Article By: Ed O'Leary
Brantford Collegiate Institute Mustangs know what they must do to have success against the North Park Collegiate Trojans.
However, executing the game plan is another matter.
"They (Trojans) played good defence on us today," said BCI's point guard Jacqueline Jamula after the Trojans defeated the Mustangs 46-39 in a Brant County high school senior girls basketball game Tuesday night at North Park.
"We had trouble getting open."
The Mustangs are most effective when they get the ball in the low post area to either of the Candy twins, Tori or Spencer, and Claudia DiFrancesco.
The Trojans used the tight defensive play of their guards and the height and power of their forwards to block BCI from getting the ball inside for most of the game.
It was the second meeting of the season between the teams in league play, with BCI winning the first game by six points. North Park's seven-point win Tuesday will give the Trojans home-court advantage in a best-of-three semifinal if the teams finish the regular-season schedule with identical won-loss records.
There's also a chance the Mustangs and Trojans will face each other in the Central Western Ontario Secondary Schools Association's AAA championship tournament.
"We'll have to come out hard, run our offence all the way through and make more cuts," said Jamula of future meetings with the Trojans.
"We'll have to reverse the ball more. We work the ball one way but we've got to reverse it and make the defence move around more."
Guard Reo Roland was outstanding for the Trojans as she scored 13 points. Laura Chapple, also a guard, got nine points. Forwards Jenny Howell scored eight points and Cassie Fletcher netted seven.
Although guard Allyson DeLorenzi scored only five points, her tight defensive play was extremely important for North Park to score the victory.
The Mustangs cut North Park's lead to 33-30 when the Trojans began to assert themselves.
North Park scored seven consecutive points, including a three-pointer by DeLorenzi, which seemed to float in from nowhere.
"We just needed to get focused," Roland said of North Park's seven-point splurge.
"We knew what we should be doing, running our offence properly and playing strong defence, helping each other out."
Roland, a Grade 11 student with an academic average in the 90s, is looking forward to meeting with the Mustangs at CWOSSA.
"If we play hard like we did today, we should have good results there," said Roland, who also stars in soccer, badminton, volleyball, cross-country and track and field.
North Park defeated BCI 46-21 in the junior game.
Abbey Johnston scored 14 points for the junior Trojans. Kirsten Sowa and Abbey Sales each got 10 points. Lexis Lancaster scored seven points for BCI. Baylen Vachon and Cora Humeniuk each scored four points.
St. John's College Green Eagles swept a doubleheader from the Assumption College Lions.
St. John's won 43-23 in junior and 66-36 in senior.
Lauren Dubois scored 10 points for the junior Eagles. Bridget Monkman got seven and Rebekah Dabor six. Sarah Harris scored 12 points for Assumption. Alex Vandyk and Caitlyn Wallace each got four points.
Kelly VanLeeuwen scored 20 points for the senior Eagles. Rachel Cleary scored 10 points and rebounded well on the defensive backboard. Shawni Hnatiuk and Deidre McDermid each got seven points. Meaghan Hanley scored 13 points for the Lions. Stephanie Vandyk and Rebekah Couperus scored six points apiece.
Pauline Johnson Collegiate took a doubleheader from Paris District High School.
PJC won the junior 27-20 and the senior 38-26.
Point-scorers weren't reported for the junior game.
Krista Riimand, Brittany Hughes and Chelsea Biggs each scored nine points for the PJC Thunderbirds in the senior game. Emma Perry got seven points for the Paris Panthers. Deven Knill got six points and Julia Hmiel five points.
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