Loudoun County vs. Charlottesville LIVE! Starts Here …
Alissa Kain from LC gets the opening tip her way and she is off for a layin, 2-0 LC
Von Storch makes 1 of 2 … LC 2-1
Von Storch drives the lane for a basket, 3-2 CH
LC Raider Riot has a small showing here … it is the 100 Night celebration in Loudoun and many of the LC kids are already committed to attending that …
Sarver to the line fo Raiders, makes first, makes second … 4-3 LC
Batts ahead on fast break from Sarver … 6-3 LC ..
TIME OUT Charlottesville with 5:00 to play in first
Holmes off the inbounds play, good, 8-3 LC
Jenna Strange drops a 3-pointer … Raiders rolling … 11-3 LC … Charging called on Black Knights …
Williams put-back for CH, 11-5 LC with 2:35 to go in first quarter.
Is there anybody hotter than Kain this postseason? She hits a 3-pointer and then gets a steal! But LC can’t make the layin … 14-5 Raiders
Holmes inside for two … Batts on the next trip … 3-pointer, nothing but net! 19-5 Raiders running away with it …
Kain beats the buzzer to give Raiders a 21-5 lead at the end of first quarter
Second Quarter Starts:
Williams to line for Ch and makes 1 of 2, 21-6 Raiders …
Jocie Collins, another young LC talent, shows some strength driving the baseline, 23-6 LC
Payne drives in for two, 23-8 but Batts in transition … pulls-up open 3-pointer … it’s good, 26-8 …
CH misses a shot … and Raiders run the break again … Batts is left open (folks: nobody in the Dulles District ever leaves Batts alone … heck, Freedom guards her on the way to the lockerroom!) … let’s see … Batts wide open … 3-pointer!!! 29-8 LC … wow … TIME OUT Black Knights 6:44 to play in first half
Kain, yet another steal, Sarve with a sweet jump stop on the fastbreak … 31-8 Raiders … CH on other end airs a 3-point attempt … no life on the Black Knights bench right now or their stands …
Payne, however, does get a short jumper … 31-10 LC.
Batts running the fastbreak on an assist from Kain … 33-10 … Coach Reed on Raider bench in instructing his players to slow it down … well, maybe, not, Kain just pushed the pace and Batts finished with a layup, 35-10 … TIME OUT CH … how many left?
Reed now has Batts and Strange on bench … Alex Lapple and Erica Linnemann in the game … with Sarver, Holmes and Kain … Holmes and Sarver out … LC with one starter on the floor!
Kain takes a rebound and goes coast-to-coast, slicing thru Black Knights like a knife thru hot butter … 37-10 … wow … if this was a boxing match … they might have thrown the towel in already but a lot of time is left in this semifinal … 2:08 in first half to go …
Todd to line for Black Knights … scores … makes both … 37-12
Batts another 3-pointer … 40-12 … Raiders threatening 50 for the second straight week in the first half of a state playoff game …
Todd Follow, 40-14 … missed 3-pointer by LC … but CH travelling called …
Well, eveything is going Raiders way … a wild scramble in the final seconds and a Black Knight saves the ball on the wrong end of the court into … Batts hands and she flicks it in right before the buzzer for a 42-14 lead!
Halftime stats: LC Batts has 18, Kain with 11, Holmes 4, Sarver 4, Strange 3, Collins 2. Nobody on Black Knight has more than 4!
Second Half Starts
LPS Monkey cries Uncle … Raiders pace is ******* the typists!
To start half … Holmes off inbounds play … 44-14 … Holmes inside … 46-14 and Sarver a long jumper … 48-14 …
Williams for CH gets back-to-back buckets to “cut lead” to 48-18 …
5:10 left in third quarter …
Kain cuts nicely and assist from Sarver for a 50-18 lead
Payne on fast break for CH … 50-20 … LC gets three attempts, Strange on follow … 52-20 …
Williams a follow … 52-22 LC
Sarver fouled hard on a fastbreak … she shoots 2 with 2:12 to go in third … misses first, makes second, 53-22 LC.
Hmmm … a trend? Batts fouled hard on fastbreak … she shoots 2 … makes first … short on second 54-22 LC
Time out Black Knights with 1:47 left in third .
Payne gets a basket and then a nice assist for CH 4-0 run … 54-26 LC
Von Storch to the line make first, makes second, 6-0 run, 54-28 LC
Payne bringing the pain to Raiders … another nice drive (officials have sort of let CH rough up Raiders last three trips down … up by 30, you get no calls!)
