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SOUTHERN SECTION BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS : El Toro’s 13-3 Burst Helps Beat Cerritos

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Danielle Silva and Carrie Yoshioka led a 13-3 fourth-quarter run that gave El Toro High School a 56-52 victory over Cerritos Saturday in a second-round 5-A girls’ playoff game.

El Toro (24-5), the South Coast League champion, will meet Ocean View, a 47-43 winner over West Covina, in a quarterfinal game Wednesday at a site to be determined. Cerritos finishes 18-7.

El Toro trailed, 42-37, after three quarters, but the Chargers scored the first six points of the fourth quarter to take a 43-42 lead. Silva hit three jumpers early in El Toro’s comeback, and scored 10 of her 14 points in the fourth quarter.

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Yoshioka scored the Chargers’ other nine points in the fourth quarter, including a three-pointer followed by a steal and layup that gave El Toro a 50-45 lead with five minutes remaining. Yoshioka finished with a game-high 17 points.

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