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February 12, 2009

Girls Round Two Recap

Trinity and Oak Forest reach semi-finals
By Darron Thomas
In girls action last night the Trinity Lady Saints advanced to the semi-finals of the AA South State Tournament with a convincing 74-41 win over the Columbia Lady Cougars. Trinity got out early on Columbia building a 15-4 lead with 1:40 left in the opening quarter. A Caroline Ketchings 12 footer with 51 seconds left in the quarter and a Lesley Pomeroy basket 26 seconds later pushed the Trinity lead to 19-4 after the first quarter.


Columbia’s Adrian Johnson would open the second quarter with a bucket trimming the deficit to 19-6, but at the 4:42 mark of the quarter a Madelyn Cross offensive rebound and basket would push Trinity’s lead to 26-8. An Olivia Ryals jumper brought Columbia to within thirteen at 32-19 with 54 seconds remaining in the half. Trinity would finish the half outscoring Columbia 6-2 to take a 38-21 lead into halftime.
A Caroline Ketchings basket plus one extended Trinity’s lead to 50-29 with just over three minutes left in the third quarter and a Sidney McLeod bucket to end the quarter gave the Lady Saints a 61-34 advantage after three quarters of play. (Below) Trinity's Bethany Ogden scores a basket

Trinity went on to finish the final quarter outscoring the Lady Cougars 13-7 en route to the 74-41 win.

Trinity senior Caroline Ketchings led the Lady Saints with a game high 26 points, sophomore Madelyn Cross added 17, and freshman Bethany Ogden had 12 points.
Junior Olivia Ryals led Columbia with 15 points and Lauren Williamson added 6 on the night.

Next up for Trinity is a 1:00pm Friday match up with Oak Forest.


In the other girls game last night Oak Forest punched their ticket to the semi-finals with a 58-33 win over Simpson. Oak Forest got through a sluggish first half to take a slim 23-19 lead into the locker room.

A Brittany Smith jumper plus one got the Lady Cougars to within five at 27-22 with just over five minutes left in the third quarter. Oak Forest would then outscore Simpson 18-3 to finish out the third quarter. An Ashlyn Neal bucket and two Lindsey Oliver 3-pointers helped spark the Oak Forest run.

The Lady Jackets 25 point victory earns them a date with Trinity on Friday.

Oak Forest was led by Lauren Brumfield with 17 points, Ashlyn Neal added 14, and Lindsey Oliver had 9.

Christa Smith led Simpson with 15 points, and Brittany Smith and Kasey Williams each had 5 on the night. (Below) Lauren Brumfield of Oak Forest with two of her 17 points