End of third it’s 54-30 LC
Von Storch to line on what looked like a good block … missed both …
Batts fouled on 3-point attempt, will shoot 3 with 6:56 to go … misses first, Raiders are cold right now … makes second … misses third but Holmes sneaks in and gets follow! 57-30!
After a steal, Sarver shows off her behind-the-back skills and gets fouled … 2 shots … makes first, misses second. 58-30.
Todd inside for Ch … 58-32 LC.
Kain on block, misses, but gets the ball back and is fouled … shooting 2 … makes first, makes second … 60-32 LC
Williams assist from Payne … 60-34 LC … but Strange with a nice little hook in lane, 62-34 …
Williams again for Ch, 62-36 … Kain to the line for LC with 4:39 to play, makes first shot, makes second … 64-36 …
Kain with offensive rebound and its 66-36 …
Batts with 20 points already to line shooting 1 and 1 … makes first, misses second … 67-36 ..
Batts out running the fast break all alone … good! 69-36 …
Holmes is headed to bench … her day done with 3:37 to play …
Williams makes two from the line … 69-38 …
Casey Cummings with a follow for Raiders … 71-38 …
Williams to line for an AND ONE … good … 71-41 Raiders … 2:17 to play … Kain to the bench …
Payne with a pull-up jumper … Lapple answers for Raiders 73-43 LC
Sarver comes out to a big hug from Coach Reed and cheering from LC fans …
Williams still playing tough! Two inside … 73-45 LC 1:00 left
Cummings Follow 75-45
Lapple with sweet jumper … 77-45 …
FINAL 77-45
Freedom Girls Advance to AA D3 State Finals … They will play on Saturday at 11 a.m. after Defeating Millbrook today, 50-43. They play the winner of Patrick County vs. Lord Botetourt, which tips off at 3 p.m. today …(see below for Live! Play by Play)
Boys D3 State Semifinal: Well, the bands are a rockin’ … Brunswick and Greensville County bands are taking turn at blowing the roof off the Siegel Center here at VCU in overcast downtown Richmond … Oh, and the game, not bad … with Brunswick leading at the half, 22-16.
(Mar. 10, 2009) – Live! Coverage from the Siegel Center in Richmond of the VHSL State Semifinal girls basketball tournament will begin at 11:00am.
In the first game, the Freedom High School girls basketball team will take on Millbrook in the AA Division 3 State Semifinal which is rematch from the Region II final. Click here to see how Freedom defeated Millbrook the first time.
Check back at 7pm tonight as we cover the Loudoun County High School girls basketball team when they face Charlottesville in the AA Division 4 State Semifinal, also a rematch from Region II finals. Click here to see how Loudoun County defeated Charlotteville the first time.
And away we go! Wow .. the traffic was horrible on the way down … major accident on the Greenway this morning in Ashburn!
Arrived at the tip … a much different Millbrook team this morning than the pioneer squad that got beat by Freedom a week ago in the Region II Division 3 finals. Pioneers with an early lead 8-7 …
Millbrook hit two eary 3-pointers and Pioneers are doubl-teamming Kelsey Buchcanan … she, however, gets to the line with 11.6 seconds left for two free throws, makes both for 9-8 Freedom lead …
First quarter stats update: Buchanan 6 pts, 4 rebounds, 2 blocks, assist, D.Scott with 7 rebounds, Koditek with a 3-pointer …
For Millbrook: Harper-Scott with 5 and Lacey Harris with a 3-pointer.
Second quarter: Poindexter hits a 3-pointer for Freedom after Millbrook had taken a 10-9 lead … Freedom up 12-10.
Courtni Green to line for Millbrook with 5:15 to play in first half, makes both for a tie game!
D. Scott with a basket … but Lacey Harris is smooth from top of the key 3-pointer, 15-14 Millbrook with 3:48 to play
D. Scott right back!, 16-15 Freedom, 3:35.
Harris drives and is at the line for two with 3:31 to play, misses first, foul on Buchanan her second even though DScott made the contact … makes second, Tied 16-16
Harper-Scott open at top of key for a 3-pointer, 19-16 Millbrook,
Meixandra Porter with the leaner … 19-18 …
Harris to the line with 2:28 left in first half to shoot two: she makes 1 of 2, Millbrook up 20-18 …
Harper-Scott to the line agin with 2:09 as she was fouled shooting a 3-pointer (kids: never foul a 3-point shooter). She made all three! Millbrook 23-18 lead
Green inside for two … time out Freedom trailing, 25-18
Millrook misses three shots in paint for a 7-point lead … Buchanan on the block to get Freedom within five … 25-20.
