2008 - 2009 PIAA CLASS AAAA GIRLS
BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Friday, March 20, 2009 - 6:00 p.m.

Bryce Jordan Center, State College, PA

 

 

Cardinal O'Hara (26-2)

vs.

Mount Lebanon (29-0)
 

 

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First Quarter Summary: Block by Steph Holzer. Madison Cable rebounds and puts it back for 2. 2 point basket by Alicia Manning. Chelsea Apke drives to the basket for 2. CO shot, no good. Lauren Arbogast fouled while shooting. At the line, makes both foul shots. Missed layup by CO. Emily Miller up and in for 2. Holzer makes a lay up for 2. ML misses underneath, CO rebounds. Holzer makes a lay up for 2. Cable return with a 3 pointer.  CO calls a timeout. ML is ahead 11-6 at the 4:18 mark. ML misses a jump shot, CO rebounds but can't score. Offensive foul against CO's Arbogast. Alysha Womack scores 2. Arbogast returns with 2 points. Foul against ML. Basket by Holzer. Steal by Natasha Cloud. 3 point attempt is good by Cloud. Steal by Holzer. Manning is fouled while scoring 2 points. Makes the foul shot. 16-13 CO. Long shot missed by CO. 3 point shot made by Cable. CO's shot is no good at the buzzer. Score is tied 16-16 to start the second quarter.

 

Second Quarter Summary:   Manning scores 2, assisted by Cloud. Cable returns quickly with another 2 points for ML. Cloud makes offensive rebound and scores 2. CO fouls. Cable is at the line after scoring a bucket and completes the 3 point play. Cloud hits the long shot for 3. Holzer makes a block. Foul against ML, Womack will shoot 2. First foul shot is a miss, second is also a miss. Callahan commits a foul. Jump shot missed by ML. Miller battles inside and makes the lay up for 2. Lay up good by Holzer, after her offensive rebound. Arbogast makes a tricky lay up. Missed lay up by CO. Foul against CO. Chelsea Apke will shoot 2. Makes the first, and misses the second. Missed shot goes out of bounds. Ball to CO. ML leads by one with the score of 25-26 with 4 minutes left in the half. Holzer attempts in the paint but the shot is no good. Long shot by ML, no good. Steal by Jessica Babe, but she steps on the baseline. Ball to CO, basket by Holzer. ML drives to the hoop, shot no good. Good block by Miller. CO misses, steal by Cloud. Attempted shots by CO are no good. Jump ball - goes to ML. Inbound pass to Miller who makes the shot for 2. 27-28 ML. CO can't convert. Arbagast makes a jumper for ML. That pushes the score to 27-30. Offensive foul against CO, ML will take the ball. Steal by Callahan. Back court call against CO. Miller drives in deep and is fouled while shooting. She misses both foul shots. Travel violation called against CO. Ball to ML. 6 seconds remaining in the half. ML called for carrying. Holzer ends the half by hanging one on the rim that falls in. Score at the end of the half, ML 30 - CO 29.

 

Third Quarter Summary:   Holzer scores 2 in the paint. Steal by Callahan who is fouled going to the hoop. At the line shooting 2, 1st is good - 2nd is good. Jump ball, possession ML. Arbagast makes a lay up, assisted by Babe. CO's attempt is no good, ML rebounds but can't score. Rebound by Callahan. Jump ball - CO's possession. Foul against ML. Callahan will shoot 2. She makes both shots. Holzer is injured at midcourt. She slowly limps off the court. Marikate Gardler replaces Holzer. Arbagast is fouled while driving to the basket. She makes both foul shots. Time out called by CO with 4:27 to go in the 3rd quarter. The score is 35-34 CO. 3 point attempt by CO is no good. Cable rebounds for ML. Jump ball - possession ML. Miller makes the lay up after the inbound pass to score 2 for ML. Long shot is no good for CO. ML can't convert and CO recovers. Cloud drives nicely down the paint and in for 2. Cable drives the baseline for 2. 37-38 ML. Steal caused by Babe. CO fouls. ML returns with a 2 point basket by Angele Hagy. Steal by Babe and a block by CO. CO calls a full time out. Steal by Cloud. Can't convert as the shot does not fall. Hagy scores 2 after fighting hard and getting 2 offensive rebounds. She is fouled on the way up and is able to complete the 3 point play by making the foul shot. 3 point attempt is good by Cloud. Cable sinks a basket at the buzzer and draws a foul but misses the shot. At the end of the 3rd period the score is ML 45 - CO 40.

