OLSH  46    ELLWOOD CITY 41

THE OLSH CHARGERS STARTED THEIR PLAYOFF RUN AT AVONWORTH AGAINST THE ELLWOOD CITY WOLVERINES.

THE CHARGERS JUMPED ON THE WOLVERINES IN THE FIRST QUARTER OUTSCORING ELLWOOD CITY 17-8 MORGAN O'BRIEN HAD 9 POINTS AND CLAUDIA IERULLO ADDED 6 POINTS. MCKINLEY WALSH CHIPPED IN A BUCKET TO ROUND OUT THE SCORING.

WITH MORGAN O'BRIEN ON THE BENCH, THE CHARGERS GOT A TREY FROM SARA DAESCHNER AND BUCKETS BY MCKINLEY WALSH, LEAH PARKER, AND CLAUDIA IERULLO.  THE CHARGERS LED AT THE INTERMISSION 26 TO 18.

CAMRYN HUMMEL HIT A MUCH NEEDED 3 POINTER LATE IN THE QUARTER TO KEEP THE CHARGERS ON TOP 35-30 WHEN THE BUZZER SOUNDED. LOLA GARNER HAD 2 BASKETS AND CLAUDIA IERULLO ADDED A DRIVING LAYUP. BOTH MORGAN O'BRIEN AND GIANNA MARINO  SAT OUT MUCH OF THE 3RD QUARTER  IN FOUL TROUBLE.

THE WOLVERINES CLOSED THE 5 POINT DEFICIT EARLY IN THE 4TH QUARTER AND WITH FOUR MINUTES LEFT, THE WOLVERINES TOOK THE LEAD. THE CHARGERS WERE DOWN BY 3 POINTS WITH 3:30 LEFT WHEN CLAUDIA IERULLO AND LOLA GARNER CONVERTED HOOPS FOR OLSH TO REGAIN THE LEAD. ELLWOOD CITY ADDED A POINT TO TIE THE GAME. ON THE NEXT POSITION, MORGAN O'BRIEN  FOUND HERSELF OPEN FOR A LONG TREY AND CONNECTED ON IT. OLSH HAD THE LEAD FOR GOOD! THE CHARGERS FINISHED THE GAME WITH GIANNA MARINO GETTING A BUCKET FROM MCKINLEY WALSH'S ASSIST AND  MORGAN O'BRIEN WENT 2 FOR 2 FROM THE CHARITY STRIPE.
THE GAME ENDED WITH A 5 POINT VICTORY FOR THE CHARGERS.

THE CHARGERS ARE 16-7 OVERALL AND ADVANCE TO THE AAA QUARTER FINALS.
THE GAME WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY AGAINST SHADY SIDE ACADEMY AT A PLACE & TIME TBA.

GAME LEADERS:
SCORING: MORGAN O'BRIEN 14,  CLAUDIA IERULLO 12, LOLA GARNER 6
REBOUNDS: MORGAN O'BRIEN 6, CLAUDIA IERULLO 4,  GIANNA MARINO 3
STEALS: CLAUDIA IERULLO 2