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Senior guard Gabby Ortiz scored 11 of her game-high 18 points in the second quarter and the top-ranked Prairie School girls basketball team overcame what coach Melody Owsley called a sluggish start and beat Somers Shoreland Lutheran 49-33 Tuesday night in a Metro Classic Conference game at Prairie.

Kate Andreucci scored six points in the third quarter as the unbeaten Lady Hawks (11-0, 5-0 MCC), ranked No. 1 in Division 4 in the first Associated Press state poll of the season, opened a 38-23 lead over the Lady Pacers (5-3, 4-2 MCC).

“Both teams came out tight,” Owsley said. “In the second half, we shot much better. It’s definitely a positive to come away with a victory when you don’t play your best.”

Ortiz scored her final seven points in the fourth quarter and had six rebounds. Megan Wolf led Prairie with seven rebounds.

Ellie Harmeyer led Shoreland with 14 points.
 
The Preston varsity basketball teams took the season series from Tulsa Rogers this past Saturday with a pair of double-digit victories.
The PHS squads took the opening meeting in Preston on December 12th by double-digit margins.
The Lady Pirates (9-3) began things with a 72-48 decision.
Chelsea Dungee led the way offensively for Preston with a game-high 30 points. Kiki Shields, Danielle Hawkins, and Audrey Fonteno also reached double figures for the Lady Pirates with 13, 11, and 10 points respectively. Jordan Ivey and Moo Moo Shields rounded out the PHS scoring with four points each.
 
Here is a writeup from Preston's games in the Tournament of Champions:

The Preston Lady Pirates came away with a sixth-place finish last weekend at the 49th Annual Tournament of Champions basketball tournament.
The annual 3-day event took place last Thursday-Saturday at the historic Mabee Center on the campus of Oral Roberts University.
After suffering a 60-44 loss to Class 6A No. 4 Norman North in opening round action last Thursday, the Lady Pirates evened their tournament record to 1-1 last Friday morning with a 79-67 victory over Class B’s second-ranked Red Oak in the consolation semifinals.
The Preston ladies (ranked second in Class 2A) finished up their 3-game participation at the tournament on Saturday afternoon, suffering a 67-55 setback to Class 4A No. 2 Weatherford in the consolation title game.
One of the highlights at the 3-day event for the Preston squad was the offensive performance by a pair of underclassmen.
In Thursday’s first round loss to Norman North, freshman Kiki Shields scored a career-best 25 points in the 16-point setback, while, in Friday’s loser’s bracket win over Red Oak, sophomore standout Chelsea Dungee put up 33 points in helping the Lady Piratest to the 12-point victory. Dungee’s 33-point performance against Red Oak tied the sophomore for fourth overall in single-game scoring at the tournament with Putnam West’s Danielle Gant in 2003 and Vinita’s Caitlyn Spurgeon in 2010.
With her 25-point performance on Thursday, Shields joined a long list of players to score a quarter of a century of points in single game - a list that includes standouts Jennifer Jupin of Washington and Angel Goodrich of Tahlequah Sequoyah.
On Friday, Shields would put up 19 points against Red Oak, then follow up with a 15-point outing against Weatherford to give the 6-foot freshman a 3-game total of 59 points, which tied Shields with Bethel’s Menda Johnson and Wagoner’s Sherri Lang for 15th overall on the tournament list.
Dungee would finish a 3-game total of 69 points to put the sophomore in a tie for sixth with Pawnee’s Britney Morgan and one behind Cushing’s Che’Ron Lewis.
In Friday’s consolation semifinal game against Red Oak, the Lady Pirates came out of the first period with a 19-10 advantage. Red Oak would take the high-scoring second stanza by a 22-18 margin to send the teams into the halftime break with Preston in front by five, 37-32.
The Preston ladies would push their lead to double digits at the end of the third quarter after outscoring the Lady Eagles 25-17 in the frame. The 8-point advantage in the third would send the Lady Pirates into the final eight minutes of regulation with the Preston squad in control by 13 points, 62-49.
The Lady Pirates began the final quarter with a 6-0 run to record their largest lead of the contest - 19 points - 68-49.
Red Oak would close the gap to 10 points with a 9-0 run, 68-58. The Lady Eagles would never get any closer, as Preston would outscore Red Oak 11-9 the rest of the way to walk away with the 79-67 victory.
Besides Dungee’s game-high 33 points and Shields’ 19-point performance, the rest of the Preston scoring included Danielle Hawkins with nine, Madisyn McFalls and Jordan Ivey five each, and Alison Raley and Moo Moo Shields four apiece.
Baylee Evans and Brittany Ward were tops for Red Oak with 21 and 19, respectively.
In Saturday’s consolation finals against Weatherford, the Lady Eagles trailed 21-15 after one quarter and 35-25 at halftime. Weatherford took the third period 19-16 for a 54-41 advantage.
The Lady Pirates closed the gap to eight, 61-53, with 2:51 remaining in regulation, but were unable to get any closer, as Weatherford finished the contest with a 6-2 run to hand the Preston ladies the 67-55 setback.
Dungee led Preston with 19, followed by Kiki Shields with 15. Hawkins was next with nine, followed by Audrey Fonteno with eight (all in the first period). Jordan Ivey rounded out the Lady Pirate scoring with four points.
Chandler Roof finished with a game-high 26 points for Weatherford.
 
