GIRLS BASKETBALL NEWS
State Playoffs - Round 1
Come out and cheer on the BSHS girls' basketball team as they play in the first round of state playoffs at home on Wednesday, March 9th at 7 PM vs Cardinal O'Hara! Tickets are available through the PIAA website HERE and must be purchased on line to attend.
Come out and cheer on the BSHS girls' basketball team as they play in the first round of state playoffs at home on Wednesday, March 9th at 7 PM vs Cardinal O'Hara! Tickets are available through the PIAA website HERE and must be purchased on line to attend.
District Championships on 3/5!
Congratulations to the BSHS girls’ basketball team who claimed victory on Friday 2/25 in the 5A semifinal matchup, defeating #1 seed Springfield, and winning 34-29 in overtime! The Lady Eagles play again on Saturday 3/5 at 12 PM at Temple University in the District Championship. Way to go, Lady Eagles!
Come out and cheer the girls on! They will be playing Villa who will be bringing their student section! Tickets are $10 each and are available for presale this week for students. They are available Tuesday and Wednesday in the Athletic Office, Thursday in the cafeteria during the first fifteen minutes of each lunch, and after school in the Commons. Tickets will also be sold at the event.
Congratulations to the BSHS girls’ basketball team who claimed victory on Friday 2/25 in the 5A semifinal matchup, defeating #1 seed Springfield, and winning 34-29 in overtime! The Lady Eagles play again on Saturday 3/5 at 12 PM at Temple University in the District Championship. Way to go, Lady Eagles!
Come out and cheer the girls on! They will be playing Villa who will be bringing their student section! Tickets are $10 each and are available for presale this week for students. They are available Tuesday and Wednesday in the Athletic Office, Thursday in the cafeteria during the first fifteen minutes of each lunch, and after school in the Commons. Tickets will also be sold at the event.
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Congratulations to the BSHS girls' basketball team who defeated Harriton HS yesterday 2/22 evening at home! The team will play in the next round of District Playoffs this Friday night 2/25 at 7 PM at Springfield High School in Delaware County. More info will be added as it becomes available. Let's go, Lady Eagles!
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DOWNINGTOWN >> When you’re playing for a chance to take over first place, it’s a pretty good idea to play one of your best games of the season. This is exactly what the Bishop Shanahan girls basketball team did Thursday night against Downingtown East. Using a zone defense that frustrated the Cougars and some early pinpoint 3-point shooting, the Eagles led wire-to-wire for a 45-26 triumph.
The victory allowed Shanahan to take a one-game lead in the Ches-Mont League National Division with an 8-2 mark (12-7 overall) as opposed to the Cougars’ 7-2 record (14-4 overall). (PHOTOS TO LEFT BY PETE BANNAN, DAILY LOCAL) |
“This is one of our better ones,” said Shanahan coach Jim Powers. “We had some good ones, especially early in the year, we had a slump in the middle with our scoring, but the last game or two, they’ve seemed to settle in.”
The first half was a game of runs. Shanahan scored the first seven points in the opening 4:40 on baskets from Sami Blumenthal and Alyssa Brown and a 3-pointer by Caydence Oswald.
The Cougars then broke their drought on a basket by Eileen Hewitt to spark a six-point spurt.
Shanahan closed the quarter with threes from Brown and Alexa Bojko and a field goal from Oswald to take a 15-6 lead.
Another Shanahan run, this time 7-2, extended the lead to 22-9 with 3:35 remaining. The Cougars cut it to 22-14, then Oswald finished with a three and a layup, where she was fouled. Her free throw gave the Eagles a 28-14 lead at the break as Oswald had 14 points over the first 16 minutes.
“I knew that I needed to put points on the board for us to have a good win tonight, and I just shot ball every open chance I got,” said Oswald.
The Cougars tried to claw their way back into the game as Lauren Kent opened the half with a basket, followed shortly by a three from Cassie Denning to cut the deficit to 28-19.
