Neshaminy 51, William Tennent 40

William Tennent (40)
Megan Zimmerman 1 3-4 6; Sarah Godfrey 4 0-0 10; Ashley Alden 3 0-0 6; Hanna Sellers 4 0-3 8; Alison Malatesta 1 3-5 6; Taylor Morgan 0 1-4 1; Liz Koval 1 0-0 2; Gina Tyson 0 0-0 0; Deanna Schneiderreit 0 1-2 1. Totals: 14 8-18 40.

Neshaminy (51)
Victoria Mazzeo 2 0-2 4; Kelsey Ryan 6 2-4 14; Avery Wunder 5 5-10 17; Brianna Hires 2 4-5 8; Brianna Weiler 3 1-2 7; Chelsea Rota 0 0-0 0; Jennifer Slivka 0 1-2 1. Totals: 18 13-25 51.

WT: 5-6-12-17—40
N: 16-14-8-13—51

Three-point goals: Godfrey 2, Zimmerman, Malatesta (WT); Wunder 2 (N).


SIX THINGS

1. Neshaminy (10-10 overall, 7-5 SOL National) led by 11 points, 16-5, after the first quarter and by 19 points, 30-11, at halftime. Tennent (9-10, 4-8) got within 10 points in the fourth quarter, but wasn't able to make it a competitive game.

2. Senior point guard Avery Wunder had 17 points and three assists and played an outstanding overall game.

3. “Avery had a great game,” Neshaminy coach Joanne McVey said. “She showed senior leadership in a big way. She’s a little bit of a reluctant leader. But these kids really look to her. To see her have this kind of success is one of those things you go into coaching for.”

4. Junior forward Kelsey Ryan finished with 14 points and six rebounds for the Redskins, who also received nice contributions from guard Brianna Hires and forwards Victoria Mazzeo and Brianna Weiler.

5. For Tennent, junior Sarah Godfrey had 10 points, five rebounds and two blocked shots, and junior forward Hanna Sellers had eight points and six rebounds. Guard Megan Zimmerman finished with six points and four assists, while guard Ashley Alden added six points and seven rebounds.

6. Neshaminy really wanted to redeem itself for an overtime loss to Tennent back on Jan. 12. Wunder fouled out of that game in the fourth quarter and seemed particularly intent on redemption. “We wanted to come back and get revenge,” Wunder said. “We came in pumped up. And I really wanted to do well to make up for last time.”

Neshaminy 47, CR-South 46

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.”

Neshaminy 48, Villa Joseph Marie 37

Villa Joseph Marie (37)
Jennie Quattrocchi 2 2-2 8; Carolyne Heston 2 0-0 6; Melissa Van Wert 5 4-6 17; Meghan Ledwith 0 4-4 4; Kate Abel 0 0-0 0; Suzanne Bierly 1 0-0 2; Lauren Waterson 0 0-1 0; Christine Gorrell 0 0-1 0. Totals: 10 10-14 37.

Neshaminy (48)
Kelsey Ryan 6 3-4 15; Avery Wunder 2 4-5 8; Chelsea Rota 2 1-8 5; Jenn Slivka 1 0-1 2; Brianna Weiler 1 2-2 4; Victoria Mazzeo 3 3-6 9; Amanda Lally 1 2-2 4; Demi Tierney 0 0-0 0; Brianna Hires 0 1-2 1. Totals: 16 16-30 48.

VJM: 8-7-9-13--37
N: 8-16-7-17--48

Three-point goals: Van Wert 3, Quattrocchi 2, Heston 2 (VJM).

Link to Neshaminy-VJM game story from Courier Times

Link to Courier Times article about Bensalem's Sharmane Hall

SIX THINGS

1. Junior forward Kelsey Ryan scored Neshaminy's first 12 points and finished with 15. “(Ryan) worked extremely hard in the off-season,” Neshaminy coach Joanne McVey said. “We’re looking for her to have a big year in a number of ways, including leadership.”

2. The Redskins trailed by four, 8-4, in the first quarter. But they scored 18 unanswered points in about 6 1/2 minutes to take over the game. VJM never got closer than three points the rest of the way.

3. Neshaminy senior forward Chelsea Rota really disrupted the game with her aggressiveness, speed and athleticism. “(Rota) doesn’t put up a lot of numbers, but she creates havoc,” McVey said. Ryan added, "(Rota) is one of the quickest players I've ever seen. She will blow people away."

4. Redskins junior Victoria Mazzeo and sophomore guard Jenn Slivka were also very effective on defense.

5. Seven of Villa Joseph Marie's 10 field goals were 3-pointers. Midway through the fourth quarter, VJM had seven 3-pointers and one two-point field goal.