Dungee still has two years to improve before she gets to OU and she's very good right now.
 
The Prairie School girls basketball team came alive offensively in the second half en route to a 64-22 victory over Martin Luther in a Metro Classic Conference game Friday at Greendale.

Gabbi Ortiz set the tone with a 3-pointer off a set play to open the second half and Prairie went on to outscore Martin Luther 25-8 in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Prairie (12-0, 6-0 MCC) outscored Martin Luther (4-6, 1-5) 16-3.

“We didn’t shoot well in the first half, but in the third and fourth quarters, we were unstoppable,” Prairie coach Melody Owsley said.

Kate Andreucci led Prairie, ranked No. 1 among Division 4 teams in this week’s Associated Press state poll. with 19 points, seven rebounds and five steals. Ortiz had 15 points, six assists and four steals.

Other standouts included Megan Wolf (five points, three steals and three assists) and Sammie Woodward, (three 3-pointers, 13 points).

Prairie had 17 assists and just five turnovers.
 
American Heritage-Plantation guard Krystal Moncrief snared a rebound. Or at least she thought she had.

The second she got the ball, Moncrief had it taken from her by Grandview Prep center Vionese Pierre-Louis. Pierre-Louis eliminated any second-chance opportunities in her team’s 55-43 win on Friday in the Palm Beach Lakes Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Classic.

“Coach said we weren’t rebounding as a team,” said Pierre-Louis, an Oklahoma signee who finished with 22 points, 15 rebounds and five blocks. “So I had to be the one to rebound for us.”

Grandview (14-2) only surrendered 14 second-half points forcing Heritage (14-7) into a few stretches where it didn’t score for minutes at a time.

Pierre-Louis’ nine rebounds in the second half took away Heritage’s shot at getting second-chance points. Heritage also struggled, at times, with getting the ball down the court.

Limited post opportunities and inconsistent ball movement didn’t help Heritage. And Grandview opening the third quarter on a 13-3 run made life even more challenging.

“Our third quarter put a damper in things,” said Heritage coach Natasha Kossenko. “We had a hard time putting the ball in the hoop. You have to give credit to [Pierre-Louis] and they had a good two-man game going.”

The other “man” in this case would be point guard Neydja Petithomme. Petithomme, who finished with 10 points and eight assists, picked Heritage apart.

She had a few moments where she used an outlet pass near half court to find an open shooter waiting in the corner. Petithomme found Jillian Duncan, who drilled a 3-pointer during the third to give Grandview a 43-34 lead.

Petithomme, at 5-feet-8, used her size and quickness to blanket whoever had the ball for Heritage.

It led to turnovers which turned into easy baskets. Petithomme, following a Heritage turnover, sized up her defender. She then sliced to the lane and dumped a pass off to an open Pierre-Louis who scored an easy lay-up for a 47-38 lead with 5:12 left in the fourth.

Grandview coach Gary Downing said scoring was never a problem. He just wanted his girls to be better on defense.

“We take pride in stopping people and we try to throw, to throw different looks at them,” Downing said. “So when you have a player like Pierre-Louis in the middle and a guard like Petithomme putting pressure at the top … it makes it easier for us to do some great things on the defensive end.
 
Soonercuda said:
American Heritage-Plantation guard Krystal Moncrief snared a rebound. Or at least she thought she had.

The second she got the ball, Moncrief had it taken from her by Grandview Prep center Vionese Pierre-Louis. Pierre-Louis eliminated any second-chance opportunities in her team’s 55-43 win on Friday in the Palm Beach Lakes Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Classic.

