No. 5
Roosevelt (Eastvale, Calif.) and No. 16
Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks) are set to play in Southern California Open Division regional finals after defeating nationally ranked teams on Saturday.
Roosevelt beat No. 2
Harvard-Westlake (Studio City) 71-59 while Notre Dame topped No. 13
St. Joseph (Santa Maria) 66-64.
Notre Dame faces Roosevelt on Tuesday and the winner will advance to the state championship game March 15 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento against either
Archbishop Riordan (San Francisco) or
De La Salle (Concord).
These teams just met on March 1 with a CIF Open Division Southern Section title on the line. Roosevelt got the win 74-67 after McDonald’s All American
Brayden Burries scored 17 second half points. Senior
Myles Walker scored 19 in the contest. Notre Dame was led by 21 points from
Tyran Stokes, the No. 1 player in the Class of 2026.
Tyran Stokes of Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks) scored 12 points and pulled down 17 rebounds in a 66-64 win over St. Joseph on Saturday. The Knights get a rematch with Roosevelt on Tuesday for a trip to the Open Division finals. (FILE PHOTO: Kevin Ballton)
On Saturday in the Mustangs' 71-59 win over Harvard-Westlake, Burries had 30 points and Walker chipped in 20. Roosevelt led 38-36 at halftime before Burries had another big third quarter. The five-star had an and-one 3-pointer and a high-flying slam dunk as Roosevelt extended its lead to 56-48 heading into the fourth.
Notre Dame went on the road tonight and topped St. Joseph 66-64.
The Knights led St. Joseph 40-27 at halftime before St. Joseph roared back thanks to McDonald’s All American
Tounde Yessoufou. The Baylor pledge finished with 38 points as St. Joseph clawed within one late in the fourth quarter.
Led by 23 points from sophomore
NaVorro Bowman Jr., Notre Dame didn’t relinquish the lead and made all of its free throws in the game's waning moments. Stokes scored 12 points while pulling down 17 rebounds. Rutgers signee
Lino Mark had 13 points and 5 rebounds while junior
Zachary White poured in 13.
Neither Roosevelt or Notre Dame have ever won a Open Division title.
