Cif Girls’ Basketball Playoff Pairings:

GLENDALE — As Flintridge Prep girls’ basketball Coach Todd Frost sees it, the playoffs are a fresh start, a new season and, more than anything, they’re all about being hot at the right time.

“Right now, everybody’s 0-0,” he said. “Now, if we come out and play one bad game, our season’s over.”

The sixth-seeded Rebels drew a predicted first-round home game when playoff pairings were released on Sunday by the CIF offices, as they’ll host St. Matthias, the No. 3 team out of the Santa Cruz League, on Thursday at 7 p.m.

Crescenta Valley was also a No. 6 seed with a home game, drawing familiar foe Valencia.

Holy Family will stay close to home when it travels to face Providence, the Liberty League champion, Glendale Adventist Academy will face Aquinas and Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy notched an at-large bid to take on Notre Dame Academy.

“I’m very happy with the play this last week,” said Frost, whose team won three league games last week, all by 18 points or more. “I think we played as well as we have all season. We’re hopefully peaking at the right time.”

Led by Megan Musashi and Deanna Watson, the Rebels went 20-6 and took second in the Prep League. St. Matthias is 9-11.

The Falcons (22-5) took second in the Pacific League, maintaining a high ranking in Division I-A for most of the season.

Valencia (15-12), the Foothill League’s No. 3 team, ended Crescenta Valley’s season in the first round of the playoffs in 2006 and 2007.

Cassie Pappas, CV’s leading scorer and rebounder, was a freshman and sophomore during those losses.

Notching its only Mission League win against Louisville in the last week of the season might have been enough for Sacred Heart (9-17) to get back to the postseason. Thus, Coach Gino Pacella is pleased with a goal being realized, but isn’t ready to rest on that.

“Our expectations every year are to get into the playoffs,” said Pacella, who recently lost starter Olivia Warner for the year, but might get Vanessa Romero back from an early-season meniscus injury. “There’s no reason we shouldn’t be able to play with [Notre Dame].”

Notre Dame (11-12), Division 4-A’s No. 14 seed, is 11-12 after finishing second in the Sunshine League. The winner will play third-seeded Oaks Christian.