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Two of Nation's Best Prepare for Showdown in Phoenix

If the Bolingbrook girls basketball team is serious about becoming the No. 1-ranked team in the country—and if Monday's feisty  is any indication, they are—then their next two games are certainly must-wins.

The Lady Raiders will play Brea Olinda High School (Calif.) tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the semifinals of the Nike Tournament of Champions. 

Olinda is ranked No. 3 nationally in the USA Today poll, one spot behind Bolingbrook, which comes in at No. 2. The winner of tonight's super-matchup will likely advance to play Mater Dei (Calif.), largely regarded as the nation's best squad, in the finals on Wednesday. Mater Dei plays 

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Both Bolingbrook and Olinda come in with unblemished records—Olinda has nine wins while Bolingbrook has seven.

The game will also feature two of the top post players in the country in Bolingbrook's Morgan Tuck and Olinda's Justine Hartman—both players are nationally regarded as some of the best high school recruits in the nation.

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