Boys’ Basketball: Corona del Mar vs. El Cajon Valley preview

Corona del Mar (24-7) vs. El Cajon Valley (25-6)

When/where: Wednesday, 7 p.m. at El Cajon Valley High

Key Sea Kings: Sr. PG Bo St. Geme (nine points per game); Jr. SG Sam Kobrine (11.2 points and 1.8 three-pointers per game); Jr. F Matt Ctvrtlik (9.9 points per game)

Key Braves: Sr. G Ibrahim Ali (16.2 points and 1.9 steals per game); Jr. F Ronne Readus (11.8 points, 14.8 rebounds and 3.3 blocks per game); Sr. G Syon Hicks (14.4 points and 1.6 steals per game)

Breakdown: No. 10-seeded Corona del Mar opens the CIF State Southern California Regional Division III playoffs at No. 7 El Cajon Valley … Sea Kings are coming off a 55-47 loss to Beverly Hills in the CIF Southern Section Division 3A final … Braves claimed the CIF San Diego Section Division III title by getting past El Cajon Valhalla, 61-49, earning the program’s first section crown … CdM is making its first state tournament appearance since the 2006-07 season, Ryan Schachter’s first season as coach of the Sea Kings … El Cajon Valley and CdM have never won a boys’ basketball state championship … Sea Kings could meet No. 2 La Verne Damien in the next round, the same team that knocked CdM out of the semifinals of the CIF Southern Section Division 3AA playoffs in 2012-13.

— David Carrillo Peñaloza