Results of Saturday’s women’s regional final games and state quarterfinal pairings; STATE #14 SKYLINE FALLS SHORT AT #1 DELTA IN NORCAL FINALS

Results of Saturday's women's regional final games and state quarterfinal pairings;

STATE #14 SKYLINE FALLS SHORT AT #1 DELTA IN NORCAL FINALS

State No. 14 ranked Skyline College's women's basketball playoff season came to an end Saturday with a 61-49 loss at state top-ranked San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton.

The No. 8 NorCal seeded Lady Trojans (22-6) fell behind, 19-8, after one quarter but rallied with a 16-6 second period advantage and were down by only a point, 25-24 at halftime. The host Mustangs took control with an 18-10 third quarter advantage for a 43-24 lead and managed to keep control in the final period, led by Donja Payne with game-high marks of 18 points and 21 rebounds.

Delta (28-2), the state's winningest team, moves onto the state quarterfinals Thursday against Palomar College (26-2), the No. 4 SoCal seed, at West Hills College Lemoore at 5 p.m.

Northern California Results (with region seed number):

At Stockton: No. 1 San Joaquin Delta 61, No. 8 Skyline 49

At Rocklin: No. 2 Sierra 67, No. 10 Merced 59

At San Francisco: No. 6 College of the Sequoias 88, No. 3 City College of San Francisco 73

At Fresno: No. 5 Butte 69, No. 4 Fresno CC 42

Southern California Results:

At Walnut: No. 1 Mt. San Antonio 67, No. 9 Long Beach CC 47

At Irvine: No. 2 Irvine Valley 80, No. 7 College of the Canyons 43

At Moorpark: No. 3 Moorpark 78, No. 6 East Los Angeles 71

At San Marcos: No. 4 Palomar 82, No. 12 Cypress 63

Pairings for CCCAA quarterfinals at West Hills College Lemoore, Thursday, March 10:

Irvine Valley (25-2) vs. Butte (23-6), 1 p.m.

Moorpark (24-3) vs. Sierra (25-3), 3 p.m.;

Palomar (26-2) vs. San Joaquin Delta (28-2), 5 p.m.;

Mt. San Antonio (25-3) vs. College of the Sequoias (23-5), 7 p.m.

Semifinals Saturday, March 12, 1 and 3 p.m.  Championship game Sunday, March 13, 1 p.m.

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From: Fred Baer, baerf@smccd.edu