Girls Basketball Playoffs: It’s Jeztini! Los Altos wins on Espinoza’s buzzer 3; Amat, Glendora, Rowland, Walnut, Duarte all win

Jeztini nails buzzer beater: Los Altos’ Jezteni Espinoza struggled hitting her shots throughout the entire game on Saturday night against Arcadia. The senior forward was 5 for 14 from the floor before getting her last shot attempt with five seconds left on the clock and her team facing a one-point deficit. Despite Espinoza’s early struggles, she hit it when it mattered most.
Behind Espinoza’s game-winning overtime 3-pointer, Los Altos defeated Arcadia 49-47 at home in the second round of CIF Division 2AA girls basketball playoffs.
“We basically called for Jez to pop out in the corner and if she didn’t have a shot, we were going to pound it in to (junior Ulani Wells),” Los Altos head coach Mark Vakamura said. “We also had (senior Kaylee Shozuya) and it worked out. Jez had been getting that shot all game long but that was the first one she hit and it counted the most.”

Glendora rolls past Gabrielino: The Glendora High School girls basketball team hopped on the fast lane in its first game of the CIF Southern Section playoffs on Saturday night.
The Tartans, the top seed in Division 3AA, found wide-open inside lanes to the basket and went on a 20-2 run in the first half en route to a 79-47 victory over host Gabrielino in the second round.“
We were expecting that to be a little harder,” Glendora junior Alexis Lowden said of the open layups. “It gave us a lot of confidence. We were more relaxed then.”
Glendora (24-5) scored 10 consecutive points in the first quarter to break open a 5-5 game and had another 10-0 run in the first and second quarter to open a 25-7 lead.

Rowland rolls past Arroyo Grande: Third-seeded Rowland put on a defensive clinic in the second half while beating Arroyo Grande 54-30 in a second-round game of the CIF Southern Section Division 2AA girls basketball playoffs on Saturday night.
The Raiders (25-1) won their 21st consecutive game and will host Walnut in a quarterfinal matchup at 7 p.m. Wednesday.The Raiders outscored the visiting Eagles 16-3 in the third quarter, holding them to three free throws and were never threatened the rest of the way.

CIF-SS Girls Basketball Playoffs
Saturday’s second round results
Division 1A

Duarte 49, Hart 44
Division 2AA
Los Altos 49, Arcadia 47, OT
Rowland 54, Arroyo Grande 30
Walnut 65, Temescal Canyon 48
Division 2A
Leuzinger 62, Covina 42
Division 3AA
Glendora 79, Gabrielino 47
Bishop Amat 50, Tahquitz 33
Division 4A
Pomona 48, Banning 37
First Round
Division 5AA

La Reina 44, Rosemead 33
Division 5A
California Military 51, La Puente 37

Wednesday’s quarterfinals
Division 1A
Duarte at Huntington Beach
Division 2AA
Los Altos at JSerra
Walnut at Rowland
Division 3AA
Yucca Valley at Glendora
Bishop Amat at San Clemente
Division 4A
Aquinas at Pomona

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