KEYSTONE OAKS 60 OLSH 57
THE CHARGERS (7-2) WERE ON THE ROAD AT KEYSTONE OAKS (8-1) ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
THE GAME OPENED WITH BOTH TEAMS PLAYING GREAT DEFENSE. THE CHARGERS HELD THE EAGLES TO ONLY 9 POINTS BUT
MANAGED ONLY 7 POINTS ON OFFENSE. EMILY GALLAGHER HIT A TREY, GIANNA MARINO AND CLAUDIA IERULLO EACH HAD A BUCKET FOR OLSH.
THE QUARTER ENDED WITH THE EAGLES ON TOP 9-7.
FIVE PLAYERS SCORED FOR OLSH IN THE 2ND QUARTER. CLAUDIA IERULLO HAD 6 POINTS, LOLA GARNER 2 POINTS, ANNABETH GRAYSON 2 POINTS,
MCKINLEY WALSH 2 POINTS AND MORGAN O'BRIEN ADDED 2 POINTS TO ROUND OUT THE SCORING. THE EAGLES ALSO SCORED 16 POINTS IN THE FRAME
AND HELD A 2 POINT LEAD AT THE INTERMISSION. 25-23.
THE CHARGERS HAD AN OFFENSIVE BREAKOUT IN THE 3RD QUARTER AND POURED IN 19 POINTS. OLSH GAINED THE LEAD 42 TO 40 WITH EIGHT SECONDS
LEFT IN THE FRAME BUT THE EAGLES HAD A 35 FOOT BUZZER BEATER TO HOLD ONTO THE LEAD 43-42 WHEN THE QUARTER ENDED.
CLAUDIA IERULLO HAD 9 POINTS, MORGAN O'BRIEN HAD 6 AND MCKINLEY WALSH AND GIANNA MARINO EACH HAD A BASKET TO ROUND OUT THE SCORING.
IN A SEESAW FOURTH QUARTER, THE EAGLES CONNECTED ON ALL 9 FREE THROWS AND OUTSCORED THE CHARGERS 17 TO 15. FOR THE GAME, THE
EAGLES WERE 19 FOR 25 FROM THE CHARITY STRIPE COMPARED TO THE CHARGERS WHO WERE 3 FOR 4 FROM THE FOUL LINE. OLSH SCORING WAS LED BY GIANNA MARINO WITH 6 POINTS, CLAUDIA IERULLO HAD 5 AND MCKINLEY WALSH WHO ADDED 4 POINTS.
THE CHARGERS ARE 7-3 OVERALL AND 0-1 IN SECTION PLAY.
GAME STATS:
SCORING: CLAUDIA IERULLO 22, MCKINLEY WALSH 10, GIANNA MARINO 10, MORGAN O'BRIEN 8, LOLA GARNER 2, ANNABETH GRAYSON 2
REBOUNDS: MCKINLEY WALSH 13, CLAUDIA IERULLO 9, MORGAN O'BRIEN 6, GIANNA MARINO 3, SARA DAESCHNER 3
ASSISTS: MORGAN O'BRIEN 3, MCKINLEY WALSH 3, CLAUDIA IERULLO 2, LIBBY GALLICK 1, SARA DAESCHNER 1
STEALS: MCKINLEY WALSH 4, SARA DAESCHNER 3, CLAUDIA IERULLO 3