“Coach said we weren’t rebounding as a team,” said Pierre-Louis, an Oklahoma signee who finished with 22 points, 15 rebounds and five blocks. “So I had to be the one to rebound for us.”

Grandview (14-2) only surrendered 14 second-half points forcing Heritage (14-7) into a few stretches where it didn’t score for minutes at a time.

Pierre-Louis’ nine rebounds in the second half took away Heritage’s shot at getting second-chance points. Heritage also struggled, at times, with getting the ball down the court.

Limited post opportunities and inconsistent ball movement didn’t help Heritage. And Grandview opening the third quarter on a 13-3 run made life even more challenging.

“Our third quarter put a damper in things,” said Heritage coach Natasha Kossenko. “We had a hard time putting the ball in the hoop. You have to give credit to [Pierre-Louis] and they had a good two-man game going.”

The other “man” in this case would be point guard Neydja Petithomme. Petithomme, who finished with 10 points and eight assists, picked Heritage apart.

She had a few moments where she used an outlet pass near half court to find an open shooter waiting in the corner. Petithomme found Jillian Duncan, who drilled a 3-pointer during the third to give Grandview a 43-34 lead.

Petithomme, at 5-feet-8, used her size and quickness to blanket whoever had the ball for Heritage.

It led to turnovers which turned into easy baskets. Petithomme, following a Heritage turnover, sized up her defender. She then sliced to the lane and dumped a pass off to an open Pierre-Louis who scored an easy lay-up for a 47-38 lead with 5:12 left in the fourth.

Grandview coach Gary Downing said scoring was never a problem. He just wanted his girls to be better on defense.

“We take pride in stopping people and we try to throw, to throw different looks at them,” Downing said. “So when you have a player like Pierre-Louis in the middle and a guard like Petithomme putting pressure at the top … it makes it easier for us to do some great things on the defensive end.
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Good info! I just hope she can bring that kind of dominance to D-1 that she displays in high school.
 
Last night Gabby Ortiz scored 15 points as her school beat Martin Luther 64-22. Gabby's cousin, Sammie Woodward scored 13 points. I doubt either girl played a great deal because of the lop-sided score.
 
I wish Ortiz and Pierre Louis were in Norman already.
Looks like both will be starters next year.
 
Over the weekend Grandview Prep played a game:

GRANDVIEW 37, TREASURE COAST 33

GP (15-2): Burgess 3-0-6, Isaac 2-1-5, Pierre-Louis 3-10-16, Petithomme 2-2-7, Duncan 1-0-3.

TC: Jean 2-0-4, Fagner 5-0-12, Julien 1-4-6, Wuen 1-1-3, Romano 4-0-8.

3-pointers: Duncan, Petithomme, Fagner 2. Rebounds: Pierre-Louise 13. Half: GP 15-13.
 
Another win for Gabbi Ortiz and her Prairie team:

Sammie Woodward played the spoiler’s role Thursday night.

While the St. Catherine’s High School girls basketball team focused primarily on Prairie senior standout guard Gabbi Ortiz, Woodward did some unexpected damage for the Lady Hawks.

Woodward, a sophomore guard, scored 21 points in helping Prairie defeat St. Catherine’s 63-49 in a Metro Classic Conference game in the John F. McGuire Gymnasium at St. Catherine’s.

“Sammie shot the ball as well as I’ve ever seen her shoot it,’’ St. Catherine’s coach Sean Brady said. “We were concerned about Gabbi, but Sammie really hurt us with her shooting.’’

Woodward made 7 of 12 shots from the field and went 6 of 8 from beyond the arc.

Woodward was responsible for the Lady Hawks’ fast start. She had 12 points in the first quarter — nine on 3-pointers — as the Lady Hawks (13-0, 7-0 MCC) moved to a 16-12 lead after the first quarter.

Ortiz then took over in the second quarter, scoring 13 of the Lady Hawks’ 18 points in the period. Ortiz finished with a game-high 26 points.

“We had a couple of good tips and deflections and finished in transition,’’ Prairie coach Melody Owsley said of the Hawks’ second-period surge.

The Lady Hawks, the top-ranked Division 4 team in the Associated Press state poll, led 34-21 at halftime and widened their advantage to 50-33 going into the final period.

Junior forward Chenedy Wiles paced St. Catherine’s (8-4, 4-3) with 14 points. Angels senior guard Sabrina Stulo contributed 11 points.

