CIF Southern Section Open Division basketball playoffs: Harvard-Westlake thumps Sierra Canyon, Roosevelt punches ticket to final (2/13/2024)

Roosevelt has already locked up its place in the Open Division final on Feb. 23 at Cal Baptist University

One CIF Southern Section Open Division boys basketball finalist is set.

Eastvale Roosevelt defeated St. Pius 64-59 at home in the second round of Pool B games Tuesday night thanks to 21 points from Brayden Burries.

The victory makes Roosevelt 2-0 with one game to play against Mater Dei (0-2) Friday night. The result of Friday's game is moot now that Roosevelt holds the head-to-head tiebreaker with JSerra (1-1) and St. Pius (1-1) if it were to lose to Mater Dei and drop to 2-1.1

Tyrone Riley led St. Pius with 15 points in the loss.

JSerra defeated Mater Dei 67-59 led by Sebastian Rancik's 21 points and Aidan Fowler's 18. Owen Verna led the Monarchs with 18.

CIF Southern Section quarterfinal scores, stats, brackets

POOL A

Harvard-Westlake moved to 2-0 after routing Sierra Canyon 72-38 at home.

McDonald's All-American Trent Perry notched 11 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists in the victory. Nik Khamenia added 12 points and eight rebounds.

Sierra Canyon was without 4-star Arkansas commit Isaiah Elohim due to his ejection last game against St. John Bosco.

Harvard-Westlake outscored Sierra Canyon 38-19 in the second half and led by as many as 30 at one point.

Despite moving to 2-0, the Wolverines don't have the same luxury Roosevelt has. Harvard-Westlake needs to beat St. John Bosco (2-1) on Friday.

St. John Bosco defeated Corona Centennial 72-55. Junior Kade Bonam had 20 points and Centennial - without UCLA commit Eric Freeny - was led by sophomore Isaiah Rodgers.

Sierra Canyon (1-1) will host Centennial (0-2) in the final round of pool play.

UPDATED STANDINGS, SCHEDULE

POOL A

• 1. Harvard-Westlake (2-0)
• 4. St. John Bosco (1-1)
• 5. Sierra Canyon (1-1)
• 8. Corona Centennial (0-2)

POOL B

• 2. Eastvale Roosevelt (2-0)
• 3. Mater Dei (0-2)
• 6. St. Pius (1-1)
• 7. JSerra (1-1)

OPEN DIVISION SCHEDULE

Feb. 16

• St. John Bosco at Harvard-Westlake
• Centennial at Sierra Canyon
• Mater Dei at Roosevelt
• JSerra at St. Pius