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Chelsea cannot get her fast enough for me. She has the potential to be a great guard at OU for 4 years.
 
I hope she is helping OU with some of these 2016 players. She seems to be a player that puts in work to get better.
 
The Prairie School girls basketball team had a bit of a letdown in the second quarter Thursday, but showed why it is still undefeated.

The Lady Hawks were outscored 17-10 by Greendale Martin Luther in the second quarter and led by just five points at halftime, but Prairie broke away in the second half for a 60-47 victory over the Spartans in a Metro Classic Conference game at Prairie.

Prairie (20-0, 14-0 MCC), ranked No. 1 in Division 4 in the Associated Press state poll, led 18-6 at the end of the first quarter, but got complacent on both ends of the floor and allowed an 8-0 run by Martin Luther (8-11, 4-10) in the second quarter.

“I thought across the board at the beginning of the second quarter, we lost some intensity,” Prairie coach Melody Owsley said. “It wasn’t the same team I saw in the first quarter.

“I thought Martin Luther was very patient and they had a nice inside-out game.”

Prairie got its act together in the second half, led by Megan Wolf.

“Megan gave us great energy,” Owsley said. “She had some key baskets in fourth quarter.”

Gabbi Ortiz scored 15 of her game-high 20 points in the second half and Sammie Woodward had nine points in the third quarter. Kate Andreucci sparked the first-quarter run with 10 points and finished with 16, and Woodward had 12.
 
I hate knee injuries:

Everything changed 16 seconds into the third quarter.

The Grandview Prep girls basketball team lost star center Vionese Pierre-Louis when she landed wrong hurting her right knee. Even without one star, another stepped up.

Point guard Neydja Petithomme scored 20 points, along with eight rebounds, eight steals and five assists, helping Grandview win its first Class 2A state title with a 45-32 win over Sarasota Christian (23-8) on Thursday.

"Losing Vi-Vi is a big deal for us, a major loss for us," said Grandview coach Gary Downing, whose team had lost in the state semifinals the past two years. "But at the same time we've preached about being a team all year."

Losing Pierre-Louis, a 6-foot-4 Oklahoma signee, gave the initial appearance Grandview (25-2) would struggle inside. Downing moved sophomores Nadiah Isaac and Summer Burgess into the post supplementing Pierre-Louis's absence.

The move paid off with Isaac scoring 11 points and nine rebounds while the tireless Burgess scored eight points and 10 rebounds.

Still, the game and state tournament belonged to Petithomme. Petithomme, an Auburn commit, came up big in Grandview's 41-39 semifinal win over Tallahassee FAMU on Tuesday forcing two turnovers, setting up the go-ahead basket and hitting a free throw all in the last two minutes.

Petithomme turned it on by getting to the lane with ease working through double and triple teams to either score or set someone up.

When the final buzzer sounded, all of Grandview's players hugged and celebrated the victory. Pierre-Louis, who had four points, five rebounds and three blocks in eight minutes, was helped to center court by her teammates for the trophy presentation.

Pierre-Louis said she didn't know the extent of her injury.

"I remember looking down," she recalled, "and my knee was in two different directions and then I started screaming from there."
 
I hate knee injuries:

Everything changed 16 seconds into the third quarter.

The Grandview Prep girls basketball team lost star center Vionese Pierre-Louis when she landed wrong hurting her right knee. Even without one star, another stepped up.

Point guard Neydja Petithomme scored 20 points, along with eight rebounds, eight steals and five assists, helping Grandview win its first Class 2A state title with a 45-32 win over Sarasota Christian (23-8) on Thursday.

"Losing Vi-Vi is a big deal for us, a major loss for us," said Grandview coach Gary Downing, whose team had lost in the state semifinals the past two years. "But at the same time we've preached about being a team all year."

Losing Pierre-Louis, a 6-foot-4 Oklahoma signee, gave the initial appearance Grandview (25-2) would struggle inside. Downing moved sophomores Nadiah Isaac and Summer Burgess into the post supplementing Pierre-Louis's absence.

The move paid off with Isaac scoring 11 points and nine rebounds while the tireless Burgess scored eight points and 10 rebounds.

Still, the game and state tournament belonged to Petithomme. Petithomme, an Auburn commit, came up big in Grandview's 41-39 semifinal win over Tallahassee FAMU on Tuesday forcing two turnovers, setting up the go-ahead basket and hitting a free throw all in the last two minutes.

Petithomme turned it on by getting to the lane with ease working through double and triple teams to either score or set someone up.

When the final buzzer sounded, all of Grandview's players hugged and celebrated the victory. Pierre-Louis, who had four points, five rebounds and three blocks in eight minutes, was helped to center court by her teammates for the trophy presentation.

Pierre-Louis said she didn't know the extent of her injury.

"I remember looking down," she recalled, "and my knee was in two different directions and then I started screaming from there."

Sure hope it's not ACL! Glad she got the State Championship though!
 
If someone could figure out how to make a knee brace that would prevent ACLs, I think I know a university that would pay millions.
 
NOOOOOOOOO! Please don't let it be an injury that keeps her out next year. We really need this kid. I hope and pray she is okay to go by summer workouts.
 
Gabbi scored 29 pts today. Not bad but maybe not great until you consider that was in the first half.
 
Gabbi Ortiz truly saved her best for last Saturday.

On Senior Night, The Prairie School senior guard scored a career-high 34 points, including 24 in the second quarter, and the Lady Hawks beat Metro Classic Conference foe St. Catherine’s 62-43 in Prairie’s final home game in the Johnson Athletic Center.

Gabbi was on fire offensively,” Prairie coach Melody Owsley said. “She was 5 for 6 behind the 3-point line and 8 for 10 (from the field) in the quarter. She was in a rhythm I haven’t seen her in in a long time.
“It was exciting to see her level of play — that’s the best I’ve seen Gabbi play since she’s been in a Prairie uniform.”

St. Catherine’s coach Sean Brady was also impressed by Ortiz’s play in the second quarter.

With Gabbi, if you don’t get a hand in her face, that’s an open look for her,” Brady said. “No coach wants to go against a kid like that, but she’s a great kid and it’s been a pleasure to watch her play.”

The Lady Hawks (21-0, 15-0 MCC), ranked No. 1 among Division 4 teams in the Associated Press state poll, played good team defense, Owsley said. Behind Ortiz and the defense, Prairie led 44-18 at halftime.

“Their size was a problem and I thought we defended very well,” Owsley said. “We had a lot of transition baskets in the second quarter.”

Ortiz also had 10 rebounds, four assists and three steals. Senior center Kate Andreucci had 14 points, nine rebounds and two steals.

Owsley praised her seniors and said this is a special group.

“They continue to impress me,” Owsley said. “I’m extremely proud of what the seniors represent on the court and represent as young women.”

Senior guard Sabrina Stulo led the Angels (13-8, 8-7), who had won five of their last seven games, with 14 points, and junior forward Chenedy Wiles had 13 points and eight rebounds.
 
Has there been any updates on the knee injury to Pierre-Louis? Anyone know anything since her injury?
 
Nothing I could find in the South Florida newspaper that covered Grandview Prep.
 
She had an MRI yesterday, and will have the results on Monday. I just called the school.
 
Well, our experience is negative. But, it could be less than what we anticipate. They did wait a week. I guess that is for the swelling to recede.
 
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