Surprise! Lee Supply will play for Grebb girls’ title
By Jeremy Sellew, The Valley Independent, Monessen, Pa. | |
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services |
Neither will be playing in the game Thursday.
Third-seeded and defending champion Bitonti's Barristers topped No.2 Lagerheads right before No. 4-seed Lee Supply had the upset of the season, knocking off regular-season champion and previously undefeated Belle Vernon
Lee Supply beat
Bitonti's and Lee Supply will meet in the opener of a Grebb League championship doubleheader at
Lee Supply 52,B.V.
After
He substituted his top line, which played right into the hands of Lee Supply.
The league's expansion team went on to outscore the regular season champs 14-2 over the next six minutes, including a 12-0 run fueled by hot shot
Bartman, who scored a game-high 23 points -- 11 points during that six minutes -- including a runner in the lane that completed the comeback, to give her team a 42-40 lead over a shocked
California Area's
As the teams exchanged turnovers and missed shots,
BVA freshman
After a quick Slagus basket,
"It's funny because Keira came to me and said that she had been struggling so she was working all afternoon," Lee Supply coach
Stawovy drove baseline with 10 seconds to go and put up a shot, but it bounced off the rim and Seto raced out of the lane with the rebound to finish off the upset.
"I've been coaching a long time, for more than 40 years probably," Stewart said. "I honestly can say that I've never been more proud of a team than I am of this team.
"We only had six girls. And to play two games and win them both the way we did. I'm so proud of them. Once you get to the playoffs, you never know."
Bitonti's Barristers 48,Lagerheads 37
Bitonti's coach
Make someone other than the league's leading-scorer
Seto had a double-double -- 16 points and 15 rebounds -- but Huffman's plan worked. No other Lagerheads player reached double digits; the closest was Madison Zimcoski's eight points.
"But what did the rest of the team do?" Huffman said. "Our plan was to chase her and make her work. She's a great player. We played good help-man defense on her and bumped her around a little bit.
"We wanted them to shoot from outside because they're so athletic down under the basket."
Thomas scored 15 points, 10 in the second half. She was particularly effective when the Bitonti's offense spread the floor. Using screens to find a mismatch, Thomas used a crossover dribble to blow by defenders.
With the game tied at 17-17 late in the first half, went on a 9-0 run to build a 26-17 lead. Lagerheads'
The Bitonti's defense knew it was going to get a heavy dose of Seto as Lagerheads tried to get back into the game in the second half, and it did cut the lead to 38-32 with just over five minutes remaining, but Bitonti's withstood the push.
Thomas and Kotchman hit consecutive layups and BVA's
Lagerheads fought back to make the score 44-37 with a quick 5-0 run, but Trombley and Kotchman, a sophomore at Trinity, combined to hit 4 of 6 free throws to seal their team's trip back to the final game.
Both coaches said their teams will be prepared to play come Thursday.Huffman likes the matchup for his team, who split their meetings this season.
"It's surprising, for sure," Huffman said. "I was planning to prepare for the size (of BV
"I'll come up with a game plan, though. We were able to play a half-court offense tonight and the girls play hard. We'll be ready to go tomorrow night."
Stewart said it will be status quo for Lee Supply.
"These girls never even had a practice," he said of his young team. "I have two seniors in (Bartman and Clements) and they've been great leaders.
"The greatest thing is that they all like each other, they've come together as a team and they play together. We like to spread the floor and kick it out and shoot. It's simple, old-fashioned, basic basketball. That's exactly how I expect we'll play tomorrow.
"We'll see what happens."
___
(c)2014 The Valley Independent (Monessen, Pa.)
Visit The Valley Independent (Monessen, Pa.) at www.triblive.com
Distributed by MCT Information Services
Wordcount: | 1119 |
Advisor News
Annuity News
Health/Employee Benefits News
Life Insurance News