Diamond Bar High’s vs El Rancho High at Walnut High’s campus gym Feb. 20, 2016. (Photo by Leo Jarzomb/San Gabriel Valley Tribune)

CIF-SS GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS
DIVISION 1A
DIAMOND BAR 40, EL RANCHO 32
WALNUT — Diamond Bar High School girls basketball team outscored El Rancho by nine points in the fourth quarter, propelling it to a 40-32 victory in a CIF Southern Section Division 1A second-round game that was much closer than the final score indicated.
After El Rancho (24-6) took a four-point lead in the opening moments of the fourth quarter following a 12-0 run, the Brahmas’ defense tightened, holding the Dons to one point over the final seven minutes.
Meanwhile, the Diamond Bar offense, which repeatedly turned the ball over against the El Rancho full-court press in the third quarter, settled down and created better opportunities.
Diamond Bar coach Tony McCabe: “We were turning it over and you don’t score when you turn it over. When we stopped turning it over and started rebounding we were able to win the game.”
El Rancho coach Randy Shigezane: “This year was a great accomplishment. But we wanted more, this isn’t where we wanted to end our season.”
— Richard Hernandez
SATURDAY’S SCORES
DIVISION 1A
Diamond Bar 40, El Rancho 32
DIVISION 2A
Temescal Canyon 49, Whittier 4
DIVISION 3AA
Sonora 79, Indio 32
DIVISION 4AA
St. Paul 52, Laguna Beach 20
DIVISION 4A
Cantwell 69, St. Genevieve 47
WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE
DIVISION 3AA
South Hills at Sonora, 7 p.m.
DIVISION 4AA
St. Monica at St. Paul, 7 p.m.
DIVISION 4A
Cantwell Sacred Heart of Mary at Louisville, 7 p.m.