Mount Alvernia (21-8)
vs.
Marian
Catholic (31-1)
2007 - 2008 PIAA CLASS A GIRLS Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 12:00 p.m. Bryce Jordan Center, State College, PA |
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Mount Alvernia (21-8) vs. Marian
Catholic (31-1) |
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First Quarter Summary:
Tip to the Lions. Block by Rachel Connely. Libby Shober opens the scoring with 2 for the Fillies. Lions miss - Fillies miss from outside - ball back to the Lions. Foul on Abby Malloy. Three point shot good by Gabrielle Holko for the Lions. Steal by Courtney Decker - Rachel Connelly scores two. Shober scores two more Fillies point. Shober fouled - makes one of two. Held ball - Fillies ball. Holko fouls - her 2nd. Rebound by Renee Brown. Malloy fouls. Block by Connely. Steal by Brown - Fillies return the favor - steal back by Kat Owunna. Caitlin Faust misses from downtown. Faust hits from three point land this time. Lisa Kaczynski picks up a foul. Brown from long ball range - in and out. Lions lose it out of bounds on the end line. Buzzer sounds with the Fillies holding the Lions to just one 3 point field goal - score 10-3 Marian Catholic.
Second Quarter Summary:
Mt. Alvernia inbounds the ball to start the 2nd period. Kat Owunna hits for two Lions points. Courtney Decker jumper for two Fillies points. Foul called on Connely. Tahler McIntosh at the line - makes both for the Lions - lead is now cut to 5. Shober fouls - her 1st. Shober gets the O rebound - put back for 2. Missed Lion shot - rebound Fillies. McIntosh fouls. Timeout Mt Alvernia - score 14-7 Fillies with 4:37 to go. Aggressive steal by Kaczynski. Connely with a block. Two point jumper for Abby Malloy - Fillies lead by 9. Turnover by the Lions. Held ball - Lions ball. Owunna drives nicely to the basket but can't complete the lay up. Shober fouled by Brown - at the line - makes one of two. Connely rebounds and puts it back for two more Fillie points. Kaczynski fouled by Malloy - will shoot two - short - all net on the 2nd - score now 19-8. Kaczynski fouls. Yurnover by the Fillies. McIntosh jumper for two. Connely with a left handed shot for two. Connely block at the other end. Connely fouled by McIntosh - at the line for two shots - makes one of two. Owunna called for the charge. Period 2 ends with the Fillies in control 22-10.
Third Quarter Summary:
Mt. Alvernia will inbound the ball to start the 2nd half. Shober picks up her 2nd foul. Misses at both ends - twice. Fillies travel. McIntosh nice pass to Owunna who puts it in for two. McIntosh picks up her 3rd foul. Connely with a left handed shot for two. Long ball by the Lions misses - Owunna rebounds and is fouled - will shoot 2 - misses both. Kaczynski rebounds but no conversion. Connely for two more Fillies points. Renee Brown from downtown for 3 Lions points. MC travels. Owunna fouled by Connely - her third - first freebie drains - as does the second. Malloy with nice work inside for two. Lions threw it away. Timeout called with 3:52 remaining. Long ball misses for the Fillies - rebound Owunna. Traveling by the Lions. Connely big O rebound and put back for two. Steal by Elissa Streisel for the Filles. Brown scores two for the Lions. Steal by Owunna. Connelly rejects a Kaczynski shot. McIntosh scores off an offensive rebound. MC calls timeout with 1:25 to go - score is 30-21, MC ahead. Lions turn it over. Libby Shover nice play inside for two. Another Lion turnover . Renee Brown with a nice steal but can't convert the lay up. Brown scores two off her own O-rebound. Period ends with the Fillies up 32-23.
Fourth Quarter Summary:
MC will inbound the ball - steal by the Lions. Connely rejects another drive inside. Connely fouled while shooting by McIntosh - her 4th - drains both free throws - lead now at 11. Owunna with a nice O- rebound and put back for two. MC turns it over - Lions throw it away. Timeout MC - 6:13 to go 34 - 25 MC. Kaczynski fouled - to the line for two shots - makes both to narrow the lead to 7. Double dribble called on the Fillies. Lions lose the ball - held ball - possession Lions. Holcko scores a bucket. MC misses - Lions can't convert - ball out of bounds - ball to MC. MC misses - lIons rebound - ball lost out of bounds - MC gets it back. Held ball - Fillies will get the ball - pass inside to Connely -up and in for 2. Timeout MC with 2:50 remaining - score 36-29 MC. Three second violation on MC. Owunna scores a bucket for the Lions. Connely again inside - Lions cannot stop her - 2 more Fillies points. Missed shot by the Fillies - Connely picks up her 4th foul trying to rebound - Gabrielle Holcko nails a three pointer to trim the lead to 5. Brown forces a held ball - Lions possession. Held ball - back to MC. Timeout Lions - 57 seconds remaining - 38-34 Fillies. Holcko fouls. Kaczynski fouls - her 4th. Owunna fouls. Elissa Streisel wide open underneath - lays it in for 2. Holcko fouls - Janine Patton to shoot 1 and 1 - misses. Connely fouled - she misses the freebie. Timeout Lions 9.3 seconds left Lions down by 6. Lions can't make the last several attempted shots - final buzzer sounds.
