Live! From Richmond - VHSL State Basketball Playoffs - Freedom Girls and Potomac Falls Boys Both Advance!

Potomac Falls advances to first boys basketball state finals appearance in school history with 66-57 win over Spotswood Tuesday.

Panthers will play Saturday at 9 p.m. at VCU in Richmond. The Loudoun Valley boys from the 1980s were the only other Loudoun boys team to advance to the state finals. No Loudoun boys basketball team has ever won a state title.

Halftime Stats
Graves almost with double-double - 9 points and 10 rebounds and 5 blocks . Mihailovich leads PF with 11.
Marlon Organ is the real deal for Trailblazers with swift first step, knockdown jumper, he has a game-high 15 so far. Jeff Lantz has six, nobody else has scored for Spotswood.

9:40 p.m. Potomac Falls ends first half on 11-1 run including seven straight points by soph center Greg Graves to take a 26-21 lead at the half over Spotswood in VHSL D4 state semifinals at VCU.

Girls D4 State Semifinal - Final
Freedom 44, Turner Ashby 27
Freedom        10 7 7 20 - 44
Turner Ashby 10 2 7  8 - 27
Freedom (20-5)
Escorza 3-7 0-1 7, Buchanan 8-17 6-11 22, Scott 3-7 0-2 4, Mayo 1-3 0-2 2, Merritt 1-4 0-0 2, Koditek 2-5 1-1 5, Poindexter 0-2 2-2 2, Schneider 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-45 9-19 49.
TA (22-3)
Estes 2-8 2-2 7, CBurkholder 3-12 2-2 1-, Snider 0-7 0-0 0, KBurkholder 3-15 0-0 6, Detamore 1-7 0-0 2, Hulse 0-2 0-0 0, Smith 0-1 0-0 0, Groseclose 1-5 0-0 2, Brown 0-0 0-0 0, Smiley 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 10-57 4-4 27.
3-Pointers: Free 1-6 (Escorza 1-1, Scott 0-1, Koditek 0-2, Poindexter 0-2), TA 3-13 (CBurkholder 2-4, Estes 1-4, KBurkholder 0-2, Hulse 0-2, Snider 0-1).
Rebounds: Free 49 (Buchanan 19), TA 33 (KBurkholder 12)
Assists: Free 10 (Escorza, Scott 4), TA 6
Blocks: Free 7 (Buchanan 5), TA 7 (KBurkholder 5).



8:19 - Freedom Advances to second straight state title appearance with defensive 44-27 win over Turner Ashby. Kelsey Buchanan led all scorers with 22 points and at least 12 rebounds.

Eagles held TA to nine points total in the second and third quarters combined. More on this game later as we head to the press conference. Potomac Falls boys about to take the floor for warm-ups!

Halftime Stats
Freedom 17, Turner Ashby 12
Freedom
Escorza 5, Buchanan 12.
T.A.
CBurkholder 8, KBurkholder 4.

Freedom 7 of 23 field, 1 of 5 from 3 pt, 2-4 line
TA 4 of 29 field, 2 of 6 3pt, 2 of 2 line

7:32 - After a defensive second quarter, Freedom leads 17-12 at the half vs. T.A.
6 p.m. - One hour until gametime for the Freedom High School girls vs. Turner Ashby in the Division semifinals. Currently Brunswick is leading Northside, 45-44, with 1:24 left in the third in the boys D3 semifinals. VivaLoudoun editor Dan Sousa is courtside with "The Skinny" tonight so check back ....