GIRLS' BASKETBALL: L.A. BAPTIST HEADS TO FINALS MARSHALL LEADS WITH 24 POINTS L.A. BAPTIST 55, MILKEN 40.Byline: GERRY GITTELSON Staff Writer L.A. Baptist High of North Hills' girls' basketball team came through with a historic victory Saturday, qualifying for a Southern Section title game for the first time after defeating Milken of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. 55-40 in the Div. V-A V-A abbr. ventriculoatrial semifinals at Alemany High in Mission Hills. The Knights (20-6) face either Bishop Conaty or Crossroads of Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. in the championship game Friday or Saturday at the Long Beach Pyramid pyramid, structure pyramid. The true pyramid exists only in Egypt, though the term has also been applied to similar structures in other countries. Egyptian pyramids are square in plan and their triangular sides, which directly face the points of the . Adreanna Marshall led the way with 24 points, connecting on 8 of 18 shots and 8 of 11 freethrows with three steals. Employing a relentless defense and fast-paced offense, L.A. Baptist reeled off the first 11 points and jumped to a 28-5 lead midway Midway, island group (2 sq mi/5.2 sq km), central Pacific, c.1,150 mi (1,850 km) NW of Honolulu, comprising Sand and Eastern islands with the surrounding atoll. Discovered by Americans in 1859, Midway was annexed in 1867. A cable station was opened in 1903. through the second quarter. "It was a really good start," said Marshall, a 5-foot-6 senior guard. "We came out strong, and the whole team played really well, then we weathered the storm. I'm so excited to reach the final because we're making history right now." Milken (16-6) didn't score its first field goal until more than six minutes into the first quarter, when Caitlyn Campos Campos (käm`p  s), city (1996 pop. 391,299), Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil, on the Paraíba River near its mouth. broke the
drought with a running hook shot. The Wildcats again had problems
scoring in the second quarter, failing to convert a field goal until
Kiri Kennedy's 3-pointer with 2:09 left in the half. Kennedy added
two more baskets before intermission to help Milken cut the lead to
31-14 at halftime.
Marshall scored 10 points in 13 minutes in the first half. She sat out part of the second quarter after picking up her second foul, then scored 12 points in the third quarter to help keep pesky Milken buried bur·y tr.v. bur·ied, bur·y·ing, bur·ies 1. To place in the ground: bury a bone. 2. a. To place (a corpse) in a grave, a tomb, or the sea; inter. b. "We're definitely a momentum-driven team so it's always nice to get a good start, but I never did relax much," coach Mary Christiansen said. "I'm pretty excited. We're the No. 1 seed, and this is something we've been working for all year. It's one thing to be the No.1 seed, and it's another to make it all the way to the finals. You've got to take the steps to get it done." Christina Cherry and Alyse Scramozzno added nine points for L.A. Baptist, and Alysha Martin and Ariana Shayan scored six. Milken's Rebecca Finkel scored 21 points, including four 3-pointers. Kim Hakim added eight points, and Sam Klein scored six. Despite the loss, this was Milken's finest basketball season ever, as the Wildcats advanced to the section semifinals for the first time. "I think we were intimidated in·tim·i·date tr.v. in·tim·i·dat·ed, in·tim·i·dat·ing, in·tim·i·dates 1. To make timid; fill with fear. 2. To coerce or inhibit by or as if by threats. , but we brought it back up," Milken's Alisa Surowitz said. "It was a good season. We were co-champions of our league, and this is the first time a girls' team from our school has gone this far." CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Milken's Kimberly Hakeem ha·keem n. Variant of hakim1. Noun 1. hakeem - a Muslim physician hakim Moslem, Muslim - a believer in or follower of Islam doc, doctor, physician, Dr. , right, fights for control of the ball from L.A. Baptist's Christina Chevry on Saturday. Gene Blevins/ Special to the Daily News |
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