THE TIMES’ RANKINGS

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL RANKINGS AND COMMENTS:

*--* Rk Team (Rec.) Comment 1 LYNWOOD (7-1, SS-Div. I-AA) In Phoenix, 38-game winning streak ended by Canyon, Texas. (1 last week) 2 NARBONNE (4-4, City-Div. I) The best 4-4 team in Southern California. (2) 3 MATER DEI (7-1, SS-Div. II-A) Imperfect season with 64-63 loss to Orem (Utah) Timpview. (5) 4 L.B. WILSON (8-1, SS-Div. I-AA) Neka Mixon averaged 16.5 points, named Artesia MVP. (6) 5 BREA OLINDA (6-2, SS-Div. II-A) Ladycats fall short in attempt to sweep at Phoenix. (7) 6 REDONDO (4-3, SS-Div. II-A) Avenged 54-35 loss to San Clemente with 55-32 victory. (14) 7 SAN CLEMENTE (6-2, SS-Div. I-A) Couldn’t beat Redondo twice in two weeks. (3) 8 BISHOP MONT. (4-4, SS-Div. III-A) Defeated L.B. Poly, 57-51, behind Noelle Quinn’s 23 points. (10) 9 L.B. POLY (5-2, SS-Div. I-AA) Only losses to San Clemente, Bishop Montgomery. (4) 10 ROSARY (9-1, SS-Div. III-A) Average margin of victory was 39.5 points at Los Alamitos tourney. (9) 11 TROY (7-1, SS-Div. II-AA) Beat Buena -- again -- this time for Santa Barbara finals berth. (11) 12 S. MARGARITA (7-0, Div III-AA) Junior Whitney Hollison holds her own vs. Palmdale’s Teiosha George. (12) 13 EISENHOWER (7-1, SS-Div. I-AA) Won Rialto title with Laura Dinkins’ 20 points vs. Crenshaw. (13) 14 BISHOP AMAT (11-1, SS-Div. III-A) Won 11 in a row, beating Artesia, before losing to L.B. Wilson. (20) 15 SAUGUS (7-1, SS-Div. I-A) Idle last week, has Thursday date with Perris at Ayala tournament. (15) 16 AYALA (5-3, SS-Div. I-AA) Missed all 23 three-point attempts in 65-26 loss to L.B. Wilson (16) 17 ARTESIA (5-4, SS-Div. III-AA) Winless in four games vs. top 25, including Ayala, 58-44. (8) 18 HART (7-2, SS-Div. I-A) Fell five points short against Mesa (Ariz.) Dobson. (17) 19 PALMDALE (7-2, SS-Div. I-AA) Lethargic in loss to Santa Margarita, but beat Ventura, 52-35. (18) 20 WESTCHESTER (6-1, City-Div. I) Comets finished second at tournament in Las Vegas. (19) 21 TEMECULA VLY. (8-0, SS-Div. I-AA) Won Norco title with 58-52 victory over host. (21) 22 VALENCIA (8-1, SS-Div. I-AA) Scored fewer than 61 points only twice -- won both. (22) 23 CORONA CEN. (7-2, SS-Div. II-AA) Jenna Sybesma is MVP of Temescal Canyon tournament. (24) 24 NEWBURY PARK (4-3, SS-Div. III-AA) Brynn Cameron knocked Ventura from top 25 with 47-43 victory. (NR) 25 KEPPEL (7-2, SS-Div. II-AA) Aztecs averaged 76.2 points at Artesia tournament. (NR)

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