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Dons stop Pats with title-like effort
- Updated: February 21, 2019
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2019 EAST COUNTY PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL
CATHEDRAL CATHOLIC 79, CHRISTIAN 71
EastCountySports.com staff report
SAN DIEGO – The Cathedral Catholic Dons celebrated on the court like champions following their 79-71 San Diego CIF Open Division semifinal win over the visiting Christian High Patriots on Wednesday night.
And why shouldn’t they? The Dons had just defeated a tremendously formidable opponent in the Patriots to advance to the elite division championship game.
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It was the second win in three meetings for CCHS this season between the Western League co-champions.
The quality of play was as high as you might expect, and the players on both clubs even raised their level of honest competitiveness even higher.
Christian got off to a rip-roaring start behind sophomore KRISTIN WILLIAMS and junior SIMONE JAMES.
Williams had nine points in the opening eight minutes, while James added three field goals, as Christian took a 15-7 lead. However, the Dons led 24-19 after one quarter.
Cathedral Catholic’s lineup, however, is tough to stop for any club in the county. The Dons built a 10-point lead, 45-35, by halftime.
The Dons encountered some foul trouble in the third quarter and the Patriots went to work.
Christian High’s ALLIE CARREON scored 11 points in the third quarter, then made a three-pointer in the fourth which tied the game at 68-all.
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Cathedral’s freshman star, Isuneh Brady, returned to the game to score the go-ahead bucket, helping the Dons outscore Christian, 11-3, down the stretch.
Carreon finished with 21 points, while Williams ended with 20 points.
Christian (21-9) will still advance to the Southern California Regionals.
The Dons will meet third-seeded Mission Hills, which defeated No. 2-seeded La Jolla Country Day.
But it would be hard to argue that the county’s best two teams were on the floor at Cathedral’s gym on Wednesday.