No. 6 Salesian went 12-for-18 (67%) from 3-point range and smothered No. 10 San Ramon Valley in an 81-51 win in the Division I NorCal semifinals.
No. 6 Salesian went 12-for-18 from 3-point range and smothered No. 10 San Ramon Valley in an 81-51 win in the Division I NorCal semifinals at Contra Costa College on Saturday night.
Standing in the way is No. 9 Granada, which knocked off No. 4 Archbishop Riordan, 69-57, in the other semifinal. The two will face off Tuesday with a winner advancing to the Division I state championship game on Friday.Saturday’s game was a thing of beauty for the Pride, who spread the ball around and didn’t rely too heavily on one player to score. And they’ve got a former quarterback, junior guard Aaron Claytor, who dekes around defenders and dishes no-look passes like Patrick Mahomes.
Mellis said the Pride watched tape of their 55-39 win over SRV in the North Coast Section Open Division playoffs and anticipated their opponents would come out in a 1-3-1 defense, which is exactly what happened. Salesian players Deundrae Perteete, Elias Obenyah and Evin Goodwin combined to go 6-for-6 from behind the arc.With Claytor deftly weaving through traffic and often drawing two or three defenders with him, it was easy for Salesian to find wide-open looks from 3-point range or for Claytor to show off one of his signature no-look passes to a teammate crashing in the paint.
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