Basketball: Dulles Semifinals Tip Off Tonight - Heritage Girls Only Lower Seed to Advance from Monday

(Feb. 13, 2013) - Just about everything went expected on Monday night in the quarterfinals of the Dulles District boys and girls basketball tournament with seven of eight higher seeds winning at home. The lone low seed to advance was the No. 5 Heritage girls with a 54-45 win at No. 4 Potomac Falls.

That win probably earned Heritage a home playoff date in the Region II Division 3 tournament and most likely knocked Potomac Falls out of the girls Division 4 tournament. First Heritage takes its show on the road again tonight, travelling to Woodgrove in a semifinal match-p.

No. 2 Loudoun County hosts No. 3 Tuscarora in the other girls semifinal. All games tonight start at 7 p.m.

On the boys side it will be top seed Potomac Falls hosting No. 4 Loudoun County while No. 2 Loudoun Valley hosts No. 3 Heritage.

"Finding your stride at the right time. That was the theme for (Monday's) game," said Heritage coach Robert Smart.


While Heritage wanted to get out to a fast start the Panthers jumped out to a 12-point lead after the first quarter. The Pride rallied and took a 4-point lead into the half.

Smart: "The ladies of the Pride started the 3rd quarter the way the ended the second. The aggressive defense and the fast pace uptempo game played into (our) favor."

But three of heritage top players got into early foul trouble in the third so the pride had to back off.

Smart: "(We were) forced to play zone on defense but we had our hands in the passing lane and continued to clog the paint and close out aggressively on the shooters causing the Panthers to turn the ball over."

The Pride built a lead and the big three came back in and Heritage never looked back avenging the two regular season loses to Potomac Falls and secured a date to see the Wolverines tonight.


For Heritage
Breana Smart 14points, 3rebounds, 1 assist, 2steals, 
Christina Smart 5 points, 2rebounds, 3 assist, 7 steal, 
Kayla Tibbs 15 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals, 
Ashley Silvernale 4 points, 1 rebounds, assist, 2 steals 
Jonique Mitchell 4points, 4rebounds, 2 assist, 5 steals, 1 block
Kelsey Tidgewell 12 points, 6 rebound, 2 assist, 5 steals, 0 blocks