Sierra Canyon improves to 30-0 with a 70-57 win over Etiwanda for the Southern Section Open Division girls' basketball title.
Wearing shiny lime Kobe Grinches that made it easy for fans at Honda Center to identify the best girls’ basketball player in America, Juju Watkins of Chatsworth Sierra Canyon wasn’t interested in individual attention on Saturday night.
Watkins has won gold medals and most-valuable-player awards representing Team USA in Hungary and Mexico. She’s won a state title. She even was in awith LeBron James. And yet, the one achievement missing from her resume has been an Open Division title. “This is the best. This is doing it with your team,” Watkins said after scoring 24 points, grabbing 11 rebounds and contributing six blocks as Sierra Canyon defeated Etiwanda 70-57 to improve to 30-0 and win the Southern Section Open Division title.Juju Watkins of Sierra Canyon celebrates the Open Division championship with Izela Arenas.
It wasn’t Watkins’ best game. She made just four of 16 shots. She also converted 16 of 18 free throws to keep Eitwanda playing catch-up. It was a physical game, with players from both teams hitting the floor often and fouls being called. At one point, the two teams combined to make 31 consecutive free throws. Sierra Canyon made 29 of its 32 free throws. Etiwanda made 15 of 17.
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