By: Gavin Grites
The Brant County girls basketball league wrapped up their 10-game regular season Thursday night with the St. John's College Green Eagles (9-1) and North Park Collegiate Trojans (8-2) earning byes to the semifinals.
As for the quarter-finals Tuesday, the Brantford Collegiate Mustangs (4-6) will square off against the Pauline Johnson Collegiate Thunderbirds (2-8), and the Assumption College Lions (7-3) meet the Paris District High School Panthers (0-10). Starting times have yet to be announced.
On Thursday, the Lions looked to be in good shape in their 65-29 win over the Mustangs. The Lions showcased superior ball movement and offensive execution, something Assumption coach Rick Heron was looking for from his team with playoffs around the corner.
"We're just looking for more consistency," he said. "At this time of the year, they should know all the plays by now. That's why we showed a lot of intensity tonight. I wanted to get all the plays in."
Jerika Baldin, who scored 11 points for the Lions, said that Assumption will need to continue to do the same things well against their playoff competition if they want to succeed.
"Run the court so they get tired, fast break the whole game and pass it around," Baldin said. "Hopefully, our shooting's on and everything will be good."
In their quarter-finals match against the Panthers, the Lions will continue sharpening their game, said Heron.
Megan Melling, who scored eight points for BCI, said the Mustangs season has been "pretty successful" considering some of the obstacles they had to overcome - a major one being the small number of players on the team.
"We didn't start out with a lot of players," Rachael Adkins added.
"We only started out with nine. And a couple got injured during the rugby season, which brought us down to seven."
Adkins, who led the team in scoring with 13 points, is returning next season. She called this season a "learning year" for the Mustangs.
It was about experience, getting as much basketball in as possible for next year," she said.
BCI coach Ron Jamula said he knows the Mustangs must content with the size of the T-Birds and their leading scorer, centre centre Chelsea Biggs.
"We'll need to defend and box out," he said. "(Biggs) doesn't make every first shot. If we give them only one shot I think we have a good chance."
"Our kids always play really, really hard," Jamula added.
"We're getting better defensively. We're getting better on offence. So, hopefully, we play our best game Tuesday."
SENIOR NPC (8-2) over PJC (2-8) 43-11. PJC outstanding players: Madeline Dailey, Erica Hewson, Zoe Wickson. NPC outstanding players: Reo Roland, Cassie Fletcher, Laura Chapple SJC (9-1) over PDHS (0-10) 37-15. PDHS leading scorers: Kenzie Coombe 6, Hailey Persall 4, Alex Forsyth 3. SJC leading scorers: Brooke Oliver 12, Megan Piette 10, Bridget Monkman 9 JUNIOR BCI (8-2) over ACS (4-6) 50-30. ACS leading scorers: Alexa Aquino 10, Nicole Shea 8 and Naomi Samuel 4. BCI leading scorers: Victoria Waud 14, Summer Sakaluk 10 and Lexis Lancaster 7 NPC (6-4) over PJC (0-10). Results not reported by press time SJC (10-0) over PDHS (2-8) 46-21. PDHS leading scorer: Beth Stulen 11, Susanne Kelly 4, Marie Lou Gaspin 2. SJC leading scorers: Brianna Bavota 11, Leslie Larson 7, Jamie Smith 6
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