Villa Joseph Marie 51, St. Basil 41

ST. BASIL (41)
Teuber 9 8-9 26; J. Edwards 3 1-2 7; C. Edwards 0 0-0 0; Miller 0 1-2 1; O’Donnell 1 1-2 3; McCollum 0 0-0 0; Thompson 1 2-2 4; Gennell 0 0-0 0; Gallagher 0 0-0 0. Totals: 14 13-17 41.

VILLA JOSEPH MARIE (51)
Quattrocchi 0 8-12 8; Files 1 0-0 2; Kazarnowicz 6 3-6 15; J. Heston 2 0-0 4; C. Heston 1 3-5 5; Bierly 1 0-0 2; Van Wert 4 0-0 11; Abel 1 2-4 4; Waterson 0 0-0 0; Farr 0 0-0 0. Totals: 16 16-27 51.

SB 12-6-9-14—41
VJM 14-19-5-13—51

3-point goals: Van Wert 3 (VJM).

Link to Courier Times game story

SIX THINGS

1. VJM (10-3 overall, 5-1 Athletic Association of Catholic Academies) has won six of its last seven. VJM's only losses have been to Conwell-Egan, Mount St. Joseph and unbeaten Great Valley.

2. Senior forward Sarah Kazarnowicz had 15 points and nine rebounds for the Jems. She's averaging 11.0 points a game and has scored in double figures in seven of the last 11 games.

3. Junior point guard Melissa Van Wert had 11 points, seven rebounds and two assists for VJM. She hit three important 3-pointers in the second and third quarters.

4. Seven different VJM players have scored in double figures in the last seven games alone. The Jems have a lot of scoring and a bunch of players who can handle the ball. Kazarnowicz, senior forward Jennie Heston and sophomore forward Carolyn Heston handle the ball really well. Carolyn Heston brought the ball up the court several times against pressure.

5. Senior Lindsay Teuber scored 26 points for St. Basil. With three minutes left in the game, Teuber had 24 of St. Basil's 33 points and nine of 11 field goals.

6. VJM trails only Mount St. Joseph in the AACA. Although Mount is the favorite in the league, VJM, Nazareth, Villa Maria and St. Basil will probably battle for second place.

Girls Basketball Notes

Link to Friday's Courier Times girls basketball notebook

Link to Courier Times game story of Conwell-Egan vs. St. Hubert

Link to Intelligencer game story of CB East vs. William Tennent

Coming this week, coverage of:

Villa Joseph Marie vs. St. Basil, Jan. 5

William Tennent vs. Council Rock-North, Jan. 8

CR-North vs. Pennsbury, Jan. 10

Neshaminy vs. Pennridge, Jan. 11

Statistics

Lower Bucks County Scoring Leaders
Through Jan. 2

Name, school		GP	PTS	AVG
Kristen Gilroy, BE		10	193	19.3
Carmen Tyson-Thomas, CEC		12	224	18.7
Rakita Thomas, BR		8	146	18.3
S. Barrington, HST		8	128	16.0
Ashley Robinson, AW		9	128	14.2
Devin Gold, CRN		10	126	12.6
Sarah Thorn, PB		5	63	12.6
Lissa Tercha, WT		12	147	12.3
Ashley Rosario, HST		8	97	12.1
Sarah Kiely, CRN		10	121	12.1
Sharmane Hall, BE		10	121	12.1
Veronica Brandon, MO		10	115	11.5
Jen Sroba, CRN		10	105	10.5
Sarah Kazarnowicz, VJM		11	116	10.5
Jenna Adams, CRS		12	119	9.9
Theresa Griffin, CEC		12	118	9.8
Jenn Prine, PB		12	115	9.6
Taylor Peltzer, AW		9	85	9.4
C. Bronaugh-LaRocca, GS		7	66	9.4
Meghan Ponza, PB		12	107	8.9
Kelsey Ryan, NE		10	88	8.8
Jackie Deegler, BE		10	84	8.4
Avery Wunder, NE		12	100	8.3
Kate Clarkson, BE		10	83	8.3
Sarah Godfrey, WT		12	99	8.3
Lisa Bernardini, GS		7	57	8.1
Lisa Strack, AW		9	73	8.1
Jody Pour, MO		10	77	7.7
Laura Kosma, WT		12	87	7.3
Juliann Fricke, CRN		10	72	7.2
Jennie Heston, VJM		11	79	7.2

