Pinnacle was determined to put the clamps on Tolleson guard Syerra Davis on Friday in the  5A-II girls basketball championship game. The Pioneers hounded Davis one-on-one and did a fine job on the Wolverines leading scorer, who had scored 49 points in two previous meetings this season.

The solution was for other Tolleson players to step up. That they did.

Particularly Bri White and Talia White, who combined for 33 points and connected on six 3-point field goals to lead the Wolverines to their conseuctive title with a 65-47 win over Pinnacle at Jobing.com Arena.

Tolleson won its fourth 5A-II crown in the last  five  years and closed out the season 27-5. Pinnacle (24-8), reaching a state title game foran amazing  fifth straight year, was turned away again.

"We knew they liked to use a diamond-and-one and might us some junk defenses to try and slow down Syerra," Tolleson coach Todd Nelson said. "We worked a lot against that in practice and knew that would give opportunities to other girls. They just had to hit some shots, and they hit some. Very proud of them."

Talia White scored 19 points total in the prior two games against Pinnacle. She finished with a team-high 17 points. Bri White scored only three points in the first two meetings. She totaled 16 points on Firday.

Add the offensive prowess of the White's to Tolleson's trademark man defense and the Wolverines had the ingredients they needed for their threepeat. Tolleson came up with nine steals in the first half and forced 12 turnovers. Tolleson led 35-22 with just a few seconds left before halftime. At the halftime  buzzer Pinnacle guard Sydney Wiese, who finished with 17 points, hoisted up a half-court shot and swished it to cut the lead to 35-25.

That run continued to open the third period as Pinnacle edged within 35-31. Tolleson got eight points in the quarter after that from Talia White, including two 3s, that helped bump the lead to 10 by the end of the period.  Pinnacle couldn't make a run after that. When 6-4 center Aley Rohde(13 points)  fouled out with 4:18 to play that  closed out the Pioneers with a double-digit deficit.

Davis, who was overcome with emotion long after the final buzzer after latching on to a third title trophy, reflected. She fnished with 13 points, but had just four through three quarters on 2-of-11 shooting.

"They did a good job and I couldn't score," Davis said. "I have to thank my teammates for hitting those threes."

Pinnacle coach Jackie Clayton felt her team played defense that gave them the best chance to win. Players they didn't expect to come up big did.

"The White's are great kids,' Clayton said. "They hit shots when they needed to We didn't quite fighting. It's a tribute to Tolleson and tribute to our team getting to the finals (five years straight)."