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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.
 
An interview with Gabbi and two of her teammates:

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With Grandview Prep being in 2A they sometimes play completely overmatched opponents:

GRANDVIEW PREP 61, SOMERSET 8

S (2-9): Harris 2-0-5, Speid 0-1-1, Franius 1-0-2.

GP (17-2): Burgess 7-0-14, Issac 4-2-10, Hart 2-0-4, Randall 1-0-2, Conrad 1-0-2, Pierre-Louis 5-0-10, Duncan 5-1-11, Petithomme 3-0-6, Eikeland 1-0-2.

3-pointers: Harris. Rebounds: Pierre-Louis 12. Half: GP 45-2.
 
Grandview has at least two D-1 players so I'm sure they overpower most of the teams they play.
 
Kate Andreucci and Gabbi Ortiz combined for 37 points as The Prairie School girls basketball team won 51-32 over Whitefish Bay Dominican Friday in a Metro Classic Conference game at Prairie.

Ortiz, Racine County’s leading scorer, led the Lady Hawks (15-0, 9-0 MCC) with 24 points, with three 3-pointers. She added five assists and five steals.

Andreucci contributed 13 points, nine in the fourth quarter. She also had four blocks and three rebounds.

After a close first quarter, the Lady Hawks outscored Dominican (7-7, 5-4) 15-2 in the second quarter to take a 22-13 halftime lead.

“Dominican gets you to play their style — we knew they were going to be patient — but once we got the lead, they had to speed up because of our defensive pressure.” Prairie coach Melody Owsley said.

Guard Megan Wolf and Rachel Kammerzelt guarded Dominican forward Allazia Blockton, who averaged 24.8 points going into Friday’s game. While Blockton scored 24 points, Prairie was able to step into passing lanes and create pressure, Owsley said.

“Almost every game, Megan is our stopper; she will usually guard their best player,” Owsley said. “Without her we struggle defensively. I’m proud of her defensive efforts each night.”
 
GRANDVIEW 74, ZION LUTHERAN 67

GP (18-2): Burgess 2-2-6, Isaac 4-2-10, Randle 1-0-2, Conrad 2-0-5, Pierre-Louis 9-4-22, Duncan 4-0-8, Petithomme 8-3-21.

ZL (22-4): Lett 4-2-10, B. Battle 5-8-22, T. Battle 1-0-3, K. Battle 7-15-32.

3-pointers: B. Battle 4, K. Battle 3, T. Battle, Petithomme 2, Duncan, Conrad. Rebounds: Pierre-Louis 10. Half: ZL 33-30.
 
Everyone on The Prairie School girls basketball’s roster scored and the Lady Hawks defeated Catholic Central 66-10 Tuesday night in a Metro Classic Conference game at Burlington.

Prairie coach Melody Owsley subbed freely and none of her starters played more than a half in what was a mismatch. Prairie (16-0, 10-0 MCC) is ranked No. 1 among Division 4 teams in this week’s Associated Press state poll. Catholic Central is 0-16 and 0-10 in the MCC.

“Our goal was to win with a touch of class and give everybody a chance to score,” Owsley said.

Gabbi Ortiz led Prairie with 22 points while Taylor Goelz added 10 points and Sammie Woodward had nine points and seven rebounds.

Abbey Robers led Catholic Central with seven points.
 
Here is the game story on Gabbi's buzzer winning shot:

Gabbi Ortiz seized the moment.

With The Prairie School and Kenosha St. Joseph high school girls basketball teams tied 35-35 and the game clock winding down Thursday night, Ortiz made a clutch 19-foot jumper with one second remaining to give Prairie a 38-35 victory over St. Joseph in a Metro Classic Conference game at Kenosha.

“Gabbi is the person that you want to have the ball at the end of the game,” Prairie coach Melody Owsley said Ortiz, the Hawks’ senior standout guard. “She’s made big shots before and she did it again. It was a tough shot.”

Ortiz’s dramatic shot enabled the Hawks, ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press Division 4 state poll, to improve to 11-0 in the MCC and 17-0 overall.

The game was close from start to finish. St. Joseph (15-2, 10-2) led 10-9 after the first quarter before Prairie moved to a 23-19 lead at halftime.

The Hawks led 29-25 heading into the fourth quarter and seemed in good shape with a 33-29 lead with five minutes remaining.

But St. Joseph’s Sidney Cooks made a jumper and teammate Jalah Harris added two free throws to tie the game with 3:37 remaining.

