Portola basketball team captures championship at Corona del Mar Tournament

Portola High School’s basketball team after winning the CdM Tournament. (Courtesy Portola Athletics).

Portola High School’s girls basketball team captured the championship of the Corona del Mar Tournament, defeating Westwood 53-44 Saturday at CdM.

The Bulldogs (7-1) were led by Moka Saiki, the tournament MVP, who had 29 points.

Kira Watanabe, who was all-tournament, added 11 points for Portola.

Portola advanced to the championship game with a 61-29 victory over Huntington Beach in the semifinals Friday. Saiki had 19 points, Watanabe 12 points, Audrey Shiono 11 points and Vianna Pineda 11 points for Portola.

During the week, Saiki passed the 1,000 point career mark and is now the all-time leading scorer for Portola, coached by Brian Barham.

Portola’s only defeat this year has been a 56-48 loss to San Juan Hills.