FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: LEAH PINKNEY

Female Athlete of the Week
Leah Pinkney
Annapolis High School
girls basketball

Pinkney finished with 13 points, 12 rebounds, three steals and two blocked shots to lead the South team to a 76-67 victory over the North team at the 20th annual Anne Arundel County Senior All-Star game at North County High School last Tuesday.

The lead changed hands five times in the third quarter before Pinkney's first 3-pointer of the season banked off the glass and fell through the net. Her team never relinquished the lead after that.

"It was my first 3-pointer of the season and I wanted to shoot another but I never got the ball again," said Pinkney, who was named the South team MVP. "I didn't want everyone to think it was a lucky shot."

Luck had nothing to do with it. It was all about timing for Pinkney.

After catching a pass from Annapolis teammate Jessica Reagans (10 points), Pinkney knocked down the trey to extend the South's slim one-point lead with 2:52 left in the third period. Another 3-pointer, this time from Broadneck's Chelsea Shrader, opened a 52-48 lead the South would take into the fourth.

Pinkney has led the Panthers in rebounding the last two years and is a DigitalSports All-Anne Arundel County girls basketball honorable mention. She hasn't decided on her college future yet.