Photos: Palisades girls basketball beats Santa Monica 51-36 for SoCal Division II championship

PACIFIC PALISADES– Pali pulled away from SaMo in the fourth quarter to win 51-36 in the CIF Division II Southern Regional title game. Demoni Lagway and Sammie Arnold led Palisades with 12 points each. Karen Garcia had a dozen as well to lead the Vikings.
The Dolphins will advance to the state championship this weekend at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.
Our photo gallery from the game is below. You can also check out our separate photo gallery from Palisades' award ceremony for all the photos from the postgame celebration.

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.