02/14/08 GIRLS PLAYOFF BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

DIVISION II-A

Ayala 93, Lancaster 45
Rebekah Gardner scored 25 points and grabbed nine rebounds while Jasmine Holliday added 22 points as the No. 1 Bulldogs (24-4) advanced to the next round with a home win over Lancaster.
Roselyn Womble had 11 assists and seven steals for Ayala.

Chino Hills 59, Cypress 38
Stephanie Micheli scored 23 points, including four 3-pointers, and Ericka Norman added 12 points, 10 assists and six steals to lead the Huskies (17-11) to the first postseason victory in the school’s history with a home win over the Centaurians (11-16).
Stephanie Thompson grabbed 11 rebounds for Chino Hills, which outscored Cypress 33-15 in the second half.

Mark Keppel 57, Serrano 48
Maybe Michelle Lo should get leg cramps more often.
The Keppel High School sophomore suffered the cramp to her lower left leg 56 seconds into the fourth quarter with visiting Serrano leading, 43-41, in a CIF-Southern Section Division II-A first-round playoff game Thursday night.
She re-entered the game 55 seconds later and sparked the Aztecs to a 57-48 victory.
Nine seconds after coming back in and Serrano leading 44-43, she was fouled attempting a layup. She made both free throws.
The Diamondbacks committed a turnover and Lo connected on a 3-pointer from the corner. She stole the ball at midcourt and scored an uncontested layup. The 5-foot-8 guard — Keppel’s second-tallest player — had given the Aztecs some breathing room and a 50-44 lead.
“I was like, ‘Oh, please.’ That’s all I wanted,” Lo said of her 3-pointer.
Lo then had a big assist to Janise Ho for a basket after Tiffany Rubin blocked an Amber Chavez 3-point attempt, and got the rebound, to give the Aztecs a 56-44 lead.
The Almont League champions outscored the Diamondbacks, who finished third in the Mojave River League, 12-0 in a 4:08 span in the quarter. Lo had seven of her nine points in the quarter.
“She wanted to get back in there and was a big, big spark for us,” Keppel coach Tan Ha said. “She went like on a 7-0 run.
“She’s our playmaker. Some days she doesn’t score much. But when we need her to make the big plays, she steps up. Our offense starts with her. She gets everybody involved.”
Serrano only scored five points in the fourth quarter after swapping the lead numerous times for the first three quarters.
“They fell apart,” Serrano coach Ross Hansen said. “We just got rattled. We just lost it. We started falling behind and started playing the way we hadn’t played all game. We played real well for 3 1/2 quarters. We just couldn’t put it together.”
Ashley Jones scored a team-high 15 points in the first three quarters. She did not score in the fourth quarter and fouled out with 2:59 to play.

DIVISION II-AA

Rialto 81, Fountain Valley 58
<MC>Freshman point guard Janae Sharpe had a game-high 34 points to go along with eight rebounds as the Knights (19-7) advanced out of the wild-card round.
Sophomore guard Diamond Smith added 18 points, five steals and five rebounds, and Brittney Tuioti added 10 rebounds and three steals for Rialto, which plays at Etiwanda on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

Chaffey 65, Ridgecrest Burroughs 48
Teonna Campbell scored 20 points and nine assists to lead the Tigers (23-2) to the second round with a home victory over the Burros (12-13).
Monet Smith grabbed nine rebounds to lead Chaffey, which led 25-2 after the first quarter.

DIVISION IV-AA

San Juan Capistrano St. Margaret’s 63, Aquinas 40
Christina Torres led the Falcons (13-12) with 11 points as they finished with a loss to the host Tartans (20-3).
Stevi Goldstien had seven rebounds and seven rebounds while Rachel DeSantis added nine points and five assists for Aquinas.

Arrowhead Christian 79, Redlands Adventist 27
Senior guard Allegra Glaviano tossed in 18 points with 10 assists, six rebounds and six steals to lead the Eagles (21-4) past local neigbor Redlands Adventist.
ACA also got 16 points, six rebounds and three steals from sophomore post Jenna Geers. Missy Spoelstra added nine steals, 12 points, and seven assists.
Danielle Houck led the Bulldogs with 10 points while Angela Duden added eight.

Mesa Grande 66, Anahiem Fairmont Prep 55
Junior center Megan Williams had 20 points and 25 rebounds to help advance Mesa Grande (24-4) to a second-round meeting with Oxford Academy on Saturday night.
Senior point guard Carla Bartlett had 15 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds for Mesa Grande, which led by 16 after three quarters.
Jordan Esparanza led Fiarmont Prep (13-11) with 25 points.