2013INEL(G)

Incarnate Word Academy, St. Louis (MO) vs. Elizabethtown (Girls)

Naples Holiday Shootout American Division

John Neumann High School

Naples, FL

December 30, 2013

Incarnate Word Academy coach Dan Rolfes started the following lineup: 6-1 Jr. Napheesa Collier, 6-0 Sr. Gwen Adams, 6-3 Sr. McKenna Treece, 5-7 So. Katie Lacefield, and 5-5 Sr. Nakiah Bell.  Elizabethtown coach Tim Mudd countered with 6-2 So. Erin Boley, 5-8 Jr. Darien Huff, 6-2 Jr. Reauna Cleaver, 5-7 So. Rachel Warden, and 5-9 Jr. Livie Bowling.

Incarnate Word showed why they are considered by many to be the top team in the country with a 64-28 victory over a good Elizabethtown squad.  Incarnate Word shot 64.4% from the field including three of eight from the three point line.  Te Red Knights connected on three of five free throws, pulled down 29 rebounds, and scored 20 points off 18 Elizabethtown turnovers.  Elizabethtown shot 25.6% from the field including one of eight from beyond the arc.  The Lady Panthers connected on five of nine free throws, pulled down 24 rebounds, and scored five points off 11 Incarnate Word turnovers.

Napheesa Collier led Incarnate Word with 27 points and 10 rebounds.  McKeena Treece added 18 points and five rebounds.

Erin Boley led Elizabethtown with 11 points.  Reauna Cleaver and Darien Huff added eight and seven points respectively.

Incarnate Word  17  19  17  11 – 64

Elizabethtown    11    6    6    5 – 28

Incarnate Word (64) – Collier 27, Adams 8, Treece 18, Lacefield 2, Bell 6, Hoff 3.

Elizabethtown (28) – Boley 11, Huff 7, Cleaver 8, Warden 0, Bowling 0, Mudd 2.

Acknowledgements:

A special thanks to Don Swiney of Elizabethtown for providing the comprehensive statistics for today’s game.