Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Conwell-Egan 41, Archbishop Ryan 34

Archbishop Ryan (34)
Lauren Heisse 0 0-0 0; Kelli Jerdan 1 0-0 2; Megan Tole 4 5-8 13; Sarah Strybuc 2 2-2 7; Jess Koci 2 0-10 4; Lauren Smith 2 0-0 5; Brittany Wood 1 0-0 3; J. Vandiver 0 0-0 0. Totals: 12 7-20 34.

Conwell-Egan (41)
Trish Watson 2 0-1 5; Rachel Moore 2 0-0 4; Kaitlyn Mourer 4 0-2 8; Kim Breslin 1 0-0 2; Carmen Tyson-Thomas 8 2-2 18; Jenny Rongione 2 0-1 4. Totals: 19 2-6 41.

AR: 3-5-10-16--34
CEC: 15-8-6-12--41

Three-point goals: Strybuc, Smith, Wood (AR); Watson (CEC).


SIX THINGS


1. Conwell-Egan dominated this game from the start. The Eagles led by 17 points, 20-3, two minutes into the second quarter. Ryan never got close than 10 points until the final minute of the fourth quarter.

2. Conwell-Egan (10-4 overall, 5-2 Philadelphia Catholic League) held Ryan to 18 points in the first three quarters. The Eagles kept quick Ryan guard Megan Tole from penetrating until the end of the game and didn't give up many open shots from the perimeter.

3. Ryan (11-2, 6-1) had been the only unbeaten team left in the PCL. The Ragdolls were ranked 10th in the state in Class AAAA by the Harrisburg-Patriot News.

4. Senior guard-forward Carmen Tyson-Thomas scored 18 points for CEC, giving her 1,815 points for her four year career. Tyson-Thomas scored nine points in the first 6 1/2 minutes of the game. She faced physical double-teams all night.

5. CEC forward Kaitlyn Mourer scored all eight of her points in the second half. Guard Trish Watson had five points for the Eagles.

6. At the end of the third quarter, Watson threw in a shot from the opposite foul line, but she had released the ball a split-second after the buzzer.