16. (16) Dunbar (Dayton, Ohio) (20-0)After beating Meadowdale (Dayton ) by 24 back on Jan. 13, the Wolverines got a good push from the same club last week in a 72-66 victory. Dunbar begins sectional play Saturday against Monroe.
17. (18) Long Beach Poly (Calif.) (24-1)Roschon Prince tallied 21 points and nine rebounds as the Jackrabbits hammered King (Riverside) 73-35 in the opening round of the
CIF Southern Section Division I-AA playoffs. Next up is Knight (Palmdale) on Tuesday.
18. (20) Blanche Ely (Pompano Beach, Fla.) (26-2)The Tigers breezed through the first round of the
Class 7A state tournament, getting 22 points, eight steals and seven rebounds from senior forward
Clide Geffrard in a 75-42 win over McArthur (Hollywood). Blanche Ely faces St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale) in the regional semifinals Tuesday.
19. (22) DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.) (25-4)Three of the Stags' four losses have come to ranked teams and the other came against a now-unranked Gonzaga (Washington, D.C.) squad that was ranked No. 2 in the country at one point. DeMatha could get another crack at Paul VI in the WCAC tournament.
20. (21) Sexton (Lansing, Mich.) (15-1)The Big Reds have a tough stretch ahead with games against Eastern (Lansing) and Norrix (Kalamazoo) – teams with a combined record of 28-7.
