(Averill Park)
Averill Park won a tense battle against Shenendehowa 51-50 in contest between the top two teams in the Section2basketball.com rankings. Amelia Wood played expectionally well on the attacking side of the floor for the winners going off for 18 points. She also sealed the victory with a steal as time expired in the contest.
The Warriors jumped out to a 19-14 lead after one period. They built their lead up to twelve points, 30-18, with just under four minutes left in the first half. Shenendehowa fought back and cut the deficit to eight points at the half, 32-24, after a Kaleigh Montanez bucket right before the haltime buzzer.
Amelia Wood took control of the offense for Averill Park with 18 points. Taylor Holohan poured in 13 points. Michelina Lombardi had 9 points.
Averill Park shot great from the charity stripe as they produced 81.3%, 13 of 16.
The Warriors jumped out to a 19-14 lead after one period. They built their lead up to twelve points, 30-18, with just under four minutes left in the first half. Shenendehowa fought back and cut the deficit to eight points at the half, 32-24, after a Kaleigh Montanez bucket right before the haltime buzzer.
Shen made up more ground in the third quarter cutting into the lead and trailing by five points, 37-42, after three quarters. They closed the frame on a 7-1 run after trailing by eleven points mid-way through the third period, 41-30.
The Warriors extended their lead nine points at the start of the final quarter but once again the Plainsmen dug in on the defensive end and cut the margin to one point, 51-50, with less than thirty seconds left. After a timeout Averill Park had a couple of chances to extend the lead but couldn't get the ball to drop and the Plainsmen regained possession. Shenendehowa had one last chance to go ahead with less then eight seconds left on the clock, however Amelia Wood stole a pass and the clock ran out.
Averill Park were in command at every period closing whistle by plus 5, 8, 5, & 1.
Averill Park were in command at every period closing whistle by plus 5, 8, 5, & 1.
Shenendehowa put together a comeback attempt in the second half but the Warriors hung on.
Amelia Wood took control of the offense for Averill Park with 18 points. Taylor Holohan poured in 13 points. Michelina Lombardi had 9 points.
Averill Park shot great from the charity stripe as they produced 81.3%, 13 of 16.
Jillian Huerter paced the Plainsmen with 18 points. Kaleigh Montanez registered 11 points. Bri Carey accounted for 9 points.
The Plainsmen splashed 8 trifectas.
Kaleigh Montanez nailed 3 three-pointers. Bri Carey with 3.
The Plainsmen splashed 8 trifectas.
Kaleigh Montanez nailed 3 three-pointers. Bri Carey with 3.
FULL GAME VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS
Game flow chart:
By Ed Bemiss
| SCORE BY QUARTER | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | FINAL |
| Shenendehowa | 14 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 50 |
| Averill Park | 19 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 51 |
| Shenendehowa | Averill Park | |||||
| FGM - | 18 | 18 | ||||
| FTM - | 6 | 13 | ||||
| FTA - | 8 | 16 | ||||
| FT% - | 75.0% | 81.2% | ||||
| 3PtM - | 8 | 2 | ||||
| Shenendehowa | ||||||
| Name | FGM | 3PM | FTM | FTA | PTS | |
| Jillian Huerter | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | |
| Sarah Jacques | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kaleigh Montanez | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Abby Sheehan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maya Carpenter | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Bri Carey | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Cam Wilders | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |
| Anna Cholakis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Hansen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Abby Stuart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gabby Stuart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Miranda DeMura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Grace Almeida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Emily Delisle | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Madelyn Cozzens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Averill Park | ||||||
| Name | FGM | 3PM | FTM | FTA | PTS | |
| Bailee Lange | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Kayleigh Ahern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elizabeth Hansen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michelina Lombardi | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Arianna Verardi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Taylor Holohan | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |
| Logan Barsalow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tatiana Tune | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Elizabeth Aiossa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hannah Stewart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maisie Dawson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Amelia Wood | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