Bensalem 72, William Tennent 68

WILLIAM TENNENT (68)
Tercha 2 2-2 8; Zimmerman 5 5-8 15; Kosma 3 2-2 10; Godfrey 3 1-3 7; Cancelliere 0 0-1 0; Koval 1 2-4 4; Alden 5 3-8 13; Boyer 3 1-3 9; Malatesta 0 2-2 2. Totals: 22 18-33 68.

BENSALEM (72)
Gilroy 4 15-17 25; Clarkson 1 9-14 11; Pritchard 2 2-4 6; Deegler 5 2-5 12; Hall 5 5-4 11; Ormont 2 1-2 5; Nolan 1 0-1 2; Bussey 0 0-0 0; Williams 0 0-0 0; Nyekan 0 0-0 0; Werth 0 0-0 0. Totals: 20 30-47 72.

WT 19-24-13-12—68
B 17-12-20-23—72

3-point goals: Tercha 2, Kosma 2, Boyer 2 (WT); Gilroy 2 (B).

SEVEN THINGS

1. Tennent (10-1) led by 17 points, 50-33, with 5 1/2 minutes left in the third quarter. Bensalem (7-1) outscored the Panthers 30-8 over the next12 minutes.

2. Bensalem junior guard Kristen Gilroy finished with 25 points and eight rebounds and made six straight free throws in the final 24 seconds. She was 15 for 17 from the free throw line in the game and 11 for 11 from the line in the second half.

3. Owls 5-11 junior center Sharmane Hall finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds in less than 17 minutes. She sat the last 10 minutes of the first half with two fouls and fouled out with 5:07 left in the game. Hall scored all of her points over a decisive 6 1/2-minute stretch in the third in fourth quarters. During that time, Bensalem cut Tennent's lead from 14 point to three points.

4. Junior guard Megan Zimmerman had 15 points for Tennent, and freshman guard Ashley Alden added 13 points.

5. The teams combined for 80 free throws (47 for Bensalem). Seven players fouled out (four for Bensalem).

6. Tennent has scored 61 points or more six times this season and is averaging 57.2 points a game. During one five-minute stretch in the first half, the Panthers scored 21 points. They had 35 points with 2:27 left in the second quarter and 50 points with 5:36 remaining in the third quarter.

7. Tennent and Bensalem combined for six total wins in the 2004-2005 season.

Southeastern Pennsylvania Top 20

Through Dec. 23

1. Archbishop Carroll (4-3): Three losses to out-of-state nationally ranked teams shouldn’t count against Carroll too much.

