California’s CIF Open Division regional finals: live updates, scores from Archbishop Riordan vs. Salesian College Prep
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SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 10 — Both the Archbishop Riordan [San Francisco, CA] Crusaders and the Salesian College Prep [Richmond, CA] cracked The Sporting News High School Boys Basketball Top 25 this week for the first time.
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But one of them is guaranteed to lose in their debut game on that list.
That’s because the No. 20 Crusaders and the No. 21 Pride will meet Tuesday night to settle Northern California’s regional championship in California’s CIF Open Division, and the winner will advance to the state championship game against the other semifinal winner.
That game will be played concurrently between the No. 6 Sierra Canyon [Chatsworth, CA] Trailblazers and the No. 22 Harvard-Westlake [Studio City, CA] Wolverines.
Both games are available for streaming live on the NFHS Network with both games set for a 10 p.m. EST (7 p.m. PST local) tip.
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FOURTH QUARTER
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Just over three minutes to play, Riordan scores its first points on a pair of free throws to take a 44-41 lead.
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Salesian with the basket and the foul! The free throw is good! Since trailing 38-23, the Pride has outscored the Crusaders, 18-4. It’s 42-41, Riordan.
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Salesian finally scores to cut it to 42-38, and then steals the inbound pass.
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At the 4:50 mark, it’s still a scoreless fourth quarter.
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Timeout at the 5:38 mark, and nobody has scored in the final stanza, yet. It’s still 42-36, Riordan.
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The fourth quarter is under way!
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END OF THIRD QUARTER — Archbishop Riordan 42, Salesian College Prep 36
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The two teams trade buckets, but for Riordan it’s two points and Salesian’s answer is three. It’s down to 40-34 in favor of Riordan. We’ve got a game again in San Francisco.
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An 8-0 run by Salesian, and it’s now 38-31 with Riordan in the lead. But this thing was 15 points just a short time ago.
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Salesian hit a three after sinking those two free throw, and then hit another single from the charity stripe to get this thing back to single digits at 38-29.
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Salesian finally connects on a couple of free throws at the 3:19 mark. That’s their first points of the second half, and they’re lucky to only be trailing this by 13 at 38-25.
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They just crossed the halfway point of the third quarter, and Salesian has yet to score in the second half.
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Riordan with a bucket to make it 38-23, and that’s the Crusaders’ biggest lead of the game leading to a Salesian timeout. Not looking good for the Pride right now.
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It took about 2:15 for either team to score in the second half, but Riordan finally breaks the ice with a couple of free throws. It’s 36-23 with Riordan still out front.
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The third quarter is under way in San Francisco!
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END OF SECOND QUARTER
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Salesian is having to work really hard for everything they’ve got while Riordan is winning this thing at the rim. It’s 34-23, Riordan at the half.
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Riordan cans a three to go up by 14, 32-18.
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2:30 to play and Riordan still leading by 11, 29-18.
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Salesian misses two free throws, and then fouls Riordan on a three-point attempt at the other end. Riordan hits two of three at the charity stripe to take their first double-digit lead. Suddenly, it’s 25-14.
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Riordan matches its biggest lead with another trey, 23-14.
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Riordan with a breakaway dunk to get the scoring started in the second stanza around the 6:30 mark.
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And the second quarter is under way!
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END OF FIRST QUARTER — Archbishop Riordan 18, Salesian College Prep 12
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Salesian hits three to trim Riordan’s lead to 18-12, and the Crusaders miss a shot just before the buzzer. That’s where the first quarter ends.
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Riordan 18-9 at the 1:13 mark. They’ve controlled the flow of this one so far.
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Riordan 14-9 at the 2:34 mark.
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10-7 Riordan at the halfway mark of the first quarter.
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5-all at the 6:23 mark of the opening quarter.
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Riordan gets the scoring started with a big three pointer. Salesian answers with a triple at the other end, and that’s how this thing starts.
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They’re under way in San Francisco!
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Coming soon!
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Date: 10 p.m. EST (7 p.m. PST local) Tuesday, March 10
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