Mater Dei girls basketball wins semifinal and receives rematch with Etiwanda in regional final

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SANTA ANA — The Mater Dei ladies basketball crew used its signature full-court docket press to damage open an in depth online game in the fourth quarter against Cathedral Catholic of San Diego in the Open Division semifinals of the CIF Southern California Regional on Thursday at Mater Dei excessive faculty. Mater Dei led by a degree after the third quarter before pulling away within the fourth for a sixty six-fifty four victory. Alyssa Durazo-Frescas hit a take hold of three-pointer for the Monarchs (21-0) down the stretch to very nearly seal the victory. Caia Elisaldez led the Monarchs with 18 aspects. “This group of youngsters,” Mater Dei instruct Kevin Kiernan mentioned, certainly pleased along with his group’s efficiency. “I imply the last two years … CIF Open Division champs. They discovered a means all yr. They are just very resilient.” In what may be a rematch of the CIF-SS Open Division last, Mater Dei will play Centennial of Corona for the Open Division regional championship on Saturday at Mater Dei. The Monarchs, the No. 1-ranked group within the state, defeated the Huskies in beyond regular time, 83-80, on June 10 in the CIF-SS closing. Lani White’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer gave the Monarchs the victory. Centennial defeated Clovis West, sixty two-53, in the different regional semifinal Thursday. “Centennial is first-rate,” Kiernan stated. “they're going to want to beat us actually, in reality dangerous.” Mater Dei led the entire online game Thursday and had double-digit leads twice within the first half, however the Dons managed to shut the gap each times. The Dons (20-four), who misplaced to Mater Dei 67-sixty four at home on April 20, trailed by means of a degree and had possession on two activities late in third but couldn’t hit the potential go-ahead basket both time. Mater Dei led, 48-47, heading into the fourth quarter, and that’s when the press looked as if it would influence Cathedral. The Dons grew to become the ball over on their first possession of the quarter and became the ball over on three more possession while trying to destroy the click. Mater Dei’s tight defense also caused the Dons to commit a 5-2d violation in the quarter. “i believed they received tired and we acquired lots of counsel, deflections and steals,” Kiernan observed of the press. “from time to time it really works. sometimes it doesn’t, but we try and dwell with it. i assumed that changed into the difference within the game.” The Monarchs gradually extended their lead and began to run down the shot clock on each possession all the way through the remaining minutes. After operating the shot clock right down to 5 seconds, Durazo-Frescas hit her three-pointer to give Mater Dei a sixty three-52 lead with two minutes final. “I knew it was massive,” Durazo-Frescas observed. “We truly locked it in from there.” The Dons hit only one basket over the ultimate two minutes.

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