena will visit Murrieta Valley in Thursday’s second-round action.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
CIF STATE PLAYOFFS
SOCAL REGIONAL
TUESDAY’S SCORES
FIRST ROUND
DIVISION III
MUIR 52, FRONTIER of BAKERSFIELD 38 — The Mustangs forced 30 turnovers and held visiting Frontier of Bakersfield to 30.6 percent shooting (15 of 49) en route to a 52-38 victory in the opening round of the Division III state playoffs.
DIVISION V
FRESNO CHRISTIAN 53, PASADENA POLY 49 — The Eagles rallied from a 29-26 halftime deficit and made a clutch 3-point shot when the Panthers tried to rally back in the opening round of the Division V state playoffs in Fresno. “That week off hurt us,” Poly coach Kim Weber said. “We didn’t know if we were going to be in and out. We lost our wind and that was something that helped us throughout the season. In the first two minutes, I could see the gas already.” The Panthers, who advanced to the CIF-SS Division 5A semifinals, typicall play with only two or three substitutes rotating in and out. Sophomore Michelle Miller, the state’s leading scorer, had 26 points and nine steals. She had to guard 6-foot-4 Paige Armstrong-Maltos, who had 20 points.