“Our girls did a nice job fighting back the entire game,” said Downingtown East coach Darren Domsohn. “But, give credit to Shanahan. They came out and executed and knocked down shots. Our girls did a nice job of battling back.”
The Eagles did not crack, however, making an 8-0 run to close the third period to boost the lead to 36-19.
Shanahan’s defense held the Cougars without a field goal in the fourth period until there was 1:43 left, as they shot just 1-for-12. D-East fell for the second straight time after losing to Avon Grove on Tuesday.
Oswald finished with 21 points, but her defense was as equally as impressive – she collected six steals on the night.
“Going into the night, we knew that we needed to have a good defensive night and we need to shut down (Ari) Smuda and our bigs did a great job down low,” said Oswald. “And we did a great job shutting down their shooters.”
The Eagles did perform that job admirably – Smuda was held scoreless and Kent was limited to 11 points.
Shanahan finishes with games against Henderson and Coatesville, while East has a rematch with Avon Grove on Saturday, a home game with rival Downingtown West on Monday and they end the regular season with West Chester East.
Bishop Shanahan 45, Downingtown East 26
Downingtown East: Daniel 2 0-0 6; Denning 1 0-0 3; Ardoline 0 0-0 0; Kent 3 5-6 11; Bell 0 0-0 0; Hewitt 2 0-0 4; Comegys 0 0-0 0; ford 1 0-0 2; Smuda 0 0-0 0. Totals: 9 5-8 26.
Bishop Shanahan: Oswald 7 3-6 21; Wolf 1 0-0 2; Brown 5 1-2 12; Kopel 0 0-0 0; Bojko 1 0-0 3; Griffin 1 0-0 2; Blumenthal 1 3-4 5. Totals: 16 7-12 45.
Downingtown East 6 8 5 7 — 26
Bishop Shanahan 15 13 8 9 — 45
3-point goals: Daniel 2, Denning, Oswald 4, Brown, Bojko.
The first half was a game of runs. Shanahan scored the first seven points in the opening 4:40 on baskets from Sami Blumenthal and Alyssa Brown and a 3-pointer by Caydence Oswald.
The Cougars then broke their drought on a basket by Eileen Hewitt to spark a six-point spurt.
Shanahan closed the quarter with threes from Brown and Alexa Bojko and a field goal from Oswald to take a 15-6 lead.
Another Shanahan run, this time 7-2, extended the lead to 22-9 with 3:35 remaining. The Cougars cut it to 22-14, then Oswald finished with a three and a layup, where she was fouled. Her free throw gave the Eagles a 28-14 lead at the break as Oswald had 14 points over the first 16 minutes.
“I knew that I needed to put points on the board for us to have a good win tonight, and I just shot ball every open chance I got,” said Oswald.
The Cougars tried to claw their way back into the game as Lauren Kent opened the half with a basket, followed shortly by a three from Cassie Denning to cut the deficit to 28-19.
“Our girls did a nice job fighting back the entire game,” said Downingtown East coach Darren Domsohn. “But, give credit to Shanahan. They came out and executed and knocked down shots. Our girls did a nice job of battling back.”
The Eagles did not crack, however, making an 8-0 run to close the third period to boost the lead to 36-19.
Shanahan’s defense held the Cougars without a field goal in the fourth period until there was 1:43 left, as they shot just 1-for-12. D-East fell for the second straight time after losing to Avon Grove on Tuesday.
Oswald finished with 21 points, but her defense was as equally as impressive – she collected six steals on the night.
“Going into the night, we knew that we needed to have a good defensive night and we need to shut down (Ari) Smuda and our bigs did a great job down low,” said Oswald. “And we did a great job shutting down their shooters.”
The Eagles did perform that job admirably – Smuda was held scoreless and Kent was limited to 11 points.
Shanahan finishes with games against Henderson and Coatesville, while East has a rematch with Avon Grove on Saturday, a home game with rival Downingtown West on Monday and they end the regular season with West Chester East.
