THE TIMES’ RANKINGS

*--* THE TIMES’ RANKINGS MARTIN HENDERSON’ S GIRLS’ BASKETBALL RANKINGS AND COMMENTS: Rk Team (Rec.) Comment (Last week) 1 LYNWOOD (20-1, SS-Div. I-AA) Sade Wiley-Gatewood dropped 42 on Gahr. (1) 2 NARBONNE (16-6, City-Div. I) Average margin of victory over area teams is 54.8 points. (2) 3 L.B. POLY (22-2, SS-Div. I-AA) Judith Smith scored 30 in 53-47 win over L.B. Wilson. (3) 4 REDONDO (20-4, SS-Div. II-A) Needed overtime to survive Morningside, 54-50. (4) 5 KEPPEL (23-3, Div. II-AA) Winning streak at 16 since 61-50 loss to L.B. Poly. (5) 6 BREA OLINDA (21-3, SS-Div. II-A) Ladycats have won a league title every year since 1983. (6) 7 BISHOP MONT. (18-7, SS-Div. III-A) Noelle Quinn’s 29 beats Bishop Amat in overtime, 53-51. (7) 8 L.B. WILSON (20-6, SS-Div. I-AA) Bruins getting back to form to meet expectations. (8) 9 SAN CLEMENTE (20-3, SS-Div. I-A) Lindsey Pluimer scored 24 to beat Capistrano Valley, 56-44. (9) 10 TROY (21-2, SS-Div. II-AA) Won 17 of 18 and six in a row since OT loss to No. 8 Tritons. (10) 11 BISHOP AMAT (22-4, SS-Div. III-A) Still haven’t beaten Bishop Montgomery in the Quinn Era. (11) 12 EISENHOWER (19-4, SS-Div. I-AA) Laura Dinkins scoring like a most valuable player. (12) 13 SANTA MARG. (21-4, Div III-AA) Put exclamation mark on league title vs. Rosary, 47-34. (13) 14 MATER DEI (15-6, SS-Div. II-A) Play Rosary tonight for second in Serra League. (14) 15 ARTESIA (15-8, SS-Div. III-AA) Pioneers needed overtime to beat Mayfair, 57-52. (15) 16 PALMDALE (19-5, SS-Div. I-AA) Got closer to Golden League title with win over Highland. (17) 17 PERRIS (20-5, SS-Div. II-AA) Scored 86.2 in 7 games before 54-48 win over Centennial. (18) 18 ROSARY (18-7, SS-Div. III-A) Loss to Pacifica, 78-72, was first outside top 25 in two years. (16) 19 HART (18-5, SS-Div. I-A) Whitney Downen has career-high 25 vs. Burbank Burroughs. (19) 20 AYALA (19-6, SS-Div. I-AA) Dominique Burke averaged 20 points in three wins last week. (20) 21 SAUGUS (20-5, SS-Div. I-A) Centurions gearing up for run at San Clemente. (21) 22 SAN BERNARDINO (15-8, SS-Div. II-AA) Janevia Taylor top scorer vs. Arroyo Valley, San Gorgonio. (23) 23 EDISON (18-5, SS-Div. II-AA) A legitimate threat with Eva Camarena now on the team. (NR) 24 MUIR (14-6, Div. III-AA) Dionne Pounds’ eligibility restored, Muir again Top 25. (NR) 25 BUENA (16-7, SS-Div. II-AA) Upset by Santa Barbara, but still rules Channel League. (22)

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