The ninth-seeded Citrus College men’s basketball team beat top-seeded Fullerton College Saturday night, 84-72, to advance to the CCCAA State quarterfinals.

Leonard Turner led Citrus (23-6) with 23 points and Anthony Tello added 19. For Fullerton (25-4), Ronnie Stapp had 18 points and Chazz Hutchison had 10 rebounds in the loss.

Citrus will face West Valley College at 3 p.m. Friday in  the quarterfinals at West Hills College in Lemoore. The winner will advance to the semifinal game on Saturday with the championship taking place at 3:30 p.m. Sunday.

Results of Saturday’s men’s regional final games:

Northern California (with region seed number):

At San Francisco: No. 1 City College of San Francisco 114, No. 9 Los Medanos 75

At Saratoga: No. 2 West Valley 81, No. 10 Yuba 60

At Visalia: No. 3 College of the Sequoias 91, No. 6 Contra Costa 82

At Sonora: No. 5 Las Positas 61, No. 4 Columbia 53

Southern California:

At Fullerton: No. 9 Citrus 84, No. 1 Fullerton 72

At (West) Los Angeles: No. 2 West Los Angeles 85, No. 7 East Los Angeles 73

At San Bernardino: No. 3 San Bernardino Valley 66, No. 6 Riverside 62

At San Diego: No. 23 MiraCosta 68, No. 4 San Diego CC 64

Results of Saturday’s women’s regional final games:

Northern California (with region seed number):

At Stockton: No. 1 San Joaquin Delta 61, No. 8 Skyline 49

At Rocklin: No. 2 Sierra 67, No. 10 Merced 59

At San Francisco: No. 6 College of the Sequoias 88, No. 3 City College of San Francisco 73

At Fresno: No. 5 Butte 69, No. 4 Fresno CC 42

Southern California:

At Walnut: No. 1 Mt. San Antonio 67, No. 9 Long Beach CC 47

At Irvine: No. 2 Irvine Valley 80, No. 7 College of the Canyons 43

At Moorpark: No. 3 Moorpark 78, No. 6 East Los Angeles 71

At San Marcos: No. 4 Palomar 82, No. 12 Cypress 63

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