In the basketball national high school championship, the women's final was held on the 28th, and Aichi's Sakuraka Gakuen won a close battle with Kyoto Seika Gakuen to win the tournament for the third consecutive time.
The women's final of the basketball national high school championship "Winter Cup" was held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, where Okagakuen and Kyoto Seika Gakuen, aiming for the third straight victory, played against each other.
In the first half of the game, Okagakuen took the lead with consecutive points of second grader Tomomi Yokoyama, but Kyoto Seika Gakuen also caught up with the tie of 30 to 30 with captain Segawa Shinwaru's three-point shot. Wrap back.
In the second half, it was a one-off battle, but at Sakuraka Gakuen, captain Azusa Asahina scored points with a shot under the goal in the fourth quarter of the game, and after that, Yokoyama's score expanded the lead and sticked. We shook off Kyoto Seika Gakuen 61 to 57 and won a close battle.
Okagakuen has won the tournament for the third time in a row and won the championship for the 24th time in total.
Asahina, the captain of Okagakuen High School, said, "I'm really happy. I've been working hard for three years and I'm grateful for the support of those around me."