Oakland Tech girls also prevail to set up NorCal Division I championship game showdown at St. Mary’s-Stockton.
When Oakland Tech needs a bucket, it has two capable shot-creators it can turn to in Ahmaree Muhammad and ArDarius Gates. The duo scored 18 and 16 points, respectively, in Tech’s 61-55 NorCal Division III semifinal home victory over Justin-Siena.
Regardless of whether Tech or Oakland win on Tuesday, the victor will be the first Oakland Section school to appear in a state title game since McClymonds lost the Division I final in 2009.When Oakland coach Orlando Watkins learned his Wildcats would play The King’s Academy in the CIF NorCal D-III semifinals Saturday, he admitted, “I had never heard of them. I know ‘em well now.”
Oakland was in control most of the way in TKA’s gym. It led 35-21 at the half, and the Knights never got closer than eight points after intermission. Oakland Tech’s girls have spent the entirety of the NorCal Division I playoffs in the friendly confines of their Broadway Street gymnasium. After dispatching McClatchy-Sacramento and Pinewood in the first two rounds, the No. 2 seeded Bulldogs defeated San Ramon Valley in the semifinals Saturday.
Menlo led 6-4 after the first quarter Saturday and 27-19 at halftime. The Knights widened the cushion to 46-35 after three quarters.Pleasant Valley-Chico 50, Monte Vista 45The Mustangs, seeded third in Division II of the CIF NorCals, lost to No. 2 seed Pleasant Valley because they couldn’t make up a 14-point deficit after scoring only eight points in the first half.
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