2022KHSAAGG14

2022 Mingua Beef Jerky Girls’ Sweet 16® State Basketball Tournament

Sacred Heart Academy (35-3) vs. Cooper (25-10) (Semifinal)

Rupp Arena

Lexington, KY

March 12, 2022

Sacred Heart Academy coach Donna Moir started the following lineup: 6-0 Fr. ZaKiyah Johnson, 5-11 Sr. Josie Gilvin, 6-0 Sr. Alex Wolff, 5-7 Jr. Triniti Ralston, and 5-10 So. Reagan Bender.  Cooper coach Justin Holthaus countered with 6-0 So. Logan Luebbers-Palmer, 5-10 So. Liz Freihofer, 6-2 Jr. Whitney Lind, 5-5 Sr. Jessee Luebbers-Palmer, and 5-8 Jr. Kay Freihofer.

Sacred Heart dominated in the paint (38-12) in a 50-29 victory over Cooper today.  Sacred Heart Academy shot 51,2% from the field including zero of six from the three point line.  The Valkyries connected on eight of nine free throws, pulled down 25 rebounds, and scored 18 points off 14 Cooper turnovers.  Cooper shot 21,1% from the field including one of 14 from beyond the arc.  The Lady Jaguars connected on 12 of 12 free throws, pulled down 22 rebounds, and scored 10 points off 11 Sacred Heart Academy turnovers.

ZaKiyah Johnson led Sacred Heart with 21 points and three rebounds.  Triniti Ralston added 10 points including four of four free throws, four rebounds, four assists, and two steals.  Josie Gilvin recorded six points, three rebounds, five assists, and four steals. 

Liz Freihofer led Cooper with 14 points including six of six free throws and three rebounds.  Whitney Lind added eight points including six of six free throws and five rebounds.

Sacred Heart Academy,10,16,10,14,50

Cooper,7,4,8,10,29

Sacred Heart Academy (50) – Johnson 21, Gilvin 6, Wolff 4, Ralston 10, Bender 5, Russell 2, Pelayo 2.

Cooper (29) – L. Luebbers-Palmer 3, L. Freihofer 14, Lind 8, J. Luebbers-Palmer 0, K. Freihofer 4.

A special thanks to WL Stats for providing the comprehensive statistics for this game.