After St. Joseph’s Niara Collins missed the front end of a one-and-one, Prairie guard Sammie Woodward got fouled while driving the baseline. Woodward, who finished with 10 points, converted on both free-throw attempts to put the Hawks ahead 35-33 with 37 seconds left.

St. Joseph tied the game again, thanks to Kate Clark’s layup with nine seconds left.

The Hawks then inbounded the ball to Ortiz, who drove up the court before getting a nice screen from Kate Andruecci just beyond the 3-point line.

Ortiz swished the shot in front of the Prairie bench, giving her 12 points for the game.

“Give them (the Knights) credit,” Owsley said of the Knights, who lost 59-29 to Prairie Jan. 3 at Prairie. “They defended us well.

“But we grinded it out and found a way to get a W.”
 
Sammie Woodward scored 18 points, including five 3-pointers, to lead a balanced Prairie attack Tuesday in a 73-38 Metro Classic Conference victory over Milwaukee Saint Thomas More at Prairie.

Woodward made a pair of 3-pointers in the first quarter, part of a 21-6 Prairie run to begin the game. The Lady Hawks (18-0, 12-0 MCC), ranked No. 1 in Division 4 in the Associated Press state poll, led Thomsa More (8-10, 2-10) 40-24 at halftime.

“Sammie was lights out,” Prairie coach Melody Owsley said of Woodward, who went 5 for 6 from 3-point range and 6 for 11 from the field. “We had a nice, balanced offense and we passed the ball well.”

Kate Andreucci (7 for 11 from the field) had 17 points and All-State guard Gabbi Ortiz added 15 points, even though both sat out the fourth quarter. Megan Wolf matched her season high with 10 points, giving the Lady Hawks four players in double figures.

Defensively, Wolf and Sarah Johnson held Lady Cavaliers standout forward Alyssa Mane, who was averaging around 20 points a game, to 11 points, eight in the second quarter.
 
Huge game in early round of the state tourney for Vionese:

GRANDVIEW PREP 81, ZION 57

ZL (23-4): B. Battle 7-1-17, T. Battle 3-0-8, K. Battle 11-7-32.

GVP (21-2): Burgess 5-2-12, Isaac 3-0-6, Randle 1-0-2, Pierre-Louis 15-10-40, Duncan 4-1-10, Petithomme 3-4-11.

3-pointers: K. Battle 3, B. Battle 2, T. Battle 2, Duncan, Petitihomme. Rebounds: Pierre-Louis 16. Half: GVP 47-26.
 
It's interesting that she doesn't love basketball. I hope she will be a great center for us.
 
BOCA RATON — Grandview Prep girls basketball coach Gary Downing knew his team would score points. The question was how many points would his team limit the Hebrew Academy to Friday afternoon.

Grandview Prep ended up scoring a lot. The Hebrew Academy did not.

The Pride (21-2) coasted to a 58-26 victory over the Warriors (15-4) in the Class 2A regional finals to advance to state semifinals for the third consecutive season.

Grandview Prep opened the game with a 7-0 run and ended the first quarter on a 19-0 run for a 26-2 lead. The Pride led 40-9 at halftime thanks to a combination of layups, steals, and great overall defense that kept the Hebrew Academy's offense on the perimeter for most of the game.

"All year defense has been our staple," Downing said. "We've been fortunate enough to say 'hey we're talented enough on the offensive end and we're going to score points' but our girls really buy into the defensive end and stopping people and trying to do it in different ways and that was our approach going into this game."

Center Vionise Pierre-Louis (15 points), wing Danielle Randle (13 points), and guard Nadiah Isaac (12 points) all scored in double figures for the Pride. Pierre-Louis scored all 15 of her points in the first half and was an unstoppable force in the middle for Grandview Prep, propelling the Pride to its enormous first half lead along with guard Neydja Petithomme, who scored nine points in the half.

"Our daily approach is are we getting better today and I think that we have," Downing said. "At the same time I keep saying that we still got much more basketball ahead of us and we still have an opportunity to get better and the girls are buying into it so I'm excited about seeing what we are going to do."

Grandview Prep could possibly play FAMU next in the state semifinals, which ended the Pride's season a year ago. The state semifinals will take place next Tuesday in Lakeland.
 
The top-ranked Prairie School girls basketball team found itself in an unfamiliar position Friday night.

The Lady Hawks allowed a 12-point halftime lead to slip away and trailed Shoreland Lutheran midway through the fourth quarter, but Sammie Woodward’s jumper got Prairie on track en route to a 41-32 Metro Classic Conference victory Friday night in Somers.

“From the third quarter until down the stretch, Shoreland was (hitting everything) and we weren’t,” Prairie coach Melody Owsley said.

