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Parkersburg, WV -
Princeton
20 10 06 16 =
52 Parkersburg South
21 16 30 19 =
86
South Scoring: Taylor Philips 22, Kim Stephens 14, Danielle
Floyd 10, Kayla Ayers 9, Asia Greenleaf 8, Ali Morris 7, Sarah Harvey 6,
Kara Longwell 3, Mary Seagraves 3, Jessica Gilkeson 2, Amber Shreeves 1,
Jessie Wells 1.
Princeton Scoring: Akers 15, Pawloski 11, Staten 10, McClung 6,
Smith 5, Broyles 2, Jackson 2, White 1.
South Statistics: Rebounds, 48 (Stephens 8, Ayers, Phillips
6); Assists, 20 (Morris 7, Harvey 6); Steals, 20 (Greenleaf,
Morris 4); Blocks, 5 (Greenleaf, Morris 2); Turnovers, 14;
Field Goal Shooting, 32-81 (40%); Free-Throw Shooting, 15-22
(68%); Total Fouls, 18.
Princeton Statistics: Rebounds, 30; Turnovers, 32;
Field Goal Shooting, 20-50 (40%); Free-Throw Shooting, 8-13 (62%);
Total Fouls, 12.
Junior Varsity: Parkersburg South 74, Princeton 58
Princeton
11 15 18 14 = 58
Parkersburg South 22 10 18
25 = 74
South Scoring: Kelsi Halbert 12, Jessica Gilkeson 11,
MacKenzie Bourgeois 9, Jessica Moore 8, Mary Seagraves 8, Amber Shreeves
7, Sammy Hicks 6, Kara Longwell 5, Asia Greenleaf 4, Jessie Wells 4.
Princeton Scoring: White 14, Jackson 13, McClung 9, Otey 9,
Webb 8, Farley 3, Steele 2.
South Statistics: Turnovers, 25; Free-Throw Shooting,
17-26 (65%); Total Fouls, 21.
Princeton Statistics: Turnovers, 41; Free-Throw Shooting,
17-27 (63%); Total Fouls, 21.
Local Round-Up, Beckley Register-Herald
Parkersburg South 86, Princeton 52
PARKERSBURG — Class AAA No. 3 Parkersburg South outscored Princeton 30-6
in the third quarter en route to a lopsided win over the Tigers.
Taylor Phillips had 22 for the Patriots and Kim Stephens added 14.
Tesla Akers had 15, Kelly Pawlowski 11 and Cassie Staten 10 for the
Tigers.
Princeton is at Summers County Thursday.
By STEVE
HEMMELGARN, Parkersburg News & Sentinel
PARKERSBURG — The Parkersburg South girls are apparently getting geared
up to defend their Class AAA state basketball championship.
That is if Tuesday night’s 86-52 pounding of visiting Princeton at the
Rod Oldham Athletic Center is any indication.
The No. 3-ranked Patriots improved to 17-3 on the season with a 49-22
second half, including a 30-6 third quarter in which they ran off the
first 15 points to turn a 37-30 halftime lead into 22-point bulge en
route to a pair of 41-point cushions in the final stanza.
But the 15th-rated Tigers not only hung in there with the South for a
half, but burst out to a quick 7-0 lead in the initial 1:50 and held a
20-12 point advantage with 1:35 left in the first quarter. But a late
9-0 Patriots’ flurry, keyed by their aggressive ball-hawking defense
that took over the game in the last 1:15 of the opening period with
Taylor Phillips scoring two baskets in the spurt, propelled South into a
21-20 lead going into the second quarter.
And Princeton (11-9) kept it close in the second period, never trailing
by more than five until Phillips, who netted a game-high 22 points,
canned the final two South baskets to lift the Patriots into their
seven-point edge at intermission.
But there was no denying South in the second half. Phillips started the
15-0 run with a trey and Sarah Harvey followed with another 3-ball.
Then a Danielle Floyd hoop preceded a Phillips free throw, two Kim
Stephens baskets and two more Phillips free throws to complete the point
surge for a 52-30 bulge at the 5:49 mark of the third quarter.
And two more Patriot runs of 8-0 and 7-0 before the period came to a
close handed South a commanding 67-36 lead heading into the fourth
quarter.
Stephens added 14 points, Floyd 10, Kayla Ayers nine, Asia Greenleaf
eight, Ali Morris seven and Harvey six for the Patriots, who host
Bridgeport tonight in a make-up game at 7:30 p.m.
Telsa Akers paced Princeton with 15 points, followed by 11 by Kelly
Pawlowski and 10 from Cassie Staten.
‘‘It was a real close first half; they (Princeton) shot the ball
extremely well at the beginning of the game,’’ said South head coach
Scott Stephens. ‘‘But I think depth was the difference. I think we wore
’em down — that’s what we try to do.’’
The Patriot defensive pressure in the second half were exerted, said
coach Stephens, on two Tiger players in particular — Pawlowski, who
didn’t score a field goal in the second half after three treys in the
first half, and ball-handler Akers, who had seven points in the first
quarter, but only eight the rest of the way.
And the Patriot cage boss enjoyed the third quarter. ‘‘It was just
wonderful,’’ he said. ‘‘I think that’s the most points we scored in a
quarter this season.’’
And the defense in the second half was superb too. ‘‘With five minutes
left to go in the fourth quarter, I looked up and we had allowed just
eight points in the (second) half,’’ said coach Stephens.
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