Buchanan blocks a shot but it goes to Sara Mead who puts the loose ball back in …
Halftime: Millbrook 27, Freedom 20
Halftime stats:
Millbrook: Sams 0, Mead 2, Green 6, Harper-Scott 11, Harris 8, Baker 0. Totals 8 7-9 27.
Freedom: Buchanan 8, DScott4, Koditek 3, Mayo 0, Porter 2, Turpin 0, CScott 3, Poindexter 0, Haas 0, Putnam 0. Totals 8 2-2 20.
3-Point Field Goals: Millbrook 4 (Harper-Scott 2, Harris 2), Freedom 2 (Koditek, Poindexter).
Field PercentageL Millbrook 30.8%, Freedom 26.7%. 3-pt Percentage: Millbrook 44.4%, Freedom 66.7%.
Third Quarter:
Millbrook picks off a pass early but can’t convert …
DScott to line, 1 of 2 … Millbrook up 27-21
DScott to line again on break, 6:14 left in third, shooting two: misses first again, Makes second … Millbrook up 27-22 … Time out Freedom with 6:14 left
Harper-Scott off glass, 29-22 Millbrook. DScott to glass. 29-24 Millbrook
Harper-Scott strokes 3-pointer from right corner … 32-24 Millbrook.
Buchanan down low gets fouled, shot won’t drop, she makes 1 of 2 … free throws hurting Freedom … 32-25 Millbrook …
But D Scott gets offensive rebound on missed FT and gets fouled … makes 1 of 2 … 32-26 … game would be tied if Eagles had been making FTs …
After Buchanan block, DScott on fastbreak layin … 32-28 with 4:10 left in third
Time out Millbrook with 4:01 to play in third ..
DScott block and Buchanan finishes the fast break … 32-30 … Eagles brought what look likes 7 busloads of students and they are going crazy!
Sams his a big hoop for Pioneers, 34-30 … turnover Freedom! Back-to-Back miscues for Eagles
DScott is aggressive again to the basket … she is fouled … Lacey Harris with four fouls … Scott makes first, 2:02 left in third, whew … LPS Monkey needs more coffee!!!
Again Scott misses one of the FT, 34-31 MIllbrook…
Freedom with ball under its own basket and student section cheering .. .TIME OUT Millbrook 1:38 to play in third … Eagles 5 of 10 from the line this quarter … and down by only 3!
DScott picks up third foul with 1:04 to play in third, Green to line, makes it, MB 8 of 10 from line! … Misses second, Buchanan rebound . 35-31MB
Eagles miss transition layin attempt, Buchanan picks up third foul
Millbrook gets second life as Kiki Silver gets the putback … 37-31 Millbrook
Alexis Mayo fouled … misses both free throws! 5 of 12 in quarter from line for Eagles and 7 for 14 in game …
End of Third Quarter: Millbrook up 37-31
Madison Baker scores … 39-31 Millbrook …
DScott scores in transition … 39-33 …
Kim Koditek shooting 1 and 1 for Freedom with 6:38 left … She makes first .. She makes both … 39-35 …
Buchanan huge monster block and on the other end, Buchanan fields a missed 3-pointer and scores AND ONE … she makes free throw .. 39-38 Millbrook
Green for MB to line, makes both … 41-38 with 5:18 to play
Porter knocks down a 3-pointer with 5:04 to play TIED UP 41-41
Porter … unbelievable! Steals the ball and goes coast-to-coast for a tough, twisting layin … Eagle fans going nuts … first lead since??? 16-15 according to Paul Tenorio of the WashPost …
Wow … Freedom up 43-41 and they just got the ball back with 3:45 to go
3:19 Porter to line 1 and 1: Harris has fouled out … misses but Buchanan with rebound … good! 45-41 Freedoom
Porter yet another steal! She feed DScott for layin .. 47-41 Freedom lead!
Millbrook right back and Harper-Scott hits a jumper 47-43
Time out Freedom with 2:30 to play
Freedom turns it over … but steals it … Freedom turns it over again …
Sams shoots 1 and 1 with :40 to play … She misses it …
Freedom rebound and Porter is fouled with 36.7 to play … shoots 2 double bonus … She misses both! But Buchanan with the rebound … Time out Freedom 28.9 to play and Eagles up 47-43,
Porter fouled with 26.6 to play … shoots 2: She makes both … Time out Milbrook … 49-43 Eagles …
Freedom gets ball back after missed 3-pointer by MB … 17.2 seconds to play
Porter makes 1 of 2 … 50-43
DScott steals and is intenionally fouled … Scott shoots two with 7.2 to play … misses both
FINAL Freedom 50-43
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