But when Prairie (19-0, 13-0 MCC), the top-ranked team in Division 4 in the Associated Press state poll, needed a lift, Woodward was there to provide it. She hit a baseline jumper to give Prairie the lead with 5:45 left.

Prairie’s defense stiffened, not allowing a basket for the remainder of the game while the Lady Hawks’ offense got going. Woodward hit two free throws after an intentional foul and after a defensive stop, Gabbi Ortiz found Kate Andreucci for a basket and a 37-32 lead.

Prairie hit its free throws down the stretch to seal the game.

“I was proud of my kids for fighting hard to regain their composure and the lead,” Owsley said.

Woodward led the Lady Hawks with 14 points. Ortiz, despite hitting just one field goal, scored 12 points, Andreucci had 10 points and Megan Wolf had eight rebounds.

Ellie Harmeyer had 20 points to lead Shoreland (12-6, 9-5).
 
Lakeland—

Much like it had all game, the ball came toward Neydja Petithomme when it mattered most.

Tallahassee Florida A&M High’s La’Karis Salter tried rolling the ball down court with 2.3 seconds left hoping her team could get one last shot. Petithomme snuffed out the play forcing another turnover sending Grandview Prep to the Class 2A title game with a 41-39 win over FAMU Tuesday in the girls state basketball semifinals at The Lakeland Center.

“It was a lot of hard work because we have been working for this one moment,” said Petithomme, who scored 10 points and four assists. “All the teams we’ve played in the past was to prepare for this one game.”

Grandview Prep (21-2) advances to its first state title game Thursday when it will face Sarasota Christian. The past two years the Pride lost in the state semifinals.

Petithomme’s frantic final two minutes sealed Grandview’s comeback from what was a 12-point deficit at one point. It also ended FAMU’s (24-6) reign as the two-time defending state champions.

Facing a triple team, Petithomme dropped a pass off to Nadiah Issac, who scored an uncontested lay-up for a 40-39 lead with 1:44 left.

A FAMU offensive foul gave Grandview possession with 48 seconds left. Petithomme patiently dribbled at half court until she was fouled with around 12 seconds remaining.

She missed a free throw and FAMU’s Jazmin Jones, who scored a game-high 15 points, went end-to-end only to have her lay-up hit the rim.

Grandview got the ball back with Petithomme drawing another foul and hitting one-of-two free throws with 2.3 seconds left for FAMU to inbound.

“It was supposed to be a long pass and they played it pretty well,” said Salter, a Mississippi State signee. “I saw a teammate and rolled the ball ... she ran from it. We should have called timeout.”

Grandview coach Gary Downing said what made the difference was changing his defense personnel.

Downing found what he considered to be better match-ups. It worked with FAMU, ranked No. 1 in the Florida Association of Basketball Coaches Source Hoops poll, scoring 12 points in the half, including five in the fourth and Grandview forcing 21 turnovers.

“We put better defenders on what we felt were their weaker ballhandlers,” he said. “I felt Neydja did a good job ... forcing a couple turnovers.”

Grandview’s Auburn-bound guard along with Oklahoma signee and center, Vionise Pierre-Louis, were admittedly the focal point of FAMU’s attention, said coach Ahmad Aliyy.

Aliyy was gracious in defeat saying Grandview, ranked No. 2 in the FABC poll, played well.

Though he did have one complaint about the game.

“If you’re the Florida High School Athletic Association, you have the No. 1 and 2 play in the finals,” he said. “But that’s just the way the deck was shuffled.”

GRANDVIEW PREP 41, FAMU 39
FAMU (24-6): McNealy 3-0-8. Garner 2-0-4, Leon 1-0-2, Jones 6-3-15, Salter 4-1-10..
GP (21-2): Burgess 2-0-5, Isaac 5-0-10, Randle 1-0-2, Pierre-Louis 5-4-14, Petithomme 4-2-10.
3-pointers: Burgess, MkcNealy 2, Salter. Rebounds: Pierre-Louis 11; Jones 11. Half: FAMU 27-18.
 
Chelsea Dungee named Tulsa world POW.

The 5-foot-10 sophomore had 36 points and 17 rebounds in Friday's win over Kiefer. Totaled 64 points, 27 rebounds, 10 assists and nine steals in two games. Lifted her scoring average to 27.7. Scored 30 or more in a game for the ninth time this season.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsext...cle_03c593fe-2d9f-5ba7-91e2-716ba8ebea90.html

I have high hopes for Chelsea, the way things look now, she could be the next great player at OU.
 
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