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SHERMAN OAKS — Survive and advance.
It’s a saying you hear a lot in March when the NCAA Tournament starts, but it applies in the CIF State tournament, too.
Notre Dame senior guard Ben Shtolzberg was clutch from the free throw line, going 10 for 10 in the fourth quarter to help the Knights edge St. Anthony 66-60 and stay alive in the Division I regional playoffs Thursday night.
St. Anthony’s Elijah Price, #22, and Notre Dame’s Dusty Stromer, #4, go after a rebound during game action of the second round of the CIF Division 1 playoff game at Notre Dame High Thursday, March 3, 2022. Notre Dame defeated St. Anthony 66-60. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Notre Dame celebrates it’s 66-60 win over St. Anthony in the second round of the CIF Division 1 playoff game at Notre Dame High Thursday, March 3, 2022. Notre Dame defeated St. Anthony 66-60. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Notre Dame’s Jayden Harper, #24, and St. Anthony’s Elijah Price, #22, go after a loose ball during game action of the second round of the CIF Division 1 playoff game at Notre Dame High Thursday, March 3, 2022. Notre Dame defeated St. Anthony 66-60. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
St. Anthony’s Elijah Price, #22, is fouled by Notre Dame’s Daniel Margusov, #12, during game action of the second round of the CIF Division 1 playoff game at Notre Dame High Thursday, March 3, 2022. Notre Dame defeated St. Anthony 66-60. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
St. Anthony’s Mikey Cortez, #4, and Notre Dame’s Dusty Stromer, #4, go after a rebound during game action of the second round of the CIF Division 1 playoff game at Notre Dame High Thursday, March 3, 2022. Notre Dame defeated St. Anthony 66-60. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
St. Anthony teammates reacts as the game slips away from them in the final seconds against Notre Dame in second round of the CIF Division 1 playoff game at Notre Dame High Thursday, March 3, 2022. Notre Dame defeated St. Anthony 66-60. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
St. Anthony’s Elijah Price, #22, moves the ball past Notre Dame’s Ben Shtolzberg, #1, during game action of the second round of the CIF Division 1 playoff game at Notre Dame High Thursday, March 3, 2022. Notre Dame defeated St. Anthony 66-60. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Notre Dame’s Dusty Stromer, #4, goes up for two points as St. Anthony’s Elijah Price, #22, defends on the play during game action of the second round of the CIF Division 1 playoff game at Notre Dame High Thursday, March 3, 2022. Notre Dame defeated St. Anthony 66-60. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Notre Dame’s Daniel Margusov, #12, and St. Anthony’s Jayden Walker, #10, battle for a loose ball during game action of the second round of the CIF Division 1 playoff game at Notre Dame High Thursday, March 3, 2022. Notre Dame defeated St. Anthony 66-60. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
St. Anthony’s Elijah Price, #22, goes up for shot as Notre Dame’s Dante Ogbu, #20, and Jayden Harper, #24, defend on the play during game action of the second round of the CIF Division 1 playoff game at Notre Dame High Thursday, March 3, 2022. Notre Dame defeated St. Anthony 66-60. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Notre Dame celebrates it’s 66-60 win over St. Anthony in the second round of the CIF Division 1 playoff game at Notre Dame High Thursday, March 3, 2022. Notre Dame defeated St. Anthony 66-60. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Notre Dame’s Ben Shtolzberg, #1, goes up for two points as St. Anthony’s Elijah Price, #22, defends on the play during game action of the second round of the CIF Division 1 playoff game at Notre Dame High Thursday, March 3, 2022. Notre Dame defeated St. Anthony 66-60. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
St. Anthony’s Elijah Price, #22, and Notre Dame’s Dante Ogbu, #20, go after a rebound during game action of the second round of the CIF Division 1 playoff game at Notre Dame High Thursday, March 3, 2022. Notre Dame defeated St. Anthony 66-60. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
St. Anthony’s Lucas Gray, #2, looses the ball out of bounds as Notre Dame’s Ben Shtolzberg, #1, defends on the play during game action of the second round of the CIF Division 1 playoff game at Notre Dame High Thursday, March 3, 2022. Notre Dame defeated St. Anthony 66-60. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
St. Anthony’s Elijah Price, #22, shoots for two points as Notre Dame’s Dusty Stromer, #4, defends on the play during game action of the second round of the CIF Division 1 playoff game at Notre Dame High Thursday, March 3, 2022. Notre Dame defeated St. Anthony 66-60. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
St. Anthony’s Jaedyn Patterson, #3, goes up for two points as Notre Dame’s Omari Garrett, #11, defends on the play during game action of the second round of the CIF Division 1 playoff game at Notre Dame High Thursday, March 3, 2022. Notre Dame defeated St. Anthony 66-60. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Shtolzberg finished with 25 points, including 13 (of 14) free throws.
