Boyertown (38)
Jess Schlesmen 1 2-5 4; Megan Stewart 1 0-1 2; Sarah Bennett 3 5-7 11; Alex Brown 6 0-0 15; Michelle Hartman 0 0-0 0; Kelly Furman 0 0-0 0 Lauren Walker 0 0-0 0; Gillian Hilbert 0 0-0 0; Nicole Slickers 2 0-0 6; Brooke Fisher 0 0-0 0; Tara Powell 0 0-0 0; Emily Moatz 0 0-0 0; Kaley Snyder 0 0-0 0. Totals: 13 7-13 38.
CR-South (49)
Lea Britton 1 0-4 2; Ann Silverthorn 2 1-2 6; Alex Wheatley 6 3-4 15; Chelsea Allen 3 7-10 13; Emily Nowicke 3 0-2 7; Steph Gillio 2 0-0 6; Jackie Weber 0 0-0 0; Lindsay Kirlin 0 0-0 0; Brianna Schlupp 0 0-0 0. Totals: 17 11-22 49.
B: 9-8-11-10—38
CRS:16-9-11-13—49
Three-point goals: Brown 3, Slickers 2 (B); Gillio 2, Silverthorn, Nowicke.
NINE THINGS
1. CR-South (15-8), the 13th seed in the District One Class AAAA tournament, led the whole way over No. 20 Boyertown (12-11). The Bears cut into South's lead a few times in the second half, but CR-South pulled away each time. This is the first district tournament win ever for the Golden Hawks' program.
2. Freshman center Alex Wheatley had 15 points and 11 rebounds for South, while junior forward Chelsea Allen finished with 13 points and 11 rebounds. Wheatley scored 12 of CR-South’s 25 first-half points. Allen had nine of the team’s 24 second-half points.
3. “Before the game, I thought that Alex and Chelsea could dominate inside, and they hit the boards well," South coach Monica Young said.
4. CR-South has tripled its win total from last season. “I can’t even describe what this means to them,” Young said. “From where they came from, it’s unbelievable.”
5. “This is really exciting,” Allen said. “We were a little nervous at first. We have no playoff experience. And it was a little sloppy. But you’re going to have some games like that.”
6. CR-South visits No. 4 seed Lower Merion (21-2) in the second round. "We'll go into it the same as we go into any other game," Allen said. "They're not invincible. We have to play really well."
7. Guard Steph Gillio came off the bench to hit two big 3-pointers. Gillio hit her first in the first quarter with CR-South ahead by only two and struggling to score. The second, in the fourth quarter, stretched South's lead to 12, 43-31, with 3:22 to play and pretty much sealed the win.
8. Young used her bench extensively in the first half after Allen and guard Ann Silverthorn picked up their second fouls.
9. Alex Brown led the scrappy Bears with 15 points and Sarah Bennett added 11 points. Although Boyertown didn't have the caliber of scorers that South has, the Bears got to a lot of loose balls and forced double-digit turnovers.
