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Parkersburg, WV -
Parkersburg
06 08 06 08 = 28
Parkersburg South
15 12 29 10 = 66
South Scoring: Taylor
Phillips 18, Amber Shreeves 9, Sarah Harvey 8, Danielle Floyd 6, Asia
Greenleaf 5, Kim Stephens 5, Tara Collins 4, Ali Morris 4, Jessica
Gilkeson 4, Kara Longwell 3.
PHS Scoring: Kim
Dent 11, Hammell 5, Snyder 5, Rasel 4, Brundidge 2, Mahoney 1.
Junior Varsity:
Parkersburg South 38, Parkersburg 26
Parkersburg
05 04 13 04 = 26
Parkersburg South
10 04 19 05 = 38
South Scoring: Mary
Seagraves 12, Kelsi Halbert 5, Sammy Hicks 5, Ambers Shreeves 5, Jessica
Gilkeson 4, MacKenzie Bourgeois 2, Dani Haverty 2, Jessie Wells 2,
Jessica Moore 1.
PHS Scoring: Mahoney 3,
Amick 5, Gibson 7, Conley 3, Byers 4, Hall 2.
By STEVE
HEMMELGARN, Parkersburg News & Sentinel
PARKERSBURG — No. 3-ranked and defending Class AAA state girls
basketball champion Parkersburg South, keyed by Taylor Phillips’ 15
points in a 29-point third quarter, rolled over city cross-town rival
Parkersburg 66-28 Tuesday night at the Rod Oldham Athletic Center.
Phillips may have been the lone double-digit point-producer in the first
of the usual three South-PHS meetings this season with 18, but the now
8-2 Patriots put 10 players in the scoring column as the game turned
into a rout in the second half.
Sub Amber Shreeves added nine points and Sarah Harvey, playing on a
tender ankle, netted eight. For PHS, now 3-7, Kim Dent led with 11
points, 10 rebounds and five steals.
The contest was close — for a while — until the Patriots snapped a 2-2
tie on a basket by Kim Stephens and back-to-back treys by Danielle Floyd
and Harvey for a 10-2 advantage, then closed the first quarter with a
3-ball by Kara Longwell and Harvey feeding Tara Collins on the baseline
for a bucket at 1:17 for a 15-6 lead.
The second period was about even, but South zoomed ahead by 36 (56-20)
after three quarters to put the game away. Phillips sparked South’s
third-quarter burst with a personal 11-0 run on a trey, backcourt steal
for a field goal and consecutive three-point plays as the Patriots moved
out to a 38-16 gap by the 4:26 mark.
But another 11-0 run, this time unique for having a trio of three-point
plays, put the Patritors up by 31 to make the final period academic.
Stephens had a traditional three-point play, followed by a Harvey trey
and then Floyd’s free throw with Phillips notching a rebound bucket off
Floyd’s second foul-shot miss, and finally two free throws by Phillips
to complete her 15-point quarter.
‘‘In the third quarter, we just came out and played very, very well,’’
said South head coach Scott Stephens. ‘‘I’d like to see us be able to
play four quarters like that in a row every game. Every once in a while,
we get a really nice quarter, but we need to develop some consistency
where we can play like that all the time.’’
Against the Big Reds, who committed 32 turnovers in the game, ‘‘I think
we frustrated them a lot with pressure on the ball,’’ said Stephens.
‘‘They were having a hard time getting into their offense with our
defensive pressure. That’s probably the key to why they didn’t score
more points. And our girls did play good defense — and especially good
defense in the third quarter.’’
For PHS head coach Don Stansberry, the game showed ‘‘we know what we
need to work on — being able to handle the ball and staying calm under
pressure.’’
Plus, he noted, ‘‘the first six shots we took, five of them were layup-type
shots and we missed them.
‘‘I think we’re much better players than we show, but we’ve just got to
get out of the panic mode and be able to just come out and show that
they can play,’’
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