"Yes!"

Poly's 68-37 margin of victory in the T-Mobile championship game on Saturday over Hampton, the defending Virginia state AAA titlists, spoke just as definitively.

Long Beach improved to 8-1, following up its title at the Nike Tournament of Champions last week in Chandler, Ariz., where it beat three nationally ranked teams, including No. 1 Notre Dame Academy of Middleburg, Va. The Jackrabbits' lone loss was to Sacred Heart Cathedral of San Francisco on Dec. 8 in the finals of the Northwest Nike Invitational in Beaverton, Ore.

With Dixon and Oliver combining to hit 16 of 19 shots, Poly dominated Hampton in nearly every category, shooting a blistering 54 percent, as well as outscoring the Crabbers 48-14 in the paint, 12=0 in fast-break points, 10-1 in second-chance points and 15-4 off the bench.

"We really put everything together tonight and showed what we're capable of," Buggs said.

Hampton, now 6-2, was led by the 14 points of its star junior guard, Tiffany Davis.

Collins Hill of Suwanee, Ga., won the inaugural T-Mobile Invitational last year in Seattle, Wash. The Eagles, led by national player of the year Maya Moore, now at Connecticut, went on to finish unbeaten and a consensus No. 1 national ranking.

Long Beach continues the toughest high-school girl's basketball schedule in the country - by far - with a Jan. 5 matchup in Minneapolis against St. Paul Central, which finished 32-0 last year and returns Minnesota-bound Kiara Buford, the No. 78 prospect in the HoopGurlz Hundred for 2008.

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