The CIF Southern Section Open Division semifinals have been highly anticipated since it became clear California had four elite teams this season. After those four teams -- FAB 50 No. 2 Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.), No. 13 Chino Hills (Calif.), No. 15 Bishop Montgomery (Torrance, Calif.) and No. 16 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) -- won their respective quarterfinal games on Tuesday night, the semifinal games at the Galen Center in downtown Los Angeles became a hot ticket.

Some basketball-crazed fans paid $300 plus for a single face-value $40 court seat on Craig's List and in first semifinal, a majority of them expected to see Marvin Bagley III and his Sierra Canyon teammates advance to the section title game. Bishop Montgomery, however, had other ideas and played its most complete game of the season, winning 70-63, to advance to the prestigious CIFSS Open Division section title game for the second time in three seasons.

Bishop Montgomery was the No. 4 seed in the playoffs, but hadn't really shown what it was capable of so far this season because of injuries -- until this game. The Knights opened the season ranked No. 7 in the FAB 50 and No. 1 in the state by Cal-Hi Sports and finally looked the part after losing their first game of the season without David Singleton and with Jordan Schakel severely limited.

Schakel had a big second half and Oregon-St. Ethan Thompson sparked them to begin the game, as Bishop Montgomery (26-2) took a 13-2 lead as Thompson had six points in that run. Thompson had 12 points in the first half as the Knights took a 37-30 halftime lead.

"I'm very proud of my team because they were extremely tough team," said Bishop Montgomery head coach Doug Mitchell. "The guys followed our game plan perfectly to pinch off the drive and give up the 3-pointer."

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