 

Fourth Quarter Summary:   CO inbounds the ball to start the final period.  Shot does not fall for CO.  ML misses at the other end.  Womack is fouled and goes to the line - makes the second of 2 shots.  Jump ball - ball to ML.  Timeout ML as they are trapped along the edge.  Jump ball - ball to CO.  CO drives inside but misses.  ML misses at the other end.  Cloud is fouled inside while shooting - drains the 1st freebie - but not the 2nd.  Womack fouls.  ML called for traveling.  CO loses it OOB - ball to ML.  Miller takes it inside herself and scores the layup.  CO misses - Miller converts for two - assisted by Babe.  O rebound by Cable - Miller fed again by Babe - up and in for two and draws a foul - completes the 3 pt play.  Long shot misses for CO.  Jump ball under the CO hoop - ball to ML.  Miller fouls.  Long shot by CO - no good.  Manning fouls Apke - she is at the line - makes the 1st - but not the second.  Callahan drives it home - up and in for 2.  Timeout by CO with 3:22 left - ML leads by 9.  Ball inbounded - another timeout by ML.  Cloud fouls Babe who goes to the line - 1st shot good - 2nd shot no good - rebound ML - can't convert.  CO brings it up - 3 pointer by Cloud - timeout CO with 2:15 left - ML up by 7.  Babe dishes to Arbogast - up and in for 2.  Steal by Womack - passes to Callahan - up and in for 2 CO points.  Timeout ML - 1:41 left - 7 pt ML lead.  Babe fouled by Alex Stam - at the line - sinks the 1st shot and the 2nd.  Cloud from downtown - good!!!  Babe fouled again - at the line - makes one of two.  Manning from way outside - score 3 for CO!  Jump ball - CO ball.  CO misses two shots and is fouled on the 3rd attempt - Womack at the line - misses the 1st - sinks the 2nd.  Rebound ML - Cable goes to the line - makes the 1st shot - and the 2nd - 5 pt lead inside a minute.  Cloud fouls Miller - she goes to the line - misses and misses again.  CO tries from way out - no good.  Miller fouled again - on the line - good - and good - 7 pt lead.  Cloud to Womack underneath - up and in for 2.  Miller fouled again - at the line - nothing but net - all net again.  Long CO shot blocked by Miller - Miller at the other end puts it through to add 2 more as Mount Lebanon wins it and remains unbeaten - Final Score 67-58. 

Officials: Susan Wallace, Rick Leamon, Robert Nuno

GAME STATISTICS:

VISITORS: Mount Lebanon 31-0
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
04 Miller, Emily....... f  8-16   0-1    5-9    3  4  7   4  21  2  0  2  0  30
42 Arbogast, Lauren.... f  5-12   0-0    4-4    1  4  5   2  14  0  3  1  0  29
05 Babe, Jessica....... g  0-5    0-0    4-6    1  2  3   1   4 12  7  0  2  28
21 Apke, Chelsea....... g  1-2    0-0    2-4    2  4  6   1   4  1  1  1  0  30
22 Cable, Madison...... g  7-10   2-3    3-4    2  9 11   2  19  1  2  1  2  31
03 Kestler, Anna.......    0-1    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  1  0  0   7
35 Hagy, Angele........    2-7    0-0    1-1    5  0  5   0   5  0  0  0  0   5
   TEAM................                         6  1  7
   Totals..............   23-53   2-4   19-28  20 24 44  10  67 16 14  5  4 160

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-27 44.4%   2nd Half: 11-26 42.3%   Game: 43.4%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  2-4  50.0%   2nd Half:  0-0   0.0%   Game: 50.0%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  4-7  57.1%   2nd Half: 15-21 71.4%   Game: 67.9%    3


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HOME TEAM: Cardinal O'Hara 27-3
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
15 Cloud, Natasha...... f  7-12   5-8    1-2    2  3  5   5  20  6  3  1  5  32
21 Holzer, Steph....... c  7-11   0-0    0-0    3  3  6   0  14  1  3  5  1  18
22 Manning, Alicia..... g  4-14   1-8    1-1    2  0  2   4  10  0  1  0  0  27
24 Callahan, Danielle.. g  2-6    0-2    4-4    2  4  6   2   8  7  2  0  4  32
32 Womack, Alysha...... g  2-15   0-1    2-6    3  2  5   4   6  3  1  0  1  31
10 Gardler, Marikate...    0-3    0-1    0-0    2  1  3   4   0  1  0  0  0  13
13 Stam, Alex..........    0-1    0-0    0-0    1  0  1   2   0  0  0  0  0   7
31 Johnson, Jen........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0  0+
   TEAM................                         2  2  4
   Totals..............   22-62   6-20   8-13  17 15 32  21  58 18 10  6 11 160

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-32 40.6%   2nd Half:  9-30 30.0%   Game: 35.5%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  2-7  28.6%   2nd Half:  4-13 30.8%   Game: 30.0%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  1-3  33.3%   2nd Half:  7-10 70.0%   Game: 61.5%   4,1