“They’re good; we knew that going in,’’ Brady said of Prairie. “They seem to be getting better and better each game.

“But I was proud of my team. They played harder and with more passion than they have in a couple of weeks.’’
 
Northeast senior LaNesia Williams scored 30 points as the Vikings beat Star Spencer 55-40, giving the Oklahoma signee 1,108 points since her sophomore season.
 
It took a little while for The Prairie School girls basketball team to get untracked Saturday night. But once they did, the Lady Hawks played like a top-ranked team in the state, which they are.

Behind 23 points, nine rebounds, five assists and four steals from All-State guard Gabbi Ortiz, the Lady Hawks defeated Racine Lutheran 62-43 in a Metro Classic Conference game at Prairie’s Johnson Athletic Center.

Leading 20-19 with four minutes left in the second quarter, Prairie (14-0, 8-0 MCC) went on a 28-6 run that lasted through the third quarter.

“We picked it up defensively,” Prairie coach Melody Owsley said. “We did a better job of getting into the passing lanes and we got quite a few layups.”

Lutheran (7-6, 2-6 MCC) had only one player who scored in double figures — Rachel Hasko had 15 points — and was outrebounded 35-22. But Owsley saw a team on an upswing.

“They’re a much improved team and I’ve seen the progress over the last few years,” Owsley said. “I feel their guard play has really gottem better over the last few years.”

Also leading Prairie were Sammie Woodward with 15 points, three assists and three steals and Megan Wolf with six points, three assists and two steals.
 
GRANDVIEW PREP 52, PB GARDENS 25

PBG (10-12): Nicholson 2-0-4, Franklin 1-1-4, Frazier 1-0-2, E. Hart 1-0-2, Woodie 1-0-2, O'Brien 0-1-1, D. Hart 1-0-2, Johnson 2-0-4, Fairweather 1-0-2.

GP (16-3): Burgess 5-0-10, Isaacs 4-3-11, Pierre-Louis 2-5-9, Duncan 1-0-2, Petithomme 6-3-17.

3-pointers: Randall, Petithomme 2, Franklin. Rebounds: Pierre-Louis 12, Petithomme 9. Half: GP 23-9.
 
From a new poster:

Hi:

I can't post on the thread but just wanted to share some Gileysa's Stats and Info:

"The 2014 McDonalds All American Nominee list was released on Tuesday and Central Florida has 18 basketball players nominated: …Gileysa Penzo, Montverde Academy"
http://www.mynews13.com/content/new...icles/bhsn/2014/1/9/hoops_18_central_flo.html

"Montverde’s Gileysa Penzo and Ndeye Ndourl scored 19 points apiece and combined for 19 rebounds. Gileysa was a burglar on a justice with 8 steals."
http://www.monewsfeed.com/st-joseph...rdes-defense-proves-too-much-for-st-louis-mo/

"Montverde Academy (Florida) dropped their opening two games but it wasn’t due to the performance of Oklahoma signee Gileysa Penzo. The 5-10 guard played with a maturity and confidence that says she’s more than ready for the next level. Her size on the perimeter goes hand in hand with sharp skills to allow her to make plays within sets or off the break. She slashes effectively with a long first step and can call upon a soft pull up or a reliable floater. Penzo gets out and runs the floor looking to create options whether she’s handling the ball or just filling the lanes. Even in the halfcourt she’s an active cutter and a challenge to any defender. The versatility is there to play almost every spot on the perimeter offensively and even, to a degree, defensively. Well suited for both the college game and Sherri Coale’s style."
http://www.bluestarmedia.org/index.php/component/k2/item/657-15th-annual-naples-holiday-shootout

"Gileysa Penzo led Montverde Academy with 24 points, 10 rebounds, and six steals."
http://www.angelfire.com/ky/prephoops/blog/index.blog?start=1388811359



It is funny that someone made a comment about Gileysa’s sister being faster, since the person included the link to Gileysa’s Senior Speech. I think the comment was made out of context. Gileysa dedicated her speech to her sisters, and she explained how they are her inspiration. When she talked about Fabiola (the Track and Field athlete) being much faster, she was trying to extol the virtues of her sisters.

The person must've explained the comment and recognize that instead of calling attention to her, she honor her sisters. This is something that does not happen often, since we have enough athletes trying to be gods and not recognizing the people who support them.

Excuse my English, but as you may notice I am a Spanish speaker.
 
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