Neshaminy (47)
Brianna Hires 3 1-3 9; Avery Wunder 5 1-2 13; Chelsea Rota 1 0-0 2; Brianna Weiler 1 1-2 3; Kelsey Ryan 7 0-3 14; Jennifer Slivka 0 0-0 0; Victoria Mazzeo 0 0-0 0; Amanda Lally 2 0-0 6. Totals: 19 3-10 47.
Council Rock-South (46)
Alex Wheatley 2 2-2 6; Emily Nowicke 6 4-6 16; Lea Britton 3 1-3 7; Ann Silverthorn 2 0-1 4; Chelsea Allen 5 1-2 11; Lindsay Kirlin 0 2-2 2; Steph Gillio 0 0-0 0; Brianna Schlupp 0 0-0 0; Jackie Weber 0 0-0 0. Totals: 18 10-16 46.
N: 20-5-9-13—47
CRS: 12-4-16-14—46
Three-point goals: Wunder 2, Hires 2, Lally 2 (N).
TEN THINGS
1. Down one point with 1.6 seconds on the clock and with the ball under its own basket, Neshaminy didn’t have many options. The Redskins tried to inbound the ball to forward Kelsey Ryan, but the ball sailed over Ryan’s head and started bouncing towards the far end of the floor. Everyone figured it would go out of bounds and pretty much end the game. But Redskins guard Brianna Hires kept running and finally caught up with the ball right under the basket. In one motion she grabbed the ball, arched her back to get an angle and threw a shot up, off the backboard. Game over. Neshaminy wins. Incredible.
2. “I really didn’t think I was going to get to it,” Hires said. “I just kind of put it up and hoped for the best.”
3. “(Hires) doesn’t quit,” Redskins coach Joanne McVey said. “A lot of people would have stood there and watched that ball and it would have gone out of bounds. Not only did she get to the ball, she made a really tough shot.”
4. CR-South (8-6 overall, 3-4 SOL National) had taken a three-point lead, 46-43, on a drive by junior guard Lea Britton with 24.3 seconds left and a pair of foul shots by freshman forward Alex Wheatley with 16.5 seconds to go.
5. CR-South made up a nine-point deficit in the third quarter. Forwards Emily Nowicke and Chelsea Allen dominated that quarter, scoring 14 of the team's 16 points. They scored every point in a 10-0 run that turned a 29-20 deficit into a 30-29 lead. From 6:25 of the third quarter to 2:25 of the fourth, Nowicke scored 13 points and Allen scored nine points.
6. Neshaminy (8-7, 5-4) scored 20 points in the first quarter, including three 3-pointers in the first six minutes.
7. Ryan finished with 14 points and six rebounds for the Redskins. Point guard Avery Wunder had 13 points and five assists. Hires had nine points.
8. Nowicke scored 16 points for CR-South, and Allen finished with 11 points and four rebounds. Britton added seven points and seven assists.
9. “We had a really strong third quarter. The game was ours. But we have to learn how to finish," CR-South coach Monica Young said.
10. “This is huge. This is a game the whole team really wanted to win,” Hires said. “We were thinking that the game was probably over. But you can’t give up. You have to keep playing until the buzzer goes.”
