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Madison to play Findlay Liberty-Benton in battle of unbeatens for D-III girls state hoop title

By Marc Pendleton | Thursday, March 18, 2010, 03:40 PM

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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