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FULLERTON – Lakeside’s faithful roared before tip-off and deep into the second half with chants of “Defense!”
Cal-bound point guard Jazlen Green made one difficult basket after another, including a driving scoop shot against hard contact in the opening period.
Troy’s girls basketball team might have left the CIF-Southern Section’s challenging Open Division behind for the CIF Southern California Division I regionals, but the Open Division atmosphere and competition followed the Warriors back home Tuesday night.
But Coach Roger Anderson’s young Troy squad is growing up fast and produced the necessary answers to beat CIF-SS Division 2A champion Lakeside 52-42 in a first round game decided in the final two minutes.
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growing up fast! warriors beat Lakeside 52-42 – Warriors will be home Thursday at home v Mt Miguel @ocvarsity @troy_warriors @TroyHSbsktball
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— Dan Albano (@ocvarsityguy) February 27, 2019
Left-handed guard Gaby Tan (8 points) scooped in her own drive to the basket against a foul with 1:18 left in the fourth period to give the sixth-seeded Warriors a 47-40 lead and the Troy (23-9) overcame 26 points by Green and the Lancer’ energetic crowd to advance to Thursday’s second round.
“Lakeside is like an Open team,” said Anderson, whose team went 0-3 on the road in the Open Division against Sierra Canyon, Bishop Montgomery and Redondo.
“The three Open games we played, three of those teams were all ranked in the top 10 in the state. You’re only going to get better if you learn form your mistakes and they were exposed and we’re working on it.”
Troy’s work continues Thursday when it plays host to Mount Miguel, which upset No. 3 seed Mission Hills 49-48 in another first-round game.
Freshman Hannah Stines led Troy with 22 points, including three first-half 3-pointers.
Stines contributed to a sizzling start by the Warriors — who don’t start a senior — but also was part of a defense that slowed No. 11 Lakeside (26-4), which dominated Orange County sixth-ranked Oxford Academy to capture its first section title Saturday.
Green made 9 of 17 shots from the floor but exerted herself against four different defenders who mostly guarded her the length of the court. The senior didn’t come out and scored one basket in the fourth, a three-point play off an offensive rebound that trimmed Troy’s lead to 42-38 with 4:11 left.
A 3-pointer by Green rattled in-and-out 30 seconds later that would have cut Troy’s lead to one point.
Troy mostly used Aaliyah Tu’ua, also a standout soccer player, to guard Green but also inserted her twin sister, Anaiyah, Kaitlyn Osako and Stines.
The Tu’ua twins combined for seven steals.
“Really pleased Aaliyah Tu’ua, who ran everywhere with that girl and made her earn all 26 of her points, which is good,” Anderson said. “(It was a) team effort, though, defensively.”
Anderson employed nine players and the Warriors seemed to wear Lakeside down. Troy grabbed four offensive rebounds off missed rebounds in the fourth, including two by freshman Aliyah Gonzalez.
Troy went on 17-0 run in the first period to open a 20-5 lead and led 26-12 after eight minutes. Stines made two 3-pointers in the first period while Osako added two, including one just before the buzzer.
End of 1st: @TroyHSbsktball 26 Lakeside 12 Super freshman Hannah Stines puts on show w/ 13 pts! @ocvarsity
— Dan Albano (@ocvarsityguy) February 27, 2019
The Warriors led as many as 17 points but Lakeside slowly came back.
“We just had to remember who were are,” Green said. “We’ve been through a lot of adversity … and we used that as motivation. Yeah, we didn’t pull through but a lot of it comes from heart and we gave it our all.”
Senior Jolene Armendariz added 9 points and three blocks for Lakeside.
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