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(Jan. 13, 2011) - On a very chilly January Wednesday evening the district boys and girls basketball races heated up with key contests at the top and in the pack.
Both the Stone Bridge girls and Potomac Falls boys improved to area-best 12-1 on the season with the Lady Bulldogs blitzing Fairfax, 59-37, to forge a 3-way tie atop of the Liberty District and the Panthers holding off short-handed Briar Woods, 63-54, to remain one game ahead of Broad Run in the Dulles District.
"Our best performance by far all year," said Stone Bridge coach Chris Jones after the win where the Bulldogs shocked the Rebels -- previously unbeaten in district -- 21-2 first-half lead.
Stone Bridge girls coach Chris Jones postgame after his team's nearly flawless 59-37 win over Fairfax Wednesday
In other action, two teams on a roll continued to move up in the standings as the Loudoun County boys improved to 5-3 in the Dulles District with a 59-44 win over Woodgrove, moving the Raiders into a virtual 3-way tie for third place with Briar Woods and Park View; and the Briar Woods girls knocked off Potomac Falls, 54-46, to throw the Dulles District race into a nearly level playing field behind co-leaders Freedom and Loudoun County -- a 47-32 winner over Woodgrove Wednesday -- with four teams tied for third -- Briar Woods, Broad Run, Park View, Potomac Falls -- and the three remaining teams just a game back -- Dominion, Tuscarora and Woodgrove.
Girls Basketball
Stone Bridge 59, Fairfax 37
The Skinny: The Bulldogs executed their gameplan to perfection, jumping out to a 21-2 lead early in the second quarter and never threatened after that.
Super sophomore Murielle Tiernan scored 10 of her team-high 18 points in the fourth quarter as she was a force inside. It was a balanced Bulldog attack with five other players scoring seven or more points in the blowout -- senior Kayleigh Guzek (9 points), sophomore Nicole Prince (8), freshman Megan Della-Penna (8), senior Cori Prince (7) and senior Hannah Beth Whitaker (7).
Stone Bridge's active defense frustrated the Rebels 6-foot-1 junior Liz McNaughton as she went scoreless during the Bulldogs opening run and she had just four points at the half before finishing with a team-high 18. Fairfax's leading scorer, 6-foot-2 Meredith Mesaris, who came in averaging 20 points game was equally quited as she had just a single basket in each of the first three quarters and finished with 10.
The Bulldogs utilized their quickness to force turnovers and to break the Rebels the fullcourt press with ease with several halfcourt passes leading to easy layins. In the Bulldogs halfcourt set, Stone Bridge busted Fairfax's zone with two 3-pointers by Cori Prince in the second quarter and time after time made the extra pass for an easier look at the basket.
Fairfax came in 4-0 in district and the Stone Bridge win left both teams and Madison all 4-1 in the Liberty.
Stone Bridge 59, Fairfax 37
FFX 2 11 14 10 - 37
SB 16 16 15 12 - 59
FFX (4-1, 9-4): Murphree 1 0-0 3, Williams 1 0-0 2, Sharpe 1 0-0 2, Intermill 1 0-2 2, McNaughton 5 6-8 18, Mesaris 5 0-1 10. Totals 14 6-11 37.
SB (4-1, 12-1): CPrince 2 1-2 7, Sleece 1 0-0 2, NPrince 2 4-4 8, Tiernan 9 0-2 18, Guzek 3 3-4 9, Della-Penna 2 4-6 8, Whitaker 3 1-2 7. Totals 22 13-20 59.
3-Pointers: FFX 3 (McNaughton 2, Murphree 1), SB 2 (CPrince 2).
Loudoun County 47, Woodgrove 32
The Skinny: The Raiders remained in a tie for first in the Dulles District by cooling off the Wolverines.
Alex Lapple (16 points), Brittany Batts (12 points) and Maggie Phillips (10 points) all scored in double digits for the Raiders who are 7-1 and 10-4.
Improving Woodgrove (2-5, 3-9) got 14 points and nine rebounds from Sarah Hardison, who was out the first part of the season as the Wolverines opened 1-5. Woodgrove is 2-4 with Hardison.
LOUDOUN COUNTY 47, WOODGROVE 32
L (9-4, 6-1) — . Totals 0 0-0 47.
W (3-9, 2-5) — Hardison 14, Purnell 7, Basinger 4, Tilly 4, Smolens 3. Totals 14 3-9 32.
Halftime: Loudoun County, 23-18.
Three-point goals: W 1 (Smolens).
