Carondelet outlasts Sage Hill, Kobe Bryant protege 51-48 to win California Division I title

Sophomore Celeste Alvarez hits big 3-pointer for Cougars as Mamba girl Amalia Holguin scores game-high 21 for Lightning.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Timely defense and an unlikely shooting hero helped propel Carondelet (Concord, Calif.) to its second state title with a 51-48 win Friday over Sage Hill (Newport Beach, Calif.) in the California Division I championship at Golden 1 Center. 

Amalia Holguin, the last of Kobe Bryant's Mamba girls, had a huge night for Sage Hill with a game-high 21 points. But Carondelet sophomore Celeste Alvarez hit one of the biggest shots in Cougars' history with time winding down in the fourth quarter.

After Holguin hit an NBA-range 3-pointer to pull the Lightning within one at 44-43 with two minutes left in the game, Alvarez found herself out of the wing and drained a trey of her own to answer for the Cougars. ...

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