ROUNDUP: HART OPENS UP WITH A ROUT.

Byline: Daily News

Perennial area girls' basketball power Hart High of Newhall has its eyes on the bigger picture.

The defending Southern Section Division I-A finalists want another shot at the title, and it was determined not to let some newcomer to the playoff scene ruin their plans. The Indians made sure that didn't happen Saturday, defeating visiting Lancaster 73-39 in an opening-round playoff game.

Hart (21-5), the Daily News' top-ranked team and No. 2 seed in the division, will play the winner of Saturday's game between Warren of Downey and Yucaipa.

Lancaster (16-9), which was coming off a wild-card victory over Thousand Oaks, was making its first playoff appearance.

``One of the big mistakes people make when they play kind of a weaker team is they take them for granted, and we just had to make sure we didn't do that,'' Hart senior guard Amanda Patton said. ``They were athletic, they could shoot and they had some strong post players, so we didn't want to take them for granted.''

Patton scored a team-high 16 points and Ashlee Trebilcock added 14 points.

Andrea Bobic led Lancaster with 12 points.

Lancaster coach John Gallen said his team's playoff experience was a learning one.

``If nothing else, you get a feel for what the upper-level teams are like,'' he said.

Hart led 27-4 late in the first quarter before Lancaster went on an 11-1 run. But the Eagles weren't able to keep that pace up for long.

- Gideon Rubin

In other Division I-A games:

--Saugus 63, Camarillo 24: Jessi Loring had 19 points and 11 rebounds, and Lisa Sonnenblick chipped in 12 points and Sheridan Arredondo added 11 for host Saugus (22-6).

Brittany Sliger scored more than half of Camarillo's points, contributing 13 for the Scorpions (13-13).

In Division I-AA:

--Rancho Cucamonga 76, Quartz Hill 71: Visiting Quartz Hill (13-13) could not recover from an 18-point first-quarter deficit and fell to Rancho Cucamonga (20-7).

Quartz Hill's Rhiannon McCrumb was the game's leading scorer with 21 points. Facion Edwards added 16 for the Rebels.

In Division II-AA:

--Alemany 41, San Luis Obispo 39: San Luis Obispo missed a shot with eight seconds left that would have tied the game, giving visiting Alemany of Mission Hills the victory.

Sophomore Renee Goldoff had 18 rebounds and 13 points for Alemany (20-7). Teammate Lea Sabado added 13 points.

In Division III-AA:

--Ganesha 54, Newbury Park 48: Brynn Cameron had 18 points and Sally Bailey added eight points in the loss for host Newbury Park (16-10).

Three players accounted for all the scoring for Ganesha of Pomona (24-3).

In Division IV-AA:

--Oaks Christian 79, Frazier Mountain 41: Erin McKinney scored a game-high 26 points, including two 3-pointers, for Oaks Christian of Westlake Village (19-6) in a victory at Frazier Mountain (16-10).

In Division IV-A:

--Bell-Jeff 47, Flintridge Prep 41: Jennae Peoples scored 19 points for visiting Bell-Jeff of Burbank (21-4) in the victory.

Shari Quan had a team-high 15 points for Flintridge Prep of La Canada (16-6).