Marian Catholic Fillies win the state title 40-34 behind the strong offensive (19 points) and defensive performance of Rachel Connely!!!!
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Officials: James Redditt Jr., Carole White, Lawrence Chylack
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GAME STATISTICS:
VISITORS: Marian Catholic 32-1
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
25 Malloy, Abby........ f 2-6 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 3 4 2 3 0 2 18
32 Shober, Libby....... f 4-12 0-0 2-4 6 5 11 3 10 3 4 0 0 31
35 Connely, Rachel..... f 8-15 0-0 3-5 7 9 16 4 19 2 2 11 1 30
13 Patton, Janine...... g 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 3 1 0 1 3 0 3 30
22 Decker, Courtney.... g 1-5 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 12
04 Faust, Caitlin...... 1-7 1-5 0-0 1 1 2 0 3 0 5 0 0 13
23 Streisel, Elissa.... 1-7 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 0 2 2 3 0 3 23
33 Porambo, Joan....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
TEAM................ 3 3 6
Totals.............. 17-52 1-5 5-10 19 26 45 11 40 12 21 11 10 160
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 9-32 28.1% 2nd Half: 8-20 40.0% Game: 32.7% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-4 25.0% 2nd Half: 0-1 0.0% Game: 20.0% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 3-6 50.0% 2nd Half: 2-4 50.0% Game: 50.0% 2
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HOME TEAM: Mount Alvernia 21-9
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
20 McIntosh, Tahlar.... f 3-8 0-0 2-2 3 2 5 4 8 3 2 0 3 32
32 Brown, Renee........ f 3-17 1-4 0-0 4 8 12 3 7 0 7 4 5 32
03 Owunna, Kat......... c 4-14 0-0 2-4 6 8 14 2 10 3 4 3 4 32
15 Kaczynski, Lisa..... g 0-7 0-5 3-4 1 1 2 4 3 0 2 0 2 32
22 Holko, Gabrielle.... g 2-7 2-5 0-0 0 0 0 3 6 2 2 0 0 32
11 Butler, Hannah...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+
TEAM................ 2 2
Totals.............. 12-53 3-14 7-10 16 19 35 16 34 8 17 7 14 160
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 3-22 13.6% 2nd Half: 9-31 29.0% Game: 22.6% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-5 20.0% 2nd Half: 2-9 22.2% Game: 21.4% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0% 2nd Half: 4-6 66.7% Game: 70.0% 2
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Officials: James Redditt, Jr., Carole White, Lawrence Chylack
Technical fouls: Marian Catholic-None. Mount Alvernia-None.
Attendance:
Score by Periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Marian Catholic............... 10 12 10 8 - 40
Mount Alvernia................ 3 7 13 11 - 34
PIAA Girls' A Championship
Points in the paint-MC 28,MTA 14. Points off turnovers-MC 13,MTA 16.
2nd chance points-MC 10,MTA 11. Fast break points-MC 0,MTA 0.
Bench points-MC 5,MTA 0. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-2 times.
Last FG-MC 4th-00:44, MTA 4th-01:32.
Largest lead-MC by 14 3rd-05:06, MTA by 1 1st-05:51.
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Mount Alvernia High School
PIAA District VII A Girls Basketball Champion- (21-8)
Mount Alvernia HS Location - Pittsburgh, PA Nickname - Lions Colors - Green & Gold
Principal - Kimberly Minick Athletic Director - De Porucznik
League - WPIAL
Regular Season Record: 13-8
Inter-District Results:
Austin (9) - 65-48
Saltsburg (6) - 75-65
Eisenhower (10) - 49-43
Farrell (10) - 56-53
2007-2008 LION ROSTER
Jersey No.
