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Monday, March 15, 2010
Fairmont’s 6-2 Sant will have tall task in state semifinal
Fairmont’s Cassie Sant has been a strong inside presence all season. Many times, the 6-foot-2 University of Dayton recruit was the tallest player on the floor, and she mixes her size with strong ball-handling skills and developed moves around the basket.
But Sant will get a bigger challenge in a Division I state semifinal against Toledo Waite on Friday, March 19.
Waite, ranked No. 6 in the state, features 6-2 Shanice McNeal and 6-3 Natasha Howard, a Florida State recruit and McDonald’s All-American, in the startling lineup. McNeal averages 13.2 points per game, and Howard averages 24.5.
Fairmont (22-2) has been successful all year in mixing handling pressure with freshman point guard Chelsea Welch with shooting touch from Holly Carey, Amanda Turner and Jessica Beatty and the inside game from Sant, who averages 13 points per game.
But against Waite (23-2), Sant will have her work cut out for her, and she’ll get a good example of facing teams, like she will at UD, that often have size, as well.
Fairmont is making its first-ever trip to the state tournament, but so are other semifinalists Waite and Reynoldsburg. Canton McKinley, ranked No. 9, has also been a semifinalists in 1984, ‘95 and last season.
Waite, though, will be rushing to work out its nerves. The Indians average 72.5 points per game and allow just 45.
With the size inside that Sant will face, it’s not hard to figure out why.
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