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Charleston, WV -
Parkersburg South
15 15 12
12 09 = 63
Morgantown
10 20 10
14 13 = 67
South Scoring:
Taylor Phillips 17, Danielle Floyd 14, Sarah Harvey 12, Ali Morris
11, Asia Greenleaf 5, Kayla Ayers 2, Kim Stephens 2.
Morgantown Scoring:
Stephanie Michael 19, Tiaa Ferrebee 19, Tara Napoleo 13, Cynthia Fullard
7, Brooke Andrews, Teisha Prim.
South Statistics:
Rebounds, 39 (Phillips 5); Assists, 16 (Harvey, Morris 5);
Steals, 9 (Harvey, Stephens, 7); Blocks, 1; Turnovers, 23;
Field Goal Shooting, 20-47 (42.6%); 3-Point Field Goal Shooting,
7-23 (30.4%); Free-Throw Shooting, 16-26 (61.5%); Total
Fouls, 23.
Morgantown Statistics:
Rebounds, 38 (Andrews 9); Assists, 12 (Napoleo 4);
Steals, 18 (Fullard 7); Blocks, 4 (Andrews 3); Turnovers,
18; Field Goal Shooting, 18-54 (33.3%); 3-Point Field Goal
Shooting, 10-25 (40%); Free-Throw Shooting, 21-29 (72.4%);
Total Fouls, 20.
State Tournament Round-Up,
www.wvstatetourney.com
Four quarters wasn't enough
to decide who had the right to go to the AAA title game on Saturday with
Morgantown and Parkersburg South raging an all out battle for the right
to play Huntington. In the end the Mohigans held on for the 67-63
victory in a back and fourth contest between the schools.
In the fourth quarter, a Taylor Phillips put back gave South the lead at
54-52 with under one minute to play in the game. Phillips was then
called for a foul on Brooke Andrews putting her on the line with a
chance to tie the game. Andrews calmly hit both shots to send the
contest to overtime.
To start the extra period, Tara Napoleo was fouled and hit both shots
for a two point lead. The Mohigans then came up with a steal and
Stephanie Michael hit for two and a four point lead. After a jump ball
call Morgantown got possession again with a chance to take a commanding
lead in the extra frame.
Teisha Prim nailed a two to go up 60-54 but the Patriots come right back
with an Ali Morris layup and she was fouled on the play. After making
the free throw the deficit is cut to three at 60-57 with 2:40 left into
overtime.
Napoleo was then fouled by Morris as she canned both free throws to put
the lead back to 62-57 but South answers again with a two by Asia
Greenleaf.
Morgantown'
s Stephanie Michael then hits
a layup to put the Mohigans back up by five at 64-59 and takes
possession after a South turnover by Kara Longwell with only 1:11 left
to play in the extra period.
With 14.1 seconds left, Morgantown was clinging to a 65-61 lead with
Stephanie Michael at the line. She sinks both to put the lead to six and
officially ices the game for the upset victory.
Morgantown was led by Michael and Tiaa Ferrebee with 19 points. Souths
Taylor Phillips bucketed 17 in the loss.
For the game, Morgantown was 18 of 54 from the field, 10 of 25 from
three and 21 for 29 at the line. South was 20 of 47 shooting, 7 of 23
from beyond the arc and 16 of 26 at the stripe.
By JIM BUTTA,
Parkersburg News & Sentinel
CHARLESTON — Parkersburg South couldn’t get the shot off when it needed
it most and Morgantown made the Patriots pay for their mistake,
eliminating the defending state (Class AAA) champions with a 67-63
victory in overtime Friday at the Civic Center.
The Mohigans’ Brooke Andrews tied the game at 54 with 52.9 seconds
remaining in the game, giving Parkersburg South all the time it needed
to record its third victory of the season over Morgantown.
However, the southsiders’ last second attempt failed to materialize –
coming after the final buzzer sounded – and the game went into the extra
four minute period.
“I thought about calling a timeout, but when you do you give the other
team a chance to set up their defense,” Parkersburg South head coach
Scott Stephens explained. “We didn’t get the look we wanted, it wasn’t a
very good shot at all.”
More importantly it allowed Morgantown, now 21-4, to push the game into
the extra frame and the Mohigans made the southsiders pay dearly for
their mistake, running off the overtime’s first six points to take a
60-54.
“We are two pretty evenly matched teams,” continued the coach. “The two
other games we were able to pull out to leads late in the game and they
had to chase us down.”
This time, however, it was the Patriots (22-4) who were doing the
chasing – and the fouling – in order to get back in the game.
Making the most of her opportunities at the charity stripe was senior
Tara Napolillo. The Morgantown guard connected on five of her eight
opportunities at the stripe to finish with 13 points.
“You’ve got to credit them (Morgantown),” said Stephens. “They are a
well coached team and they were really hitting their shots tonight.”
