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The Orange County girls basketball rankings as of Tuesday, Dec. 16. The team records are through Monday, Dec. 15.
Notable this week: No. 1 Mater Dei and No. 3 Fairmont Prep are in top high school federation division of the Nike Tournament of Champions this week in Mesa, Ariz. If both teams win their first round games in the Vincent Cannizzaro Division, they would meet in the quarterfinals Friday. … Segerstrom (10-1) breaks into the rankings at No. 25.
ORANGE COUNTY GIRLS BASKETBALL TOP 25
1. Mater Dei (7-0): The Monarchs open the Nike TOC against Bartlett of Tennessee (5-4) on Thursday.
Previous ranking: 1
2. JSerra (8-2): The Lions begin the Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions against Dos Pueblos on Friday. JSerra plays two games on Saturday.
Previous ranking: 2
3. Fairmont Prep (4-3): The Huskies open the Nike TOC against Long Island Lutheran of New York (4-0), which was ranked No. 2 in the nation last week by ESPN.
Previous ranking: 3
4. Sage Hill (6-4): The Lightning begin the Joe Smith Division — the No. 2 high school federation grouping at the Nike TOC — against Marlborough (5-3) on Thursday. In its first game since the departure of coach Kerwin Walters, Sage Hill beat Santa Margarita 68-39 on Saturday.
Previous ranking: 4
5. Santa Margarita (7-3): The Eagles open the Mike Desper Division at the Nike TOC against Xavier College Prep of Arizona (8-3) on Thursday.
Previous ranking: 6
6. Villa Park (9-1): The Spartans start the Dan Wiley Division at the Nike TOC against Notre Dame Prep of Arizona (3-8) on Thursday.
Previous ranking: 7
7. Esperanza (7-6): The Aztecs fell to Redondo 68-50 at their Maya Enomoto Showcase on Saturday.
Previous ranking: 8
8. Beckman (8-2): Aksharaa Prakashchander leads four double-digit scorers with an average of 15 points per game.
Previous ranking: 9
9. Orange Lutheran (9-3): Sophomore Kayla Watanabe scored 22 points in a 62-50 win against San Clemente last week.
Previous ranking: 10
10. San Clemente (5-6): The Tritons enter the John Anderson Division — the No. 3 high school federation grouping at the Nike TOC — on a six-game losing streak. They open against Cedar Valley of Utah (2-4) on Thursday.
Previous ranking: 5
11. Portola (8-5)
Previous ranking: 11
12. Troy (9-3)
Previous ranking: 12
13. San Juan Hills (9-4)
Previous ranking: 13
14. Rosary (7-3)
Previous ranking: 14
15. Crean Lutheran (6-3)
Previous ranking: 15
16. El Dorado (8-5)
Previous ranking: 16
17. Los Alamitos (6-3)
Previous ranking: 17
18. Buena Park (6-2)
Previous ranking: 18
19. Aliso Niguel (10-3)
Previous ranking: 19
20. Sunny Hills (7-2)
Previous ranking: 21
21. Sonora (7-2)
Previous ranking: 20
22. Trabuco Hills (10-1)
Previous ranking: 22
23. Tesoro (9-5)
Previous ranking: 23
24. St. Margaret’s (10-2)
Previous ranking: 25
25. Segerstrom (10-1)
Previous ranking: not ranked