Girls’ basketball: Mater Dei vs. Windward for Open Division title on Friday
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It doesn’t get any better in girls’ basketball than Friday’s Southern Section Open Division girls’ final between Santa Ana Mater Dei and Los Angeles Windward at 9 p.m. at Azusa Pacific.
Mater Dei is ranked No. 2 in the nation by USA Today. Windward has the No. 1 point guard in California in Jordin Canada and owns two wins this season over Long Beach Poly.
The winner will get the No. 1 seed for the Southern California Regionals. The two schools could end up having a rematch in the regional final on March 22 in Ontario.
Mater Dei is 26-1. Windward is 23-2. Mater Dei likes to press. Windward has the ultimate press breaker in Canada, plus a powerful inside scoring threat in Kristen Simon.
It has all the potential to be a girls’ basketball classic.
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