Highlights: Palisades girls basketball beats Crean Lutheran 54-42 to advance to Division II state quarterfinals

PACIFIC PALISADES– Jane Nwaba and Demoni Lagway led all scorers with 17 points and 16 points, respectively, as Palisades continued their dominant postseason run against Crean Lutheran. Taylor Feldman led the Saints with 12 points.
Pali will take on Mater Dei Catholic on Saturday for a trip to the Division II SoCal championship game.
Here is our highlight video from the game.

Lance Smith is a veteran high school sports reporter who worked previously with SBLive Sports covering basketball, football, and softball in California's Southern Section and LA City Section and has returned as contributor to High School On SI in 2025. He also covers Nevada and National Girls Basketball. A graduate of The USC Marshall School of Business, Smith dabbles in linear algebra and football and basketball computer rankings.