California Open Division State Finals:
By Gerry Freitas
The Mater Dei Monarchs stepped up and proved their worth with a
71-61 victory over the Bishop O'Dowd Dragons for the Open Division
State championship on Saturday evening at Sleep Train Arena.
With the win Mater Dei runs the table and finishes 35-0 on the
season and wins their fourth consecutive state title. It was also
their eleventh crown in fifteen attempts. Bishop O'Dowd ends the
year at 28-5 and is now 1-8 in state title games.
As usual, Mater Dei was led by Arizona-bound Stanley Johnson who
had a game-high 25 points and 8 assists. Johnson becomes only the
second player in California history to win four state titles, joining
Oscar Edwards of Price High in Los Angeles. Sophomore MJ Cage chipped
in with 16 points and 8 rebounds.
O'Dowd was led by junior Paris Austin who had 23 points. Senior
Juwan Anderson added 11 points and junior Ivan Rabb had 10 points and
16 rebounds.
Scoring Totals:
Mater Dei (71): REx Pfleuger 5, La'Vette Parker 8, Isaiah
Juarez 11, MJ Cage 16, Stanley Johnson 25, Matthew Weyand 3, Liam
Shillington 3.
Bishop O'Dowd (61): Paris Austin 23, Shane Farley 5, Juwan
Anderson 11, Jackson Kalmbach 6, Ivan Rabb 10, Desomnd Chatman 4,
Jeevin Sandhu 2.
This post was edited on 3/30 12:22 AM by Dave Keefer
By Gerry Freitas
The Mater Dei Monarchs stepped up and proved their worth with a
71-61 victory over the Bishop O'Dowd Dragons for the Open Division
State championship on Saturday evening at Sleep Train Arena.
With the win Mater Dei runs the table and finishes 35-0 on the
season and wins their fourth consecutive state title. It was also
their eleventh crown in fifteen attempts. Bishop O'Dowd ends the
year at 28-5 and is now 1-8 in state title games.
As usual, Mater Dei was led by Arizona-bound Stanley Johnson who
had a game-high 25 points and 8 assists. Johnson becomes only the
second player in California history to win four state titles, joining
Oscar Edwards of Price High in Los Angeles. Sophomore MJ Cage chipped
in with 16 points and 8 rebounds.
O'Dowd was led by junior Paris Austin who had 23 points. Senior
Juwan Anderson added 11 points and junior Ivan Rabb had 10 points and
16 rebounds.
Scoring Totals:
Mater Dei (71): REx Pfleuger 5, La'Vette Parker 8, Isaiah
Juarez 11, MJ Cage 16, Stanley Johnson 25, Matthew Weyand 3, Liam
Shillington 3.
Bishop O'Dowd (61): Paris Austin 23, Shane Farley 5, Juwan
Anderson 11, Jackson Kalmbach 6, Ivan Rabb 10, Desomnd Chatman 4,
Jeevin Sandhu 2.
This post was edited on 3/30 12:22 AM by Dave Keefer
