Sat. S.J. girls’ roundup: Ocean City advances to final
Ocean City's recipe of stingy defense and Julia Duggan's offense provided the Red Raiders with a berth in the South Jersey Group 3 basketball tournament championship game.
Ocean City's recipe of stingy defense and Julia Duggan's offense provided the Red Raiders with a berth in the South Jersey Group 3 basketball tournament championship game.
Ocean City (22-6), seeded fourth in the sectional competition, limited visiting Woodrow Wilson (17-11) to 20 points through three quarters while sailing to a 55-38 semifinal victory.
The Red Raiders caused 15 turnovers, while Julia Duggan collected 22 points, five boards and three assists, and Emily Duggan notched nine points and eight boards.
For No. 9 seed Wilson, Kamari Talley contributed 12 points, eight rebounds and two steals, and Shanice Maynard chipped in with 10 points and five steals.
Ocean City will host Moorestown in the title game on Monday.
South Jersey Group 1. Haddon Township and Gloucester, the top two seeded teams in the sectional competition, are headed for a championship showdown after each won semifinals.
Haddon Township (27-1), which beat visiting Audubon (17-12) by 23 and 22 points during the regular season, eliminated the Green Wave, 63-41, as four Hawks reached double figures.
Katie Getzinger, a 5-foot-11 senior, grabbed seven rebounds and scored seven of her 13 points in a decisive 19-6 second-quarter run after the first period ended tied, 11-11. Jess Donaldson tossed in 15 points, Kelsey McCullough had 13 and Jess Brown added 11 for Haddon Township.
Gloucester (25-2) advanced via a 70-50 win over visiting Paulsboro (19-7) in which Gabrielle Cooper and Cori Conner controlled the inside play.
Cooper scored 26 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, and Conner chipped in with 25 points and nine boards. Paulsboro's Lavon Childress led all scorers with 27 points.
Central Jersey Group 1. Top-seeded New Egypt has allowed a total of just 50 points in two playoff games, including a 43-24 semifinal win over visiting Keyport.
Emily Bausher paced the Warriors (20-8) with 17 points and Morgan Knigge added 10, putting New Egypt in Monday's title game against Highland Park.
South Jersey Non-Public A. Camden Catholic's season eded with a 66-38 sectional semifinal loss at top-seeded St. John Vianney.
The fifth-seeded Irish (20-7) got 15 points in the game fom Addy Crenny, but trailed the perennial Central Jersey power by 32-12 at halftime and never recovered.
Red Bank Catholic overpowered visiting Holy Spirit, 59-40, in the other semifinal.