But not at the start as Parkersburg South raced out to a 13-4 advantage
on the strength of 10-first quarter points by senior all-stater Taylor
Phillips.
The Patriot standout, who has signed to play at Bucknell next fall,
connected on a pair of treys and finished off a 13-0 run by the Wood
Countians with a pair of free throws with 2:17 left in the frame.
Morgantown’s Stephanie Michael answered with a pair of triples as the
Mohigans closed the gap to five, 15-10, after the first eight minutes of
play.
South opened the second quarter with a 5-0 run only to have Morgantown
answer with an 11-2 spurt to slice the deficit to one, 22-21, on a
Cynthia Fullard putback with 4:03 showing on the clock.
The two semifinal opponents traded free throws over the next 90 seconds
with the Mohigans making good on all four of their chances while South
went 3-of-4 to make the score 25-25 with 2:06 left until intermission.
A steal and a trey by Michael gave the visitors their first lead since
early in the first quarter, 28-25. And a bucket by Tiaa Ferrebee handed
the Mohigans their biggest lead of the half, 30-25, with 1:31 remaining.
South would answer, however, with five straight points from Ali Morris
to knot the game at 30 at the half.
Both teams came out firing to begin the second half with South forging a
35-33 lead on a Danielle Floyd bucket only to have Morgantown fight back
to take a one-point, 40-39, advantage on a three-point play from Fullard
with 44.3 ticks left on the clock.
Phillips, who finished with a team-high 17 points returned the lead back
to the team in red, white and blue with a three-point play of her own
with 29.5 showing as South held a two-point, 42-40, advantage with eight
minutes left to play.
Five straight points from Floyd to begin the final period staked the
Wood Countians to a 47-40 lead, but again Morgantown answered with an
8-0 spurt fueled by a trey from Ferrebee, who tied for game-high honors
with 19 points.
The lead would change hands three more times before Andrews’ free throws
and the rest, as they say, is history.
Joining Phillips in double figures was Floyd (14), Sarah Harvey (12) and
Morris (11), but the Patriots committed 24 turnovers and shot only 42.6
percent for the game in dropping only their fourth game in 26 outings
this season.
Morgantown, which saw its hopes for a state title dashed by South in the
championship game a year ago, will take on Huntington at 7 p.m
Morgantown moves on with overtime victory
By
Mike Whiteford, Saturday Gazette-Mail
By the early minutes of the fourth quarter, the Morgantown 3-point
total had risen to a noteworthy 10, one off the state tournament record.
The 3-point record, of course, was not the issue, but those
high-arcing bombs were keeping the Mohigans very much alive against a
Parkersburg South team that had beaten them twice during the regular
season.
In the final minutes of regulation and throughout an overtime period,
the Mohigans relied instead on foul shooting, efficient ball-handling
and inside play to pull off a modest upset, beating the Patriots 67-63
in the girls Class AAA semifinals Friday night at the Charleston Civic
Center. A crowd of about 2,000 attended.
The victory moves No. 3 Morgantown (20-4) into the finals against No.
1 Huntington at 7:15 tonight. The victory also ends Parkersburg South’s
17-game winning streak and dethrones the defending-champion Patriots,
who edged the Mohigans 61-57 in last year’s title game.
The Mohigans never did equal Fairmont Senior’s 3-point record of 11
set in 1998, but they rallied from a 10-point second-quarter deficit and
a five-point disadvantage early in the fourth quarter.
With 52 seconds left in regulation, Morgantown’s Brooke Andrew
converted two free throws to force a 54-54 tie and, after the Patriots
failed to get off a shot in the closing seconds, the Mohigans quickly
took charge in OT.
In the first 67 seconds of the extra period, Morgantown’s Tara
Napolillo sank two free throws, Stephanie Michael drove for a basket and
Teisha Prim hit a 15-footer from the corner for a 60-54 lead. The No. 2
Patriots (22-4) fought back on an Ali Morris layup and foul shot, but
the Mohigans countered in the remaining minutes with three more
Napolillo free throws, another Michael layup and two Michael foul shots
to seal it with 14 seconds left.
The Patriots, who had beaten Morgantown 47-39 and 57-44 during the
regular season, hurried off to a 20-10 lead early in the second quarter.
Morgantown, hitting 7-of-15 3-point tries in the first half, tied it at
30-30 at halftime, and Parkersburg South held a 42-40 edge after three
quarters.
Michael and Tiaa Ferrebee hit well from 3-point distance to score 19
points each, Michael finishing 4-for-9 on 3s and Ferrebee 5-for-9.
Napolillo added 13 points on 8-for-12 foul shooting.
Parkersburg South’s Taylor Phillips scored 10 points in the first
quarter and totaled 17. Danielle Floyd contributed 14, Sarah Harvey 12
and Morris 11.