Light Dark Name Grade Height Position
32 32 Renee Brown 12 5-10 F
15 15 Lisa Kaczynski 12 5-6 G
11 11 Hannah Butler 11 5-0 G
50 50 Bridgette Carter 11 5-0 C
20 20 Tahlar McIntosh 11 5-8 F
3 3 Kat Owunna 11 5-11 C
24 24 Alexis Chandler 10 5-6 F
22 22 Gabrielle Holko 10 5-5 G
25 25 Terra Lane 10 6-0 G
35 35 Jodi Mueller 10 5-4 G
52 52 Jamie Pleczkowski 10 5-5 G
23 23 Raven Brown 9 5-6 G
12 12 Morgan Jeffries 9 5-4 G
33 33 Arianna Stewart 9 5-6 G
Head Coach: De Porucznik
Assistants: Larry McCabe Bill Barker Kevin Lane
Captains: Lisa Kaczynski Renee Brown
HOW THEY GOT HERE...2007-2008 SCHEDULE
Pine Richland.................... 43-50 ............... L
Hampton ......................... 47-60 ............... L
Quaker Valley................... 44-37 ............... W
Schenley.......................... 39-42 ............... L
Elderton .......................... 74-29 ............... W
Avonworth ....................... 49-44 ............... W
St. Joseph........................ 70-42 ............... W
North Catholic .................. 41-68 ............... L
Clairton ........................... 52-50 ............... W
East Allegheny.................. 55-28 ............... W
Leechburg........................ 59-26 ............... W
Vincentian Academy .......... 63-66 ............... L
Beaver Area ..................... 51-61 ............... L
Elderton .......................... 79-41 ............... W
Avonworth ....................... 63-47 ............... W
St. Joseph........................ 69-56 ............... W
North Catholic .................. 37-48 ............... L
Leechburg........................ 65-9 ................. W
Vincentian Academy .......... 63-59 ............... W
Springdale ....................... 57-37 ............... W
Shady Side Academy ......... 53-63 ............... L
District VII Tournament
Clairton ........................... 62-54 ............... W
Serra Catholic................... 59-55 ............... W
Avonworth ....................... 47-38 ............... W
Monessen ........................ 74-68 ............... W
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Marian Catholic High School
PIAA District XI A Girls Basketball Champion- (31-1)
Marian Catholic HS Location - Tamaqua, PA Nickname - Fillies Colors - Blue & Gold
Principal - Sr. Bernard Agnes Athletic Director - Stan Dakosty
League - Schuylkill
Regular Season Record: 22-1
Inter-District Results:
Berks Christian(3) - 69-32
NE Bradford (4) - 48-28
Bish Guilfoyle (6) - 34-28 OT
Nativity BVM (11) - 44-32
2007-2008 FILLIES ROSTER
Jersey No.
Light Dark Name Grade Height Position
3 3 Rachel Marouchoc 11 5-6 F
4 4 Caitlin Faust 12 5-4 G
5 5 Brooke Whiteko 11 5-6 F
10 10 Jenn Possesky 12 5-8 F
13 13 Janine Patton 11 5-4 G
15 15 Erin Litsch 11 5-5 G
21 21 Lauren Whiteko 12 5-4 G
22 22 Courtney Decker 12 5-5 G
23 23 Elissa Streisel 10 5-4 G
25 25 Abby Malloy 12 5-8 F
32 32 Libby Shober 12 6-0 F
33 33 Joan Porambo 12 5-7 F
35 35 Rachel Connely 12 6-4 F
45 45 Jenn Linkchorst 10 5-7 F
Head Coach: Paul Brutto
Assistants: Jeff Onuscho, Vin Vella, Joe DeAngelo
Captains: Rachel Connely, Libby Shober
HOW THEY GOT HERE...2007-2008 SCHEDULE
Coughlin.......................... 65-37 ............... W
Pocono Mountain W........... 42-36 ............... W
Mahanoy Area .................. 67-34 ............... W
Berwick ........................... 59-31 ............... W
North Schuylkill ................ 44-32 ............... W
Jim Thorpe....................... 50-26 ............... W
Shenandoah..................... 53-24 ............... W
Shamokin ........................ 66-37 ............... W
Weatherly ........................ 61-9 ................. W
Williams Valley ................. 58-40 ............... W
Lourdes Regional .............. 54-36 ............... W
Dallas.............................. 66-45 ............... W
Minersville ....................... 61-54 ............... W
Tri-Valley......................... 42-35 ............... W
Nativity BVM .................... 42-26 ............... W
Mahanoy Area .................. 54-30 ............... W
St. Pius X......................... 40-39 ............... W
Holy Redeemer ................. 35-43 ............... L
Notre Dame E Stroudsburg. 65-16 ............... W
Shenandoah..................... 42-27 ............... W
Reading Cent Cath ............ 47-22 ............... W
Weatherly ........................ 57-30 ............... W
Notre Dame Green Pond .... 47-37 ............... W
Blue Mountain .................. 43-38 ............... W
Pine Grove ....................... 48-45 ............... W
District XI Tournament:
Moravian Academy............ 68-29 ............... W
Shenandoah..................... 42-29 ............... W
Nativity BVM .................... 46-31 ............... W