Ontario Christian leads Sierra Canyon: Live score, updates from CIF-Southern Section basketball championship

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Two of high school girls basketball’s best teams and a bevy of its brightest stars will go head-to-head for a CIF-Southern Section Open Division title on Saturday at Toyota Arena in Ontario.

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Nationwide No. 2 Ontario Christian (31-1), led by top-ranked junior Kaleena Smith and top-ranked sophomore Tati Griffin, is the favorite to repeat as Southern Section girls basketball champion. But No. 5 Sierra Canyon (29-2), headlined by 5-star senior and South Carolina commit Jerzy Robinson, is too good to count out – which Ontario Christian would be the first to tell you after narrowly surviving two upset bids from the Trailblazers a postseason ago.

If you’re looking for live scores, updates, and highlights as they occur, you’ve come to the right place. Scroll down for live scoring and updates, and read on for instructions on streaming the game in realtime.

Ontario Christian vs. Sierra Canyon live score, updates, highlights

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FOURTH QUARTER:

Q4 4:14: Sierra Canyon retakes the lead on a two-point field goal by Cherri Hatter, and Kaleena Smith ties things up at 62 each on a drifting mid-range jumper.

Q4 5:10: Sierra Canyon takes its first lead of the ballgame, 60-58, after a Rosie Oladokun three. Chloe Jenkins puts in an offensive rebound to tie it back up.

Q4 5:16: Ontario Christian leads 58-57 entering a timeout. Robinson is up to 28 points.

Q4 6:42: Sierra Canyon has cut it to one point at 56-55 following another slashing score from Robinson.

THIRD QUARTER:

Ontario Christian leads 56-51 after three quarters, with Kaleena Smith scoring the Knights’ final nine points of the quarter. She’s up to 27.

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Q3 1:29: Jordyn Malek cuts it to 51-49 with her second three of the quarter off the bench.

Q3 3:30: Sierra Canyon cuts it to 47-44 after a three-point play from Jerzy Robinson, who’s up to a game-high 24 points.

SECOND QUARTER:

Ontario Christian leads 36-30 after a flurry to end the first half, which included a three-pointer from Dani Robinson followed by a buzzer-beating Jerzy Robinson three from just inside half-court. Sierra Canyon had cut the deficit to 29-27 with just over a minute left in the half.