CIF STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS : DIVISION II GIRLS’ BASKETBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS : Bumps, Bruises Fail to Hinder Duperron : State championship: Sophomore forward takes another spill, but she gets up to help Woodbridge win title.

Woodbridge’s Krissy Duperron, bandage on her shoulder and State championship medal around her neck, was finally ready for a long rest.

No more pushing or shoving and, definitely, no more free falls. She been through all that in helping the Warriors to a 55-40 victory over Sacramento El Camino in the Division II championship game Friday. Now it was time for a break.

“I’ve sort of got used to the falling,” said Duperron, a 5-foot-10 sophomore forward.

She was slammed to the court twice Friday at the Oakland Coliseum Arena. Once in the first half, with the Warriors struggling to stay close. The second came moments after the final buzzer, when she was wrestled to the ground by teammates.

Both hurt, but one a little less.

“At that point, I wasn’t feeling any pain,” Duperron said. “I suppose it’ll hurt tomorrow.”

Duperron has been playing with one arm the last two games after suffering a partial separated shoulder against Pasadena Muir in the Southern California Regional semifinals.

She returned to play that night and played again, in pain, two days later against Brea Olinda. Friday came a second knockdown and more pain.

Duperron was sent flying with 3 minutes 16 seconds left in the first quarter. The Warriors, who needed her inside play, trailed, 7-4, at the time.

“When she went down, I said, ‘That’s it, her season’s over,’ ” Coach Eric Bangs said.

Duperron got a second opinion--hers.

“I said, ‘Fix me up, I’m going back in,’ ” she said.

Duperron returned with 58 seconds left in the quarter and was a factor from then on.

Her numbers weren’t flashy, just solid. Duperron cleared room inside and finished with a team-high 10 rebounds. The Warriors had a 41-28 rebounding edge.

“Coach told us we had to get the rebounds to stop their fast break,” Duperron said. “We couldn’t let them get out and run.”

El Camino, which had scored 70 or more points 19 times, was held under 50 for the first time this season.

But Duperron didn’t limit herself to dirty work. She got a few beams of limelight as well. She scored only six points, but four were key.

El Camino closed to with six, 36-30, early in the fourth quarter. Duperron sliced through the key, pumped and banked in a layup. Moments later, the lead was cut to 38-35. Duperron grabbed a rebound, faked and scored.

“The shoulder injury has affected her offense the most,” Bangs said. “But she made two real savvy moves out there. You got to admire her.”

Enough to finally give her a rest?

Said Bangs: “That’s right, I can’t start her in another game this season. She’s done.”

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Warriors’ Season

The 1994-95 game-by-game record of the Woodbridge girls’ basketball team (33-1), the State Division II champion:

65 Edison 47 Woodbridge Tournament 74 San Clemente 40 82 Huntington Beach 40 62 Estancia 25 61 Fountain Valley 37 Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions 60 Bakersfield 15 70 Los Angeles Washington Prep 42 57 Chino 40 51 Brea Olinda 33 Costa Mesa Tournament 87 Aliso Niguel 18 54 Montebello Schurr 35 70 Huntington Beach 50 47 Kirkland (Wash.) Lake Washington 35 45 Esperanza 46 94 Santa Margarita 24 72 Corona del Mar 38 94 Irvine 26 89 Villa Park 40 68 El Toro 25 58 Newport Harbor 41 83 Santa Margarita 23 83 Corona del Mar 37 89 Irvine 27 72 Long Beach Poly 42 65 El Toro 28 74 Newport Harbor 54 Southern Section Division II-AA playoffs 99 Rosemead 34 75 La Crescenta Crescenta Valley 46 44 Marina 42 53 Mission Hills Alemany 45 Southern California Division II Regional 76 San Diego Scripps Ranch 45 47 Pasadena Muir 31 53 Brea Olinda 49 State Division II Final 55 Sacramento El Camino 40