Bishop Shanahan 45, Downingtown East 26
Downingtown East: Daniel 2 0-0 6; Denning 1 0-0 3; Ardoline 0 0-0 0; Kent 3 5-6 11; Bell 0 0-0 0; Hewitt 2 0-0 4; Comegys 0 0-0 0; ford 1 0-0 2; Smuda 0 0-0 0. Totals: 9 5-8 26.
Bishop Shanahan: Oswald 7 3-6 21; Wolf 1 0-0 2; Brown 5 1-2 12; Kopel 0 0-0 0; Bojko 1 0-0 3; Griffin 1 0-0 2; Blumenthal 1 3-4 5. Totals: 16 7-12 45.
Downingtown East 6 8 5 7 — 26
Bishop Shanahan 15 13 8 9 — 45
3-point goals: Daniel 2, Denning, Oswald 4, Brown, Bojko.
"Shanahan breaks late tie to subdue Downingtown West" by Bryan Davis, PA PREP Live (1.4.22)
DOWNINGTOWN >> With the holiday festivities concluded, the Ches-Mont League National Division got back to business Tuesday.
Downingtown West, playing for the first time in 14 days, was looking to keep its unbeaten record going and earn an important early-season girls’ basketball victory.
But, host Bishop Shanahan had other ideas, Alyssa Brown scored five straight points to break a tie in the fourth quarter to spur the Eagles (2-0, 6-3) to a 50-46 win.
The loss knocked the Whippets (2-1, 6-1) from the ranks of the unbeaten.
“A win is a win,” said Shanahan coach Jim Powers. “I don’t care how you get it, in this league, a win is a win no matter what, so we’ll take it. They’re tough. We’ll take it.”
Shanahan nursed a 26-21 lead into the third quarter. The Whippets scored seven straight points after Abby Wolf scored to open the quarter, then the Eagles regained their footing to rebuild their lead, Brown scored on back-to-back trips for a 35-30 advatange.
West came back in the final minute, Rachel Schuda scored on a layup, then after a turnover, Liv Young dropped in a bucket to close the deficit to 35-34 after three quarters. Shanahan got sloppy in the quarter, turning the ball over seven times.
“They seem to be a problem,” said Powers. “We were undisciplined, did some stuff on our own and panicked a couple of times. They did a good job of pushing us and we let some stuff get away.”
Alexa Bojko got the fourth quarter started for Shanahan with a pair of free throws, Sami Schurtz answered for the Whippets with a jumper to cut the Eagles’ lead to one point. Shanahan led 41-38 when Schurtz buried a 3-pointer from the right wing to tie the score with 3:35 left.
Then Brown took over. A layup put Shanahan ahead, then another layup following a turnover — one of 21 on the evening for the Whippets — help extend the lead. A Brown free throw with 1:48 left put the advantage at 46-41.
A Payton Forsyth put back made it 46-43. A pair of free throws from Bojko pushed the margin to five with under a minute left.
Schurtz buried another three to bring the margin to 48-46, but the Whippets missed a couple of field goal attemps and Brown seald it from the line as the Eagles gutted out the victory.
“I think that we were really nervous, then we calmed down and settled the ball,” Brown said. “My shots weren’t falling, so I decided to drive the ball and get to the basket.”
Schurtz led the Whippets with 13 points and Grant added nine. Brown finished with a game-high 22 points — 20 after the first quarter. Wolf had 11 and Bojko chipped in with nine.
The two teams meet again on Jan. 27 at Downingtown West.
“The out-of-conference schedule, they’ve been some tough games and we learned from that,” said Powers. “They got some buckets when they needed them and I’m proud of them for that.”
Bishop Shanahan 50, Downingtown West 46
Downingtown West: Young 2 0-0 4; Schurtz 5 0-0 13; Stauffer 0 1-2 1; L. Grant 3 3-6 9; Arrowsmith 2 0-0 4; Forsyth 1 0-0 2; Schuda 1 0-0 2; Mennan 3 2-2 9. Totals: 17 6-10 46.
