Zion Corrales-Nelson led a fourth-quarter charge that put St. Thomas More in the final of the B.C. high school girls’ AA Lower Mainland basketball final.
Trailing by six points to Independent No. 3 Notre Dame with four minutes left to play, STM went on a final 14-4 run to win 63-59 and advance to the championship final at STM tonight (Friday) at 5:30 p.m.
Corrales-Nelson netted 13 points, including 11 in the second half. Leilani Carney and Xenia Dumont chipped in with 11 points apiece.
Notre Dame’s Jolene Robinson led all scorers with 27 points.
South to 4A semifinal
Burnaby South put up a century against Kitsilano, winning 102-82, to earn a spot in the semifinals of the B.C. high school Lower Mainland quad A boys’ basketball championships.
South had three players boast 20-point games, including guard Jermaine Haley, who led all scorers with 26 points, including four alley-oop dunks. Nic Trninic and Tyus Batiste scored 23 and 20 points, respectively.
Kits shooters showed a weakness in South’s defensive game, something Rebel coach Mike Bell says the team must work on.
“We’re not going to be able to play that loose,” Bell said after the game. “We’ll have to play a little tighter. It’s going to get tougher.”
South faces David Thompson at Richmond Oval on Feb. 25 at 6:15 p.m.
