A look at Tuesday’s CIF SS boys hoops playoff action

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LAGUNA NIGUEL – The third round of the CIF Southern Section boys’ basketball playoffs is set for Tuesday night, with 40 games scheduled over the section’s 10 divisions.

And the L.A. City Section’s Open Division semifinals are scheduled to be played Saturday evening at L.A. Southwest College.

Here is a quick look at five of the Southern Section games that will be played Tuesday (in no order):

  Open

   *Centennial at Redondo Union: The visiting Huskies take an 11-game win streak into the game, while the host Sea Hawks’ streak is at 12.

Both squads were in the Platinum Divisions of the Tarkanian Classic (Las Vegas) and Classic Damien, but the Huskies lost (to Timpview of Provo, UT, and Phoenix O’Connor, respectively) before they could collide with the Sea Hawks.

Centennial is led by Stanford-bound guard Isaiah Rogers, while Redondo Union has three high-quality seniors in its lineup in S.J. Madison (who signed with Nevada-Reno in November), Chace Holley (pictured/he committed to Pepperdine 10 days ago) and Devin Wright (an elite deep jump shooter likely to draw a lot of attention from NCAA D-I programs this spring).

*Harvard-Westlake at Santa Margarita: The teams had respective five- and 10-point home victories over Damien last week.

Each squad features three seniors who have signed with NCAA D-1 programs, Joe Sterling (Texas), Dominique Bentho (UC Irvine) and Amir Jones (Georgia State) of Harvard-Westlake, and Drew Anderson (Oregon State), Kaiden Bailey (Georgia Tech) and Brayden Kyman (Washington State) of the Eagles.

*St. John Bosco at Notre Dame: The outcome will, in large part, also be determined by the performances of their respective teammates.

But the visiting Braves are led by a 2026 McDonald’s All-American, 6-foot-9 Christian Collins, while the host Knights are paced by an almost certain 2027 McD’s AA, 6-3 NaVorro Bowman – California’s most gifted junior, IMO.

Division 1

  *Village Christian at Crean Lutheran: This is a rematch of a Dec. 6 tournament final in Honolulu won by Crean Lutheran, 69-64, behind junior guard Hunter Caplan’s 29 points.

Village Christian got 18 points apiece from guards Will Conroy Jr. (a strong candidate for national freshman of the year) and junior Deon Lewis in the first meeting.

A key to the outcome will be how well the visiting Crusaders can contain the host Saints’ 6-11, University of Minnesota-bound Chadrack Mpoyi (who scored 29 points in the team’s overtime win at Coronado Santiago Friday night).

*Fairmont Prep vs. Inglewood at Morningside High: Not a lot of mystery as to the chances of the visiting Huskies knocking off the Sentinels:

How well can Fairmont Prep’s zone (anchored by 6-9 David Abisogun) slow down California’s all-time leading scorer Jason Crowe Jr.?

The left-handed McDonald’s All-American guard scored 54 points in his team’s 103-92 win at St. Bernard Friday night – the 10^th time he produced at least 50 points in a game this season.

SoCal Top 50

(Records as of Feb. 14)

School                          Record                 Previous#

1. Sierra Canyon/23-1/1

Next: Tuesday,  vs. No. 11 Corona del Mar, 7 p.m; Friday,  TBD, 7. CIF SS playoffs/Open.

2. Redondo Union/26-3/2

Next: Tuesday, vs. No. 8 Centennial, 7; Friday,  TBD, 7. CIF SS playoffs/Open.

3. Santa Margarita/27-3/3

Next: Tuesday, vs. No. 6, Harvard-Westlake, 7; Friday,  TBD, 7. CIF SS playoffs/Open.

4. Sherman Oaks Notre Dame/20-6/4

Next: Tuesday, vs. No. 5 St. John Bosco, 7; Friday,  TBD, 7. CIF SS playoffs/Open.

5. St. John Bosco/20-8/5

Next: Tuesday, at No. 4 Notre Dame, 7; Friday,  TBD, 7. CIF SS playoffs/Open.

6. Harvard-Westlake/23-5/6

Next: Tuesday, at No. 3 Santa Margarita,  7; Friday,  TBD, 7. CIF SS playoffs/Open.

7. La Mirada/23-7/7

Next: Friday, TBD, 7. CIF SS playoffs/Open.

8. Corona Centennial/26-5/8

Next: Tuesday, at No. 2 Redondo Union, 7;  Friday, TBD, 7. CIF SS playoffs/Open.

9. Crespi/20-12/11

Next: Friday, TBD, 7. CIF SS playoffs/Open.

10. Damien/26-7/8

Next: Friday, vs. No. 12 Etiwanda, 7. CIF SS playoffs/Open.

11. Corona del Mar/27-2/10

Next: Tuesday, at No. 1 Sierra Canyon, 7; Friday, TBD, 7. CIF SS playoffs/Open.

12. Etiwanda/26-4/13

Next: Friday, at No. 10 Damien, 7. CIF SS playoffs/Open.

13. Crean Lutheran/23-7/12

Next: Tuesday, vs. No. 18 Village Christian, 7. CIF SS playoffs/1.

