Sunday, January 27, 2008

Notre Dame Academy 54, Arch. Wood 45

ARCHBISHOP WOOD (45)
Alyssa Parsons 1 2-2 4; Lisa Strack 3 4-8 10; Taylor Peltzer 3 2-2 9; Rosie Tarnowski 5 2-3 12; Ashley Robinson 4 2-4 10; Sam Greenfield 0 0-0 0; Jen Maxwell 0 0-0 0; Laura Caron 0 0-0 0; Carolyn Bucher 0 0-0 0. Totals: 16 12-19 45.

NOTRE DAME ACADEMY (54)
Mia Nickson 2 4-7 8; Morgan Wrightson 1 0-0 2; Kristin Coles 5 1-2 11; Azania Stewart 2 3-4 7; Josette Campbell 4 3-4 14; Jessica Escorza 1 1-2 3; Janelle McDonald 1 5-6 7; Kristen Brown 1 0-0 2; Chelsea McNamee 0 0-0 0. Totals: 17 17-25 54.

AW 10-9-15-11—45
ND 20-14-4-16—54

3-point goals: Peltzer (AW); Campbell 3 (ND).

Link to Courier Times game story

TEN THINGS

1. Wood made a huge comeback in the second half. The Vikings were down by 19 points, 34-15, with 1 1/2 minutes left in the second quarter.

2. Notre Dame Academy (19-2) of Middleburg, Va., was No. 6 in USA Today's most recent Super 25 national poll.

3. Wood (17-2) outscored Notre Dame 15-4 in the third quarter. The Vikings got within two points twice in the fourth quarter, but couldn't tie it up.

4. Wood senior forward Rosie Tarnowski had 12 points, five rebounds and two steals. Junior center Ashley Robinson finished with 10 points, nine rebounds, four blocks and four steals. Lisa Strack had 10 points, Taylor Peltzer had nine points and Alyssa Parsons added four points.

5. Both of Wood's losses this season have been to nationally ranked teams. Notre Dame Ohio's Lakota West beat Wood in a holiday tournament on Dec. 30.

6. Notre Dame has four players going to Division I colleges: 6-foot-4 center Azania Stewart (Florida), 6-foot-1 guard Mia Nickson (Boston College), 5-foot-9 guard Morgan Wrightson (Bucknell) and 5-foot-8 guard Kristen Coles (American).

7. Senior 6-foot-1 guard Josette Campbell led Notre Dame with 14 points. Coles scored 11, Nickson had eight and Stewart finished with seven.

8. Wood held the Dragons to one field goal in the first 9:50 of the second half and four field goals in the entire second half.

9. “It was really important (to play well in the second half),” Parsons said. “There was a little bit of screaming at halftime. We had to come back. We were pumped up, and we battled. We came out to show each other that we could play with them.”

10. “We came out flat in the first half, but we realized in the second half that we could play with them,” Robinson said. “When you face the No. 6 team in the country, you learn that if you can play with them, you can play with anybody.”