Glendora advances to title game: There are five CIF basketball championship banners hanging in the Glendora gym, all for the boys.The Glendora girls team will have a chance to put one of their own up next week after knocking off Pacifica (Oxnard) 62-52 in a CIF Southern Section Division 3AA semifinal game on Saturday night.
The Tartans (25-5) will play Thousand Oaks, a 50-40 winner over Bishop Amat, on Friday or Saturday at a time and place to be announced by on Monday.
“This is a special group,” Tartans coach Adam Nunemaker said. “The boys here are expected to be great, great, great but the girls didn’t get a lot of attention but now it’s starting to happen.”
The Tartans broke a tie at the start of the fourth quarter with an 11-2 run to take control of the game.
“It took us three quarters to finally figure out what to do to attack their press,” Nunemaker said. “Then it seemed like we scored on every possession. Michelle (Can) got us going in the third and Alex (Lowden) was her normal self.
All over the place, rebounding, making a shot when we needed one and making passes where they needed to go.”
CIF-Southern Section Playoffs Schedule
Girls Basketball Basketball
All games start at 7 p.m., unless noted
Saturday’s semifinals
Division 2AA
Camarillo 70, Rowland 55
Division 3AA
Glendora 62, Oxnard Pacifica 52
Thousand Oaks 50, Bishop Amat 40
Division 3A
Lancaster 53, La Salle 47
Division 4A
Knight 47, Pomona 31
Division 4AA
Village Christian 67, Pasadena 53
Division 5AA
Crean Lutheran at Westridge