6. Neshaminy is smaller than VJM, but beat the Jems on the boards with quickness and aggressiveness. VJM had 16 total rebounds. Neshaminy's Brianna Weiler (seven rebounds) and Mazzeo (five rebounds) got close to that on their own.

Neshaminy 2008-2009

Coach: Joanne McVey (8th season)
Last year: 11-14 (5-9 SOL National)

Schedule
Dec. 5 Villa Joseph Marie W, 48-37 (1-0)
Dec. 9 at Abington L, 25-49 (1-1, 0-1)
Dec. 12 CR-South W, 53-44 (2-1, 1-1)
Dec. 16 Harry S Truman W, 56-20 (3-1, 2-1)
Dec. 19 at CR-North L, 39-50 (3-2, 2-2)
Dec. 22 CB West W, 38-19 (4-2)
Dec. 28 Seneca L, 40-43 (4-3)
Dec. 29 Winslow Twp. L, 37-40 (4-4)
Jan. 6 at Tennent
Jan. 7 at Notre Dame
Jan. 9 Bensalem
Jan. 13 at Pennsbury
Jan. 15 North Penn
Jan. 16 Abington
Jan. 20 at CR-South
Jan. 22 Conwell-Egan
Jan. 23 at Truman
Jan. 24 SOL Challenge
Jan. 27 CR-North
Jan. 30 Tennent
Feb. 3 at Bensalem
Feb. 6 Pennsbury

Pennsbury 62, Neshaminy 50

NESHAMINY (50)
Wunder 4 5-6 16; Shunkwiler 1 4-5 6; Rota 2 3-3 7; Ryan 2 0-0 4; J. Slivka 2 0-0 4; Allen 1 3-4 5; Lally 0 2-2 2; S. Slivka 2 2-2 6; Eggerd 0 0-0 0; Alexander 0 0-0 0. Totals: 14 19-22 50.

PENNSBURY (62)
Prine 6 4-4 16; Thorn 6 0-1 14; Natale 0 0-0 0; DiVeglio 0 1-3 1; Beri 0 0-0 0; Kobal 2 0-0 4; Rebert 0 1-2 1; Ponza 0 3-6 3; Klock 3 0-0 6; Balascsak 6 3-4 16; Arrigan 0 1-2 1. Totals: 23 13-22 62.

N 17-12-8-13—50
P 16-10-17-19—62

3-point goals: Wunder 3 (N); Thorn 2, Balascsak (P).

Link to Courier Times game story

THREE THINGS

1. Pennsbury (11-13 overall, 4-10 SOL) trailed by eight, 34-26, early in the second half. The Falcons took control with a 23-3 run. Pennsbury and Neshaminy (11-12, 5-9) teams are on the bubble for the 32-team Class AAAA District One tournament.

2. Senior guard Jenn Prine had 16 points, eight rebounds, five steals and three assists in her final regular season game. Prine has started 104 of Pennsbury's 105 games during her four-year career.

3. Senior Falcons guard Sarah Thorn finished with 14 points and eight assists. She scored eight points in about a minute in the third quarter to put Pennsbury ahead, but turned her ankle on a layup with 4:40 to go in the third quarter and never returned.

Pennridge 34, Neshaminy 26

PENNRIDGE (34)
Dominic 2 4-4 10; Lyons 0 3-5 3; Gunter 0 0-0 0; Simononis 3 1-3 8; Kunkle 0 1-4 1; Zickler 5 2-5 12; Hoban 0 0-0 0. Totals: 10 11-21 34.

NESHAMINY (26)
Wunder 0 0-0 0; Shunkwiler 6 1-2 13; Allen 1 0-1 2; Rota 0 0-0 0; Ryan 4 1-2 9; J. Slivka 1 0-0 2; S. Slivka 0 0-0 0; Harrison 0 0-0 0. Totals: 12 2-5 26.

P 5-10-8-11—34
N 8-7-9-2—26

3-point goals: Dominic 2, Simononis (P).

Link to Courier Times game story

FIVE THINGS

1. Senior center Jackie Shunkwiler had 13 points, 12 rebounds and three steals for the Redskins (8-7 overall, 3-5 SOL National), and sophomore forward Kelsey Ryan added nine points.

2. Neshaminy junior point guard Avery Wunder is still limited by a concussion suffered vs. Bensalem last week and played just a few minutes.

3. Shannon Zickler scored 12 points for Pennridge (9-7, 6-2), and Jordan Dominic added 10 points.

4. Neshaminy led by two points, 26-24, with 6 1/2 minutes to play. Pennridge's sam Simononis hit a key 3-pointer with 2:20 left to make it 32-26.

5. Neshaminy 2005 graduate Melissa Brooks is averaging 4.6 points and 3.1 rebounds for undefeated Holy Family University (12-0). The Tigers are ranked No. 10 in the country in the latest USA Today/ESPN/WBCA Division II coaches' poll.