GIRLS’ BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS : 5-AA DIVISION
Channel Islands 70, Hoover 30--Leading, 9-6, after the first quarter, Channel Islands outscored visiting Hoover by 16 points in the second period to blow open the first-round game.
Sal Tauau had game-high totals of 16 points and 12 rebounds for Channel Islands (21-6) and teammate Carrie Davidson came off the bench to score 15.
Candis Carper added 12 points for Channel Islands, the Marmonte League champion.
4-AA DIVISION
Camarillo 62, Agoura 24--Camarillo leaped to an 18-0 lead, then coasted in the first-round game at Camarillo.
Nichole Victoria scored 32 points to lead Camarillo (16-11), which finished third in the Marmonte League. Dahrl Burrage added 18 points and 10 rebounds.
2-AA DIVISION
Chaminade 44, Flintridge Sacred Heart 29--Chaminade jumped to a 15-2 lead after one quarter and coasted in the first-round game. It was Chaminade’s first girls’ basketball playoff victory in its history.
Pam Powers had 13 points and 13 rebounds, and Jane Kim scored 13 points for Chaminade (8-13), which will play at Morro Bay in a second-round game on Saturday.
DIVISION 2-A
L.A. Baptist, 39, Alverno 32--L. A. Baptist, co-champion of the Alpha League, won its eighth in a row in the opening-round game at L. A. Baptist.
Karleen Cox scored a team-high 17 points and had 10 rebounds for L. A. Baptist (14-4). Kristin Heerema added five points and 12 rebounds. Gina Aust scored no points but had five assists.
L. A. Baptist plays No. 2-seeded Valley Christian on Saturday night.
Bell-Jeff 48, Orange Lutheran 42--Monica Santos made two of her seven points in the final minute to extend Bell-Jeff’s 44-42 lead in the first-round game at Bell-Jeff.
Bell-Jeff (15-10) took the lead for good with three minutes to play on a steal and a layup by Judy Daza that gave the Guards a 44-42 lead.
Daza scored eight points.
SMALL SCHOOLS
Pioneer Baptist 56, Highland Hall 37--Despite taking a 15-2 advantage after the first period, the Hawks were outscored, 40-13, in the second half of the first-round game at Pioneer Baptist.
Freshman Kristen Johansen scored 17 and Monica Palma added 13 for Highland Hall (13-7), which finished with the best record in school history.
Pioneer Baptist (12-5) was paced by Jamie Benton (19 points).
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