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Thursday, March 18, 2010
Alter beats Miami Trace 57-46 to advance to D-II girls state final
COLUMBUS — The Christie sisters, Ashley and Courtney, combined for 25 points in leading Alter to a rugged 57-46 defeat of Miami Trace in their girls basketball Division II state semifinal at OSU’s Schottenstein Center on Thursday night, March 18.
That sets up a championship rematch with defending state champ Hathaway Brown at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Courtney Christie tallied 13 points and Ashley Christie added 12 to complete four opening-day games.
Alter led by 10 points a couple times, but Miami Trace scored at the buzzer to draw within 38-32 of the Knights after the third quarter.
Alter (23-2) scored the first 7 points of the third quarter to go up 30-21. Allison Bockrath knocked down a putback at the buzzer to give Alter a 23-21 halftime lead.
The Knights went on a 10-0 run to forge ahead, 17-7. But the Panthers (24-1) nearly matched that, answering with a 9-0 blitz and pulled even at 21-all before Bockrath, a 5-10 sophomore, hit her only first-half bucket.
Courtney Christie scored 6 points in the first quarter to give Alter a 12-7 lead after one period. Christie led Alter with 8 points at the break.
Whitney Dabbelt added a couple buckets for the Knights, and beat the first-quarter quarter-ending buzzer to give Alter its largest lead.
Alter had no answer for Miami Trace senior Jenna Cobb. Headed to Butler next season, she hit 5 of 8 shots for 12 points and four rebounds to keep the Panthers in contention.
Cobb is the daughter of former Ohio State linebacker Glen Cobb, who teamed with QB Art Schlichter to provide Miami Trace its greatest high school football and basketball run in the late ’70s. Both former Trace standouts were captains of the 1981 OSU football team.
Cobb and Marcus Marek were fixtures as inside linebackers for the Buckeyes from 1979-82.
Blazers move on
Hathaway Brown broke from a 48-all tie with :39 left and went on a game-ending 5-0 run to beat Walsh Jesuit 53-48 in the first D-II semifinal. Walsh, located at Cuyahoga Falls near Cleveland, beat Brown 57-55 in the regular season.
The Blazers (22-4) will play the Alter/Miami Trace winner in Saturday’s 2 p.m. championship.
It’ll be the fourth straight title game for defending state champ Hathaway Brown, which knocked Alter out in last year’s state semi’s, 53-40.
Alter beat Hathaway Brown 60-48 in the ’08 title game. The Blazers fell to Warsaw River View 45-26 in the ’07 title game.
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Dunbar boys beat Col. Watterson; advance to D-II regional final
The following report is from DDN contributor Dave Long:
KETTERING — De-Vaughn Carter’s contribution was hidden between Geron Johnson hovering around the rim and Ryan Bass being near perfect from 3-point range.
But the 10-point, 9-rebound game off the bench from Carter was a key to Dunbar’s 65-43 win over Columbus Watterson Thursday, March 18, at Trent Arena.
The Wolverines take a 22-3 record into the Division II boys high school basketball regional final Saturday, March 20 at 3 p.m. in the same venue vs. the Thurgood Marshall/Cincinnati Roger Bacon winner. The regional winner moves on to the state final four in Columbus.
Dunbar, which finished No. 2 in the final state Associated Press ratings, will be seeking its third trip to state in five years.
Johnson led Dunbar with 18 points — four of them highlight reel worthy — along with eight rebounds and six assists.
His slam at 6:26 of the third quarter seemed to ignite his team after it led 29-20 the half. Bass added 14 points, hitting four of five 3-pointers. Two were back-to-back to increase Dunbar’s third quarter lead when Watterson (17-7) went to a zone in quickly abandoned.
Carter, a 6-3, 220-pound senior, is usually the ninth or 10th man off the bench in Dunbar’s rotation. His services were needed when post players Gary Akbar and Deontae Hawkins both picked up their third fouls in the first two minutes of the third quarter.
“My job was to come in, rebound and play defense,” said Carter who became academically eligible in January. “No one was boxing me out so I was able to get to the boards and keep the ball alive or score.
“I feel like to did pretty job on defense with Gary and Deontae out because they didn’t get many points inside.”
Carter got six points and eight boards in the quarter as Dunbar opened a 46-31 lead.
“Big game for De-Vaughn, real big game,” said Dunbar coach Peter Pullen.
“He was a monster on the boards when we really needed him.”
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Madison to play Findlay Liberty-Benton in battle of unbeatens for D-III girls state hoop title
COLUMBUS — One down, four to go.
Unbeaten Middletown Madison won its Division III girls basketball state semifinal on Thursday, March 18, defeating Ironton 50-43 at OSU’s Schottenstein Center.
The Mohawks are the first of five Miami Valley teams to play here. Alter plays tonight and Fairmont, Fort Loramie and Minster all play their semifinals on Friday. The winners advance to Saturday’s championships.
Madison will play Findlay Liberty-Benton in Saturday’s D-III title game matchup of unbeatens at 10:45 a.m. The Eagles (26-0) defeated Smithville 56-34 in Thursday’s other D-III semifinal.
Amy Malott hit 10 of 14 free throws and tallied a game-high 18 points as Madison pulled away in the closing minutes to run its perfect record to 26-0. Lindsay Hoskins added 12 points.
Ironton (17-8) never found its shooting touch (17 for 57, 30 percent), fell behind 8-0 and didn’t have an answer for the Mohawks’ superior height advantage. Madison has four starters 6-feet or taller, including the 6-3 junior Malott, who’s being wooed by many of the big-time college women’s programs, including UConn, Tennessee, Purdue, Notre Dame and Stanford.
“It was definitely different,” said Ironton’s Brea Tackett, at 5-4 the Tigers’ leading scorer who was hounded into a 3-for-19 shooting night.
“I felt like I rushed my shot. I knew I couldn’t sit there and wait because if I did they’d be all in my face. I had to try and get a quick shot off and I’m more of a set shooter. It never works that way.”
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