San Diego Section girls basketball Top 10: Serra moves up in latest rankings
Here are Scorebook Live’s Top 10 rankings for San Diego Section high school girls basketball for the week of Feb. 10. Our San Diego Section girls basketball rankings will be released weekly throughout the remainder of 2019-20 high school basketball season. The rankings are compiled by Bishop's girls basketball coach Marlon Wells.
TOP 10 SAN DIEGO SECTION GIRLS BASKETBALL RANKINGS
Week of Feb. 10, 2020
BY MARLON WELLS
It was a very interesting week in the San Diego Section, but there wasn't much movement in the Top 10 rankings. The only change is last week's No. 9 team Serra upset No. 8 Westview, so they flip flopped spots this week. La Jolla Country Day & Cathedral sealed up league titles, while a few other leagues will come down to the final games this week.
1. La Jolla Country Day 26-1
Te-hina Paopao received her McDonald’s All-American jersey this past Friday, and guess who was in the house to present her with it? Another former McDonald’s All-American and former Torrey Kelsey Plum. The Torrey’s won both of their last week by beating two top ten ranked teams. The first game saw the Torrey’s down #3 Bonita Vista 69-40 and then they came back on their senior night to beat their long time rival #4 Bishop’s 81-45. The Torrey’s won the Coastal league with the win and will be the #1 seed in the Open division playoffs come out this weekend.
NEXT UP: 2/14/20 vs Tri City Christian
2. Cathedral Catholic 16-10
The Dons went 2-0 last week by defeating Mira Mesa 66-18 and then beat league rival Christian 65-52. Cathedral wrapped up their second league title in a row. This team will definitely challenge La Jolla Country Day for the Open Division title.
NEXT UP: 2/13/20 vs Scripps Ranch
3. Bonita Vista 18-8
Bonita Vista escaped a huge upset this past Saturday against a very game Mission Hills squad, but the Barons held their composure and squeaked out a double overtime win 75-74. Bonita Vista went 3-1 last week losing to #1 LJCD 40-69 , but bounced back and won 3 straight. Beating Montgomery 85-24, Olympian 66-23 and like we said before Mission Hills 75-74. The Barons have a key match-up against Mater Dei Catholic which will determine the league championship.
NEXT UP: 2/10/20 vs Mater Dei, 2/12/20 Eastlake
4. Bishop’s 14-9
The Knights went 1-1 last week dropping to #1 La Jolla Country Day 45-81, then came back to defeat #10 Mt. Miguel 74-41. Bishop’s is looking to make a statement in the Open Division playoffs.
NEXT UP: 2/11/20 vs Tri City Christian
5. Mater Dei (Chula Vista) 17-7
The Crusaders went 3-0 last week beating Olympian 72-54, Otay Ranch 69-56 and Helix 57-41. Mater Dei has a key match-up against #3 Bonita Vista.
NEXT UP: 2/10/20 vs Bonita Vista, 2/12/20 vs Montgomery
6. Christian 17-10
Christian couldn’t come up with the win against its rival Cathedral Catholic suffering a second loss of the season to the Dons 52-65. The Patriots did beat a very scrappy Scripps Ranch team by the score of 68-57. Christian will get a chance to avenge an early loss against Serra this week.
NEXT UP:2/11/20 vs Serra
7. La Costa Canyon 20-5
Quietly the Mavericks are making a push to being one of the best teams in the county. They went 2-0 this past week in beating Canyon Crest and San Marcos. LCC will be a top four seed in the Open Division if they don’t slip up this week.
NEXT UP: 2/10/20 vs Carlsbad, 2/13/20 vs Torrey Pines
8. Serra 15-8
Nobody wants to play the Lady Q’s. Former McDonald’s All-American is coaching Serra up as the regular season is coming to an end. Serra went 2-0 this week beat Scripps Ranch 61-53 and then had the upset win over previous #8 Westview 52-48. The Lady Q’s are a real threat in Division I.
NEXT UP: 2/11/20 vs Christian, 2/13/20 vs Mira Mesa
9. Westview 24-2
Westview lost its second game of the year this past week to previous #9 Serra 48-52. The Wolverines still stay in the top ten and are still at top three seed in the Open Division. Going 1-1 last week Westview did have a huge league win over Rancho Bernardo 41-38. With two more league games the Wolverines are looking to win the league championship.
NEXT UP: 2/12/20 vs Poway, 2/14/20 vs Mt. Carmel
10. Mount Miguel 17-7
The Matadors went 1-1 this week avenging an earlier loss to El Capitan with a 40-37 win to tighten up the league championship race, but then were downed 74-41 by #4 Bishop’s. Mt. Miguel stays in the top ten for now.
NEXT UP: 2/11/20 vs Grossmont, 2/14/20 vs Helix
DROPPED OUT: None
OTHERS CONSIDERED:
Rancho Bernardo (20-6), Mission Hills (15-11), Carlsbad (19-7), San Marcos (15-10), El Camino (20-6), Poway (16-10).
