CIF-Central Coast Section

CENTRAL COAST SECTION--www.cifccs.org
1999 GIRLS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT--Official Tournament Brackets
DIVISION  III
Championship Game Highlights
by Mark Foyer

Vanessa Valenzuela and Traci Villa each scored four points in the overtime to lead Notre Dame-Belmont to a 64-60 win over Presentation in overtime in the Central Coast Section Division III Girls’ title game.
Trailing by as many as 10 points in the first quarter, the Tigers (22-9) rallied to take the lead in the third quarter. Presentation rallied, setting the stage for the fourth quarter. I t appeared that Notre Dame would win in regulation as it had a 53-50 lead with less then a minute to go. Having committed just one team foul up to that point, Presentation fouled.
After the sixth team foul, Presentation’s Katherine McLaughlin stole the inbound pass, and got the ball to Cheyenne Brown. She proceeded to sink a three-pointer with 27.9 seconds left in regulation to tie the score.
The Tigers had three chances to win the game in regulation. But the shot attempts, two by Valenzuela and one by Kelly Wetteland, were no good.
Notre Dame took the lead for good at the start of overtime as Villa took a cross-court pass from Wetteland and scored on a layup.
Sara Werner, who led all scorers with 20 points, scored on a free throw. After an exchange of baskets, Notre Dame broke away, going on a 7-1 run to break the game open
Wetteland led the Tigers with 18 points, with Villa scoring 14. Both Jakki Flaherty (12 points, 14 rebounds) and Valenzuela (10 points, 12 rebounds) finished with double-double games.
Werner had 10 rebounds to go with her 20 points. Brown added 16 points, and Katie Passalacqua chipped in 13.

First Round WED 2/24 7:00 pm @ Home Site High Seed		Quarter Finals SAT 2/27		Semi Finals WED 3/3		Finals SAT 3/6		Champions
#11 SEASIDE (12-13)
@ Terra Nova HS		TERRA NOVA 53-40		GUNN 53-39
#6 TERRA NOVA (18-9)		@ Mount Pleasant HS 2:45 pm
#14 JEFFERSON (13-9)
@ Gunn HS		GUNN 58-32
#3 GUNN (19-4)
				@ Capuchino 6:00 Wed, March 3		PRESENTATION 65-62
#10 NOTRE DAME-SJ (17-7)
@ Presentation HS		PRESENTATION  69-55		PRESENTATION 60-57
#7 PRESENTATION (12-14)
		@ Everett Alvarez HS 6:15 pm
#15 JAMES LICK (11-15)
@ Everett Alvarez HS		EVERETT ALVAREZ 52-33
#2 EVERETT ALVAREZ (22-3)						@ San Jose State Events Center 4:00 pm
								NOTRE DAME 64-60
#12 SARATOGA (14-9)		ARAGON 58-36
@ Aragon HS
#5 ARAGON (16-8)				ARAGON 54-49
		@ St. Ignatius 2:45 pm
#13 CUPERTINO (13-12)		SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL 59-37
@ Sacred Heart Cathedral
#4 SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL
				@ Capuchino 8:00 pm Wed March 3
						NOTRE DAME 46-27
#9 HALF MOON BAY (13-13)
@ Pioneer HS		HALF MOON BAY 52-46 OT		NOTRE DAME 59-28
#8 PIONEER (19-4)
		@ Sacred Heart Prep 6:15 pm
		#1 NOTRE DAME-BELMONT (19-9)