14. Inglewood/27-5/14

Next:  Tuesday, vs. No. 35 Fairmont Prep, at Morningside High, 7. CIF SS playoffs/1.

15. JSerra/21-12/16

Next: Tuesday, vs. No. 16 Rolling Hills Prep, at North Torrance High, 7. CIF SS playoffs/1.

16. Rolling Hills Prep/23-6/17

Next: Tuesday, vs. No. 15 JSerra, at North Torrance High, 7. CIF SS playoffs/1.

17. Bishop Montgomery/24-3/18

Next: Season complete (following 77-61 loss to Windward). CIF SS playoffs/1.

18. Village Christian/24-6/20

Next: Tuesday, at No. 13 Crean Lutheran, 7. CIF SS playoffs/1.

19. Mira Costa/24-6/21

Next: Season complete (following 67-66 loss to Village Christian). CIF SS playoffs/1.

20. Brentwood/26-4/23

Next: Season complete (following 60-57, OT loss to Fairmont Prep). CIF SS playoffs/1.

21. Millikan/24-6/24

Next: Tuesday, at No. 38 Rancho Christian,  7. CIF SS playoffs/1.

22. Palisades/18-11/UR

Next: Saturday, vs. San Pedro, at L.A. Southwest College, 6. CIF L.A. City playoffs/Open.

23. St. Francis/20-9/28

Next: Season complete (following 78-59 loss to Rancho Christian). CIF SS playoffs/1.

24. Heritage Christian/22-7/29

Next: Season complete (following 60-55 loss to Corona Santiago). CIF SS playoffs/1.

25. Los Alamitos/19-10/25

Next: Season complete (following 72-64 loss to Loyola). CIF SS playoffs/1.

26. Arcadia/23-6/24

Next: Season complete (following 79-74 loss to Orange Lutheran). CIF SS playoffs/1.

27. Loyola/16-16/27

Next: Season complete (following 75-49 loss to JSerra). CIF SS playoffs/1.

28. San Gabriel Academy/19-9/30

Next: Season complete (following 61-58 loss to Cypress).  CIF SS playoffs/1.

29. St. Bernard/18-12/UR

Next: Season complete (following 103-92 loss to Inglewood). CIF SS playoffs/1.

30. Crossroads/17-12/UR

Next: Season complete (following 52-43 loss to Fairmont Prep). CIF SS playoffs/1.

31. Pasadena/19-9/UR

Next: Season complete (following 72-66, OT, loss to JSerra). CIF SS playoffs/1.

32. Mater Dei/19-14/23

Next: Tuesday, at El Dorado, 7. CIF SS playoffs/2.

33. Orange Lutheran/19-10/26

Next: Season complete (following 63-52 loss to Rolling Hills Prep). CIF SS playoffs/1.

34. Servite/19-12/UR

Next: Season complete (following 75-65 loss to Rancho Christian). CIF SS playoffs/2.

35. Fairmont Prep/19-11/29

Next: Tuesday, vs. No. 14 Inglewood, at Morningside High,  7. CIF SS playoffs/1.

36. La Habra/21-8/UR

Next: Season complete (following 63-51 loss to St. Bernard). CIF SS playoffs/1.

37. Corona Santiago/26-6/UR

Next: Season complete (following 87-80, OT, loss to Crean Lutheran). CIF SS playoffs/1.

38. Rancho Christian/21-9/UR

Next: Tuesday, vs. No.  21 Millikan, 7. CIF SS playoffs/1.

39. Legacy Christian Academy/18-10/UR

Next: Season complete. Did not qualify for playoffs.

40. Eastvale Roosevelt/18-13/UR

Next: Tuesday, at Huntington Beach Edison, 7. CIF SS playoffs/2.

41. Long Beach Poly/19-10/UR

Next: Season complete (following 61-55 loss to Brentwood). CIF SS playoffs/1.

42. Hesperia/22-8/UR

Next: Tuesday, at No. 49 Rancho Verde, 7. CIF SS playoffs/2.

43. Oaks Christian/23-6/UR

Next: Season complete (following 57-56 loss to Mira Costa). CIF SS playoffs/1.

44. Newport Pacifica Christian/20-7/UR

Next: Season complete (following 65-63 loss to Village Christian). CIF SS playoffs/1.

45. Chino Hills/24-9/UR

Next: Season complete (following 81-74 loss to Bishop Amat). CIF SS playoffs/2.

46. St. Monica/17-11/UR

Next: Season complete (following 50-47 loss to Bishop Montgomery). CIF SS playoffs/1.

47. Santa Barbara/19-9/UR

Next: Season complete (following 87-61 loss to Crean Lutheran). CIF SS playoffs/1.

48. Chaminade/21-7/UR

Next: Season completed. Did not qualify for playoffs.

49. Rancho Verde/22-7/UR

Next: Tuesday, vs. No. 42 Hesperia, 7. CIF SS playoffs/2.

50. Cleveland/19-9/UR

Next: Saturday, vs. Fairfax, at L.A. Southwest College, 4. CIF L.A. City playoffs/Open.