Topic: Basketball
27th District Tournament (Girls)
Seneca vs. Sacred Heart Academy
Waggener High School
Louisville, KY
February 25, 2014
Seneca coach Latasha Peterson started the following lineup: 5-10 So. Yakesha Gordon, 5-10 Fr. Alexis White, 5-11 Fr. Ashanti Starks, 4-10 So. Terica Motley, and 5-6 Sr. Briana Graves. Sacred Heart Academy coach Donna Moir countered with 5-9 Sr. DaiJia Ruffin, 5-6 Sr. Raven Merriweather, 5-10 So. Lydia Taylor, 5-4 Jr. Gretchen Samsel, and 5-6 So. Meghan Colley.
Sacred Heart Academy raced out to a 34-2 first quarter lead on their way to a 75-8 victory over Seneca. Sacred Heart Academy shot 60.9% from the field including six of 11 from the three point line. The Valkyries connected on 13 of 21 free throws, pulled down 37 rebounds, and scored 36 points off 28 Seneca turnovers. Seneca shot 7.69% from the field including zero of eight from beyond the arc. They were zero for 22 from the field in the second half. The Lady Redhawks connected on two of eight free throws, pulled down 27 rebounds, and did not score off 14 Sacred Heart Academy turnovers.
Lydia Taylor led Sacred Heart with 10 points. 5-10 Jr. April Gahafer added eight points and seven rebounds. 5-10 So. Mary Singler also scored eight points. Raven Merriweather chipped in with seven points.
5-6 Jr. Kadiesha Fant led Seneca with four points. Alexis White added three points.
Seneca,2,5,0,1,8
Sacred Heart Academy,34,18,7,16,75
Seneca (8) – Gordon 1, White 3, Starks 0, Motley 0, Graves 0, Fant 4.
Sacred Heart Academy (75) – Ruffin 6, Merriweather 7, Taylor 10, Samsel 6, Me. Colley 6, Baisas 3, Gahafer 8, Singler 8, Ma. Colley 5, Randal 3, Moir 4, Meiners 4, Sutherland 5.
Acknowledgements:
A special thanks to Bob Tonini of Sacred Heart Academy for providing the comprehensive statistics for tonight’s game.