Key league games on tap in SS regular season finales

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LAGUNA NIGUEL – The final week of regular-season boys’ basketball action in the Southern Southern Section has some significant match-ups on tap that figure to impact the respective make-ups of the section’s Open Division playoff field.

   Notable games in that regard in the Southern Section include:

   *Wednesday Trinity League finales of No. 9 Mater Dei (in the latest BurlisonOnBasketball Top 25) at home to No. 20 Orange Lutheran; No. 11 Santa Margarita at No. 23 JSerra; and No. 10 St. John Bosco at Servite.

   *Baseline League games of No. 13 Damien at No. 7 Etiwanda (Wednesday) and Etiwanda at No. 12 Chino Hills (Friday);

   *The Mission League tournament semifinals Thursday night at Alemany, featuring No. 15 Loyola and Chaminade, and No. 16 Harvard-Westlake vs. No. 19 Notre Dame Sherman Oaks.

  The winners play for the “league title” Friday night.

  In the Nike Extravaganza, Mater Dei took a couple of big steps in securing a sixth consecutive spot in the Southern Section Open playoffs (it has won twice) by knocking off Rolling Hills Prep and Harvard-Westlake.

  Sophomore center Wilhelm Breidenbach (PICTURED) scored 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds Saturday night against Harvard-Westlake. And classmate Devin Askew averaged 18.5 points over the weekend.

  Here’s the updated BurlisonOnBasketball Top 25:

(With CIF section and record, thru games of Jan. 26)

1. Chatsworth Sierra Canyon (Southern Section/23-2)
2. Fairfax (LAC/20-1)
3. Temecula Rancho Christian (SS/20-4)
4. Corona Centennial (SS/23-3)
5. Westchester (Los Angeles City Section/18-2)
6. Torrance Bishop Montgomery (SS/21-4)
7. Etiwanda (SS/22-2)
8. Moreno Valley Rancho Verde (SS/22-4)
9. Santa Ana Mater Dei (SS/24-3)
10. Bellflower St. John Bosco (SS/20-6)
11. RSM Santa Margarita (SS/18-9)
12. Chino Hills (SS/13-9)
13. La Verne Damien (SS/21-4)
14. Riverside Notre Dame (SS/18-8)
15. Loyola (SS/20-5)
16. Studio City Harvard-Westlake (SS/17-7)
17. Camarillo (SS/22-3)
18. Long Beach Poly (SS/19-6)
19. Sherman Oaks Notre Dame (SS/16-10)
20. Orange Lutheran (SS/20-7)
21. Riverside Poly (SS/18-8)
22. Windward (SS/19-5)
23. SJC JSerra (SS/21-7)
24. Brentwood (SS/21-4)
25. St. Augustine (San Diego Section/18-4)