“I practice free throws at the end of every practice,” Shtolzberg said. “I’ve prepared for this.”
No. 3 Notre Dame (21-7) will travel to No. 2-seeded Crean Lutheran in the regional semifinal Saturday night.
Junior Dusty Stromer added 23 points in the win, and also was tasked with guarding St. Anthony’s 6-foot-7 forward Elijah Price, who finished with 21 points, but had to earn every basket. Senior point guard Jaayden Bush had 16 for the Saints (19-10).
Pull-up 3ball for Ben Shtolzberg. He has 10pts in the opening quarter. Notre Dame has a 21-13 lead over St. Anthony at the end of the first quarter. pic.twitter.com/mwSbw4prHi
Notre Dame endured a third quarter with no baskets and just five free throws until the two-minute mark. A Kendall Hailey layup finally broke the proverbial seal on the hoop, but St. Anthony carried a 48-46 lead into the final quarter.
Stromer had a thunderous two-handed jam in the fourth quarter that brought the rowdy home crowd to its feet to make it 51-50 with more than five minutes to play and never trailed the rest of the game.
Notre Dame’s last eight points were all on free throws.
Notre Dame earned its first-ever berth to the CIF Southern Section Open Division this season, an honorable accomplishment that only eight teams are awarded each year. But the Knights went 0-3 in pool play before having a long layoff until the state playoffs started.
Shtolzberg said the time off was good.
“We’ve re-grouped with good practices and a team outing,” said Shtolzberg, who mentioned the team did an Escape Room as one of its off-the-court team activities during the layoff.
“It was hard, and scary,” he said of the haunted themed Escape Room.
Dusty Stromer 3ball in transition. This one is getting chippy. Jaaylen Bush and Ben Shtolzberg have been chirping all game.
The togetherness showed Thursday night, and now the Knights are two wins away from a trip to Sacramento next weekend for a shot at the CIF State title.
“That’s the new goal,” said Shtolzberg, a Creighton commit.
Viewpoint 74, Bishop Diego 38: Giovanni Goree had 17 points and seven assists and Jordan Garrison had 15 points and 11 rebounds. The Patriots will host the winner of Narbonne and Mt. Carmel Saturday night in the Division III regional semifinals.
Edison 59, Birmingham 51: Larry Olayinka and Kory Blunt each scored 16 points in Birmingham’s final game.
St. Bernard 59, Village Christian 46: The Crusaders fall in the Division I quarterfinals.
Venice 54, El Camino Real 34: The Royals run out of magic after taking own No. 4 San Diego on Tuesday, and fall in the Division III quarterfinals.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Trinity Classical Academy 68, San Bernardino 54: TCA advances in the Division IV regional playoffs.
Rosary 56, Viewpoint 42: The Patriots historic season comes to an end in the SoCal Regional Division I quarterfinal to No. 1 Rosary.
Orangewood Academy 42, Granada Hills Charter 30: The Highlanders fall to the No. 2 seed on the road in the Division I quarterfinals.
Verdugo Hills 59, Bakersfield Highland 51 (OT): The Dons are still playing in the Division V playoffs.
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