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In the gold medal game of the Junior Girls Provincial Basketball Championships in Langley on Saturday (March 10), the Oak Bay Breakers junior girls basketball team finally proved they were ready.

The Breakers defeated the South Kamloops Titans 47-41 to win the provincial title, and keep the Titans from .

It showed the Breakers had been listening to what coach Brandon Ellis had been barking, the coach said.

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The key was getting through the semifinals, said Ellis, something the Bays couldnB次元官网网址檛 do last year.

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The result was an extremely low-scoring semifinal win, 34-33 over the St. Thomas Aquinas Fighting Saints. It was the opposite of 2011, when the Breakers missed the final by one point.

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Oak BayB次元官网网址檚 scoring leaders in the semifinal were Danielle Cavelti and Madelyn Brunt with seven points each. Chloe Campbell was clutch with 12 rebounds.

Tournament MVP Morgan Roskelley scored 16 points and picked up five rebounds against South Kamloops in the final. The Grade 9 point guard was a huge part of the BreakersB次元官网网址� second consecutive Island title this year, and will be closely debated over in the selection process the for next seasonB次元官网网址檚 senior squad, despite having another year of junior eligibility.

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Grade 10s Chloe Campbell and Marisa Harrington were named to the tournamentB次元官网网址檚 first and second all-star teams, respectively.