2. Archbishop Wood (6-0): Talented team playing well together.

3. Cardinal O’Hara (5-0): Big win over Mount St. Joseph.

4. Conestoga (6-0): Could be the year in D1.

5. Methacton (11-0): Looks like the class of the SOL.

6. Mount St. Joseph (7-1): Disappointing loss to O’Hara.

7. Downingtown East (7-1): Always a D1 contender.

8. Germantown Academy (5-3): Close loss to Wood. Not-so-close loss to O’Hara.

9. Upper Dublin (9-1): Very nice start.

10. Villa Maria (3-1): OT win at St. Basil.

11. St. Basil (4-2): OT loss to Villa Maria.

12. Archbishop Ryan (5-4): Always tough in PCL North.

13. Spring-Ford (9-1): Defending district runner-up.

14. Villa Joseph Marie (7-2): Solid team often overshadowed in AACA.

15. William Tennent (10-0): Needs more wins vs. top competition.

16. Great Valley (9-0): Hasn’t played a great schedule.

17. Norristown (6-2): Nice win over CR-North.

18. Council Rock-North (5-3): Relatively inexperienced Indians team upset by Norristown at home.

19. Conwell-Egan (7-3): Carmen Tyson-Thomas is one of the top players in the area.

20. Perkiomen Valley (8-3): Played tough vs. Spring-Ford and Methacton.

Pennsbury 67, Conwell-Egan 62

CONWELL-EGAN (62)
Tyson-Thomas 10 3-5 23; Griffin 1 0-0 3; Cloonan 1 2-2 4; Chase 0 0-0 0; Howell 0 0-0 0; Mourer 1 0-0 2; Watson 5 6-6 18; Rongione 4 0-0 9; Breslin 1 0-0 3. 23 11-13 62.

PENNSBURY (67)
Prine 4 0-0 9; Thorn 8 3-3 20; Kobal 6 2-3 14; Beri 2 5-6 9; Klock 1 2-2 4; Balascsak 5 0-0 10; Ponza 0 1-2 1; Taylor 0 0-0 0; DiVeglio 0 0-0 0. Totals: 26 13-16 67.

CEC 8-21-13-20—62
PB 22-18-6-21—67

3-point goals: Watson 2, Rongione, Breslin, Griffin (CEC); Thorn, Prine (PB).

Link to Courier Times game story

Link to Friday's Courier Times girls basketball notebook.

EIGHT THINGS

1. Pennsbury led by 16, 20-4, in the first quarter and by 13, 42-29, early in the second half.

2. Conwell-Egan outscored the Falcons 19-4 in an eight-minute span in the second half to take a two-point lead, 48-46, with 6:44 left.

3. Pennsbury point guard Sarah Thorn didn't look 100 percent recovered from her hamstring pull, but still controlled the game. She made several outstanding passes to set up teammates and had at least six assists.

4. Conwell-Egan junior Carmen Tyson-Thomas scored 23 points and had 11 rebounds.

5. Conwell-Egan junior guard Trish Watson scored 18 points and shot very well. Watson had 13 points and two 3-pointers in the second quarter alone. She was 6-for-6 from the foul line and made three free throws with 1:07 left in the game after getting fouled on a 3-point attempt.

6. Pennsbury got scoring from senior Brittany Kobal (14 points), junior Kelsey Balascsak (10 points), senior Jenn Prine (nine points) and senior Michelle Beri (nine points). Prine also played very well on defense.

7. Pennsbury had more points with 1:17 left in the first half (38) than in the entire game in a loss to North Penn on Friday night (37).

8. Tyson-Thomas is averaging 19.3 points a game had has 1,245 career points.

Bensalem 43, Abington 37

ABINGTON (37)
Layton 1 0-0 2; Leer 6 0-1 14; Pritz 0 0-0 0; Kelly 3 1-3 9; Gregorio 0 0-0 0; Cameron 0 0-0 0; Allen 1 1-4 3; West 0 0-0 0; Klemmer 3 0-0 9. Totals: 14 2-8 37.

BENSALEM (43)
Pritchard 0 1-2 1; Gilroy 1 1-2 3; Clarkson 6 3-4 16; Hall 2 4-6 8; Deegler 3 7-10 13; Ornmont 0 2-2 2. Totals: 12 18-26 37.

A 9-5-8-15—37
B 10-11-11-11-43

3-point goals: Klemmer 3, Leer 2, Kelly 2 (A); Clarkson (B).

Link to Courier Times game story

FIVE THINGS

1. Bensalem was impressive. Junior 5-foot-11 center Sharmane Hall is strong, skilled and quick. Junior guard Kristen Gilroy had an off night, but is a scorer.

2. Bensalem junior guard Kate Clarkson had 16 points and junior forward Jackie Deegler finished with 13 points and six rebounds. Senior point guard Megan Pritchard had three assists.

3. Abington sophomore foward Emily Leer is a well-rounded player, but had foul trouble.

4. Bensalem could end up challenging for the SOL National title. The Owls only league loss so far was by 10 to CB South.

5. Abington guard Carla Klemmer hit three 3-pointers in a span of two minutes in the fourth quarter. The Ghosts had seven 3-pointers as a team.