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GIRLS BASKETBALL: Scotts Valley Bounces Back in NorCal Opener
Falcons dominate in first round matchup against Bear Valley; advance to Thursday night's second round.
Scotts Valley 82, Bear Valley 48
Held to a season-low 29 points in last Friday’s 33-29 loss to Notre Dame-Belmont in the Central Coast Section Division IV Girls Basketball Championship Game, the Scotts Valley girls basketball team got back to its bread and butter Tuesday night--hit the glass hard and push the pace.
Scotts Valley did both items extremely well en route to a lopsided 82-48 victory over No. 11 seed Bear Valley in a CIF State Division IV Championship first round game Tuesday night in Scotts Valley.
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Freshman Tori McBride led the charge with 22 points.
The Falcons (23-6) will play No. 4 seed Piedmont High Thursday night in second round play. Liz Munger and Nadine Hart each had double-doubles in the win.
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Munger scored 20 points and pulled down 15 boards, while freshman Hart had 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Junior Natalia Ebrahimian finished with 19 points.
Piedmont (19-12 in regular season play) finished in fifth place in the stacked North Coast Section Bay Shore Division. St Mary’s of Stockton won the league with a perfect 12-0 mark in league play.
The win or go home tussle between Scotts Valley and Piedmont will tip-off at 7 pm Thursday at Piedmont High.