Back for more: MHS advances to title game again
Mohigans beat South for third-straight finals appearance
BY TODD MURRAY The Dominion Post
CHARLESTON
— Morgantown High’s girls’ basketball team will play in the Class
AAA state championship game for the third consecutive year.
The third-seeded Mohigans upset No. 2 Parkersburg South,
67-63, in overtime Friday night in a semifinal game at the
Charleston Civic Center.
The loss avenged two regular season defeats to Parkersburg
South and helped ease some of the pain from last season’s loss to
the Patriots in the title game.
MHS (21-4), which won its last state title in 2005, meets
top-seeded Huntington High (23-2), a 66-57
winner over East Fairmont in the other Class AAA semifinal, today at
7:15 p.m.
MHS coach Allan Collins triumphantly raised both arms in
celebration as the final seconds ticked off the clock Friday night.
A pair of seniors played key roles for the Mohigans
Friday. Tiaa Ferrebee scored 18 points and Tara Napolillo added 13
before fouling out in overtime. Sophomore Stephanie Michael scored
12 of her 19 points in the first half.
Sophomore Brooke Andrews, who played almost the entire
game at center, finished with seven
points. Andrews made two critical free throws with 52.9 seconds left
in regulation to tie the game at 54.
The game eventually wound up in overtime when Parkersburg
South could not get a shot off before time expired.
MHS started strong in the overtime by scoring the first
six points. Napolillo hit a pair of free throws. Michael scored on a
layup off a steal, and Teisha Prim sank a shot from the corner to
put MHS on top, 60-54.
Alisyn Morris’ 3-point play helped the Patriots close
within
three, but that was as close as Parkersburg South would come. MHS
made 5-of-8 free throws in the final 2:20 to hold off the Patriots
and advance to the finals.
Parkersburg South broke out to a seven-point lead early in
the fourth quarter thanks to a 3-pointer from Danielle Floyd and a
Floyd basket off an MHS turnover.
The Mohigans answered with six points of their own to
snare a 48-47 lead. The game continued in see-saw fashion.
Parkersburg South would score and the Mohigans would answer.
Andrews’ free throws in the final minute sent the game into
overtime.
The third quarter was close throughout. The biggest lead
either team could muster was a mere three points. Parkersburg South
accomplished that when Morris hit a 3-pointer for a 33-30 Patriots
lead early in the quarter.
Ferrebee hit two 3s for the Mohigans, and her second trey
gave MHS a 36-35 lead. The Patriots ended the quarter with a 42-40
advantage as Phillips converted a threepoint play with 29.5 seconds
left.
The first half turned into a 3-point shooting contest. The
Mohigans sank seven treys and Parkersburg South finished with three.
Michael’s 12 first-half points came courtesy of four 3-pointers.
MHS made 7-of-15 3-pointers (46.7 percent) in the first
half, and Parkersburg South sank 4-of-9 from beyond the arc (44.4
percent). The Mohigans weren’t as sharp with their other shots and
finished the half shooting 31 percent overall to Parkersburg South’s
47.1 percent.
The action became sloppy at times. Parkersburg South
committed 14 turnovers in the first half, and the Mohigans committed
10. Both teams scored 10 points off turnovers.
MHS outrebounded the Patriots, 18-16, and scored eight
second-chance points to Parkersburg South’s two.
Ferrebee made a 3-pointer on the game’s first shot, and
fittingly enough Parkersburg South’s Alisyn Morris drilled a
3-pointer from deep in the left corner just before the first-half
buzzer sounded to tie the score at 30.
Parkersburg South built a seven-point lead in the first quarter as
Taylor Phillips hit two 3s. The Mohigans cut into the deficit by
quarter’s end and trailed 15-10.
The Patriots notched the first five points of the second
quarter to open up their biggest lead of the half, 20-10, after
Kimberly Stephens scored inside with 6:14 remaining.
Again, MHS used the 3-point shot to claw its way back.
Michael hit a trey in a 7-0 spree that turned a 25-23 deficit into a
30-35 lead with 1:31 to play in the half.
However, Parkersburg South closed out the half on a 5-0
run of its own to tie the score just before the buzzer on the Morris
3.
Mohigans Take Down
Patriots
WTAP Sports
Parkersburg South's run at a second straight West Virginia Class
AAA championship has come to an end.
Morgantown rallied to down the Lady Patriots 67-63 in overtime of
their semifinal matchup. The victory avenges the Mohigans loss to
South in last year's championship game and sends them on to Saturday
evening's finals against Huntington.
Morgantown rallied from a double digit deficit to tie the game at
30 at half time.
South saw a 7 point lead evaporate in the 4th quarter and the
game went to overtime tied at 54.
Morgantown took control in overtime with Stephanie Michael and
Tara Napolillo combining for all 11 Mohigan points. Michael and Tiaa
Ferrebee led the Mohigans with 19 points apiece.
Taylor Phillips led the Patriots with 17 points. Parkersburg
South finishes up the season with a 22 and 4 record
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