Bishop Shanahan: Ambrose 1 0-2 2; Oswald 1 1-2 4; Wolf 5 0-0 11; Brown 8 6-7 22; Bojko 2 4-4 9; Senji 1 0-1 2; Griffin 0 0-0 0. Totals: 18 11-16 50.
Downingtown West 8 13 13 12 — 46
Bishop Shanahan 11 15 9 15 — 50
3-point goals: Schurtz 3, Mennan, Oswald, Wolf, Bojko.
DOWNINGTOWN >> With the holiday festivities concluded, the Ches-Mont League National Division got back to business Tuesday.
Downingtown West, playing for the first time in 14 days, was looking to keep its unbeaten record going and earn an important early-season girls’ basketball victory.
But, host Bishop Shanahan had other ideas, Alyssa Brown scored five straight points to break a tie in the fourth quarter to spur the Eagles (2-0, 6-3) to a 50-46 win.
The loss knocked the Whippets (2-1, 6-1) from the ranks of the unbeaten.
“A win is a win,” said Shanahan coach Jim Powers. “I don’t care how you get it, in this league, a win is a win no matter what, so we’ll take it. They’re tough. We’ll take it.”
Shanahan nursed a 26-21 lead into the third quarter. The Whippets scored seven straight points after Abby Wolf scored to open the quarter, then the Eagles regained their footing to rebuild their lead, Brown scored on back-to-back trips for a 35-30 advatange.
West came back in the final minute, Rachel Schuda scored on a layup, then after a turnover, Liv Young dropped in a bucket to close the deficit to 35-34 after three quarters. Shanahan got sloppy in the quarter, turning the ball over seven times.
“They seem to be a problem,” said Powers. “We were undisciplined, did some stuff on our own and panicked a couple of times. They did a good job of pushing us and we let some stuff get away.”
Alexa Bojko got the fourth quarter started for Shanahan with a pair of free throws, Sami Schurtz answered for the Whippets with a jumper to cut the Eagles’ lead to one point. Shanahan led 41-38 when Schurtz buried a 3-pointer from the right wing to tie the score with 3:35 left.
Then Brown took over. A layup put Shanahan ahead, then another layup following a turnover — one of 21 on the evening for the Whippets — help extend the lead. A Brown free throw with 1:48 left put the advantage at 46-41.
A Payton Forsyth put back made it 46-43. A pair of free throws from Bojko pushed the margin to five with under a minute left.
Schurtz buried another three to bring the margin to 48-46, but the Whippets missed a couple of field goal attemps and Brown seald it from the line as the Eagles gutted out the victory.
“I think that we were really nervous, then we calmed down and settled the ball,” Brown said. “My shots weren’t falling, so I decided to drive the ball and get to the basket.”
Schurtz led the Whippets with 13 points and Grant added nine. Brown finished with a game-high 22 points — 20 after the first quarter. Wolf had 11 and Bojko chipped in with nine.
The two teams meet again on Jan. 27 at Downingtown West.
“The out-of-conference schedule, they’ve been some tough games and we learned from that,” said Powers. “They got some buckets when they needed them and I’m proud of them for that.”
Bishop Shanahan 50, Downingtown West 46
Downingtown West: Young 2 0-0 4; Schurtz 5 0-0 13; Stauffer 0 1-2 1; L. Grant 3 3-6 9; Arrowsmith 2 0-0 4; Forsyth 1 0-0 2; Schuda 1 0-0 2; Mennan 3 2-2 9. Totals: 17 6-10 46.
Bishop Shanahan: Ambrose 1 0-2 2; Oswald 1 1-2 4; Wolf 5 0-0 11; Brown 8 6-7 22; Bojko 2 4-4 9; Senji 1 0-1 2; Griffin 0 0-0 0. Totals: 18 11-16 50.
Downingtown West 8 13 13 12 — 46
Bishop Shanahan 11 15 9 15 — 50
3-point goals: Schurtz 3, Mennan, Oswald, Wolf, Bojko.
