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CHATSWORTH – A stunning final six minutes-plus resulted in a mind-boggling 23-point turnaround Friday night, propelling  the host Sierra Canyon High Trailblazers to an 81-75, Mission League victory over the previously-unbeaten Notre Dame Knights.

As the JSerra’s Trinity League win against visiting Mater Dei Wednesday night, the Sierra Canyon victory has significant from both a league and CIF Southern Section Open Division perspective.

It means that the Trailblazers (24-1 and 7-0 in league) are the top seed in the Mission tournament held next week.

Sierra Canyon and Notre Dame (24-1 and 6-1) earned byes into Wednesday night’s semifinals.

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SANTA ANA – The Friday-Saturday XXIX Nike Extravaganza provides a handy primer for the CIF Southern Section boys’ playoffs set to get underway with wild-card games on Feb. 6 and first-round action the next day.

The eight-team Open Division – which has evolved into the most competitive playoff bracket in the sport in the west – tips on Feb. 9 with four pool-play contests.

Saturday the Nike Extravaganza plays host to five of the 11 squads still in legitimate contention for one of those Open spots:

*Mater Dei (No.

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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – There are near-countless examples of the outcome of a high school basketball game being more seismic than “just a win” or “just a loss”.

The Trinity League contest at JSerra was one of those games.

The host Lions, only within 10 points at intermission because senior guard Aidan Fowler scored a layup a second before the buzzer, turned in an electric second half and knocked off Mater Dei, 68-62.

The Monarchs came into South Orange County gymnasium as the top-ranked team in the BurlisonOnBasketball SoCal Top 30 and with overall and Trinity records of 21-1 and 6-0.

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NEWPORT BEACH – Watch enough basketball games over six decades and you may not see everything.

  But you’re going to come close . . .

That was the case at Pacifica Christian High, where the host Tritons took on – and knocked off, San Gabriel Academy, 64-57 – in a San Joaquin League clash.

The Tritons (5-1 in league and 16-10 overall) used the scoring and rebounding of the Stewart Brothers (senior Alex and junior Logan, who combined for 21 first-half points) to go up midway through the second quarter, 29-13.

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LAGUNA NIGUEL ­– And then there were two . . .

Pardon the trite Agatha Christie reference cliché in reminding you that there are just two weeks remaining in Southern California’s high school hoops regular season.

And a significant two days in that stretch take place Friday and Saturday in Santa Ana, where the Mater Dei High program will play host to the 29^th Nike Extravaganza.

Fifteen games will be played – six of those, including a Mater Dei-Esperanza girls’ clash, on Friday.

Ten of the boys’ teams scheduled to play in the event reside in the updated BurlisonOnBasketball SoCal Top 30 ­– five of those among the top 10.

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