Rebounds: W 35 (Hardison 9, Purnell 5, Basinger 3, Tilly 4, Smolens 2, Buxton 4, Fagan 3, Lynch 2, Miller 3).tenoriop@washpost.com
Assists: W 4 (Hardison 2, Basinger, Lorinchak).
Briar Woods 54, Potomac Falls 46
The Skinny: Logan Ballard scored 19 points and Ashley O'Neill added 17 as the Falcons won for the fourth time in five games and for the third straight time in the Dulles District, a streak that started with an upset win over two-time state champion Freedom.
The Falcons are now .500 on the season at 4-4 in district and 7-7 overall after opening the year 1-4 and 3-6
Potomac Falls, meanwhile, has dropped three straight and four of five to fall to 4-4 and 5-8.
Panther coach Lynn Ewald reports that the Panthers were held t four points in the opening quarter and just five in the third. "(We) did well in the other two quarters, finishing the game strong with 22 points ... had to foul late to try and get back into and Ballard for BW did a great job knocking down her free throws. We were led by Kayla Guttridge with 15 and Patricia Mook with 14.
BRIAR WOODS 54, POTOMAC FALLS 46 B (7-7, 4-4) — Ballard 19, O'Neill 17, Gilbert 7, Jones 4, Ketant 3, Olson 3, Moore 1. Totals 16 19-31 54.
P (5-8, 4-4) — Guttridge 15, Mook 14, Mueller 6, Perez 5, Jefferies 4, Reynolds 2. Totals 16 10-30 46.
Halftime: Briar Woods, 25-19.
Three-point goals: B 3 (O'Neill 2, Gilbert); P 4 (Guttridge 4).
Rebounds: P 37 (Mook 10, Mueller 6, Perez 4, Jefferies 12, Reynolds 2, Murphy 3).
Assists: P 10 (Mueller, Perez 2, Jefferies 2, Reynolds 2, Hooper, Murphy 2).
Boys Basketball
Heritage 85, Tuscarora 51
The Skinny: Pride (4-7) sweep non-district season series with Huskies (0-12) as their first-year Leesburg neighbor still seeks first ever varsity boys win.
Final Score-- Heritage 85 Tuscarora 51
Halftime Score-- Heritage 51 Tuscarora 12
Leading Scorers-- Heritage Aaron Summers 15 Courtland Arbogast 14
Tuscarora Devin Ross 15 Josh Middleton 12 Sury Avasarala 11
Loudoun County 59, Woodgrove 44
The Skinny: The Raiders are 5-1 since the holiday break and have won three straight in the district to climb into a tie for third place behind Potomac Falls and Broad Run.
The Wolverines were led by Brad Gilson with 22 points. The Raiders top scorers were Mike Anderson and A.J. Metz, both with 13.
LOUDOUN COUNTY 59, WOODGROVE 44 L (10-5, 5-3) — Anderson 13, Metz 13, Gibson 9, Mays 9, O'Connell 6, Pratt 4, Saleck 4, Veschi 1. Totals 21 12-16 59.
W (6-4, 2-3) — Gilson 22, Caslin 9, Sweet 5, Traub 4, Wells 2, Welsh 2. Totals 14 14-20 44.
Halftime: Loudoun County, 27-24.
Three-point goals: L 5 (Metz 3, Gibson, Mays); W 2 (Gilson, Sweet).
Fairfax 71, Stone Bridge 55
The Skinny: Bulldogs fall to 2-11 on season and 1-4 in Liberty with road loss.
Potomac Falls 63, Briar Woods 54
The Skinny: Panthers improve to 8-0 in Dulles and 12-1 overall as they beat a stubborn Falcon team playing without top player, point guard Myles Tate out with an injury.
Brendon Chesson scored a team-high 18 points for the Panthers while Lukas Mihailovich was held to a season-low nine points (which he also scored Saturday in the Panthers loss at Osbourn). Also for PFalls - Pete Simoneau scored nine while Greg Graves and Mickey Waggenhoffer both added eight points.
Andre Evans sank five 3-pointers and finished with a game-high 22 points for BWoods. Curtis Calder added nine for the Falcons and Matt Rolin scored eight. Yves Kouame scored seven and dished our four assist for the Falcons.
The Panthers struggled from the foul line, going 13 of 26 while BWoods was 12 of 16.
| 2ptM | 3ptM | FTM | FTA | R | A | TP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calder, Curtis | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
| Carlisle, Lance | |||||||
| Evans, Andre | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| Faciane, Corey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Flowers, Brian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Kouame, Yves | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
| Lee, Andrew | |||||||
| Rolin, Matt | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | |
| Ryan, Jacob | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Tanoh, Harold | |||||||
| Tate, Myles | |||||||
| Briar Woods totals: | 9 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 54 |
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