Thursday, December 27, 2007

Bensalem 72, William Tennent 68

WILLIAM TENNENT (68)
Tercha 2 2-2 8; Zimmerman 5 5-8 15; Kosma 3 2-2 10; Godfrey 3 1-3 7; Cancelliere 0 0-1 0; Koval 1 2-4 4; Alden 5 3-8 13; Boyer 3 1-3 9; Malatesta 0 2-2 2. Totals: 22 18-33 68.

BENSALEM (72)
Gilroy 4 15-17 25; Clarkson 1 9-14 11; Pritchard 2 2-4 6; Deegler 5 2-5 12; Hall 5 5-4 11; Ormont 2 1-2 5; Nolan 1 0-1 2; Bussey 0 0-0 0; Williams 0 0-0 0; Nyekan 0 0-0 0; Werth 0 0-0 0. Totals: 20 30-47 72.

WT 19-24-13-12—68
B 17-12-20-23—72

3-point goals: Tercha 2, Kosma 2, Boyer 2 (WT); Gilroy 2 (B).


SEVEN THINGS

1. Tennent (10-1) led by 17 points, 50-33, with 5 1/2 minutes left in the third quarter. Bensalem (7-1) outscored the Panthers 30-8 over the next12 minutes.

2. Bensalem junior guard Kristen Gilroy finished with 25 points and eight rebounds and made six straight free throws in the final 24 seconds. She was 15 for 17 from the free throw line in the game and 11 for 11 from the line in the second half.

3. Owls 5-11 junior center Sharmane Hall finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds in less than 17 minutes. She sat the last 10 minutes of the first half with two fouls and fouled out with 5:07 left in the game. Hall scored all of her points over a decisive 6 1/2-minute stretch in the third in fourth quarters. During that time, Bensalem cut Tennent's lead from 14 point to three points.

4. Junior guard Megan Zimmerman had 15 points for Tennent, and freshman guard Ashley Alden added 13 points.

5. The teams combined for 80 free throws (47 for Bensalem). Seven players fouled out (four for Bensalem).

6. Tennent has scored 61 points or more six times this season and is averaging 57.2 points a game. During one five-minute stretch in the first half, the Panthers scored 21 points. They had 35 points with 2:27 left in the second quarter and 50 points with 5:36 remaining in the third quarter.

7. Tennent and Bensalem combined for six total wins in the 2004-2005 season.

Sunday, December 23, 2007

Southeastern Pennsylvania Top 20

Through Dec. 23

1. Archbishop Carroll (4-3): Three losses to out-of-state nationally ranked teams shouldn’t count against Carroll too much.

2. Archbishop Wood (6-0): Talented team playing well together.

3. Cardinal O’Hara (5-0): Big win over Mount St. Joseph.

4. Conestoga (6-0): Could be the year in D1.

5. Methacton (11-0): Looks like the class of the SOL.

6. Mount St. Joseph (7-1): Disappointing loss to O’Hara.

7. Downingtown East (7-1): Always a D1 contender.

8. Germantown Academy (5-3): Close loss to Wood. Not-so-close loss to O’Hara.

9. Upper Dublin (9-1): Very nice start.

10. Villa Maria (3-1): OT win at St. Basil.

11. St. Basil (4-2): OT loss to Villa Maria.

12. Archbishop Ryan (5-4): Always tough in PCL North.

13. Spring-Ford (9-1): Defending district runner-up.

14. Villa Joseph Marie (7-2): Solid team often overshadowed in AACA.

15. William Tennent (10-0): Needs more wins vs. top competition.

16. Great Valley (9-0): Hasn’t played a great schedule.

17. Norristown (6-2): Nice win over CR-North.

18. Council Rock-North (5-3): Relatively inexperienced Indians team upset by Norristown at home.

19. Conwell-Egan (7-3): Carmen Tyson-Thomas is one of the top players in the area.

20. Perkiomen Valley (8-3): Played tough vs. Spring-Ford and Methacton.