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Countryside, Ridgewood In Morrison Final

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By MIKE MOORE

Tribune correspondent

Published: January 3, 2009

NEW PORT RICHEY - COUNTRYSIDE 42, SEFFNER CHRISTIAN 35

For one half David was beating Goliath.

Class 1A Seffner Christian (7-4) led Class 6A Countryside (7-6) 12-8 after one quarter, and 24-17 at halftime of the Ashley Morrison Memorial girls basketball tournament Friday night at Ridgewood.

But the Cougars went on a 10-0 run to open the second half and took a hard-fought 42-35 win.
Countryside will meet host Ridgewood Saturday in the tourney title game, while Seffner Christian faces Naples for third place.

Countryside dominated the third period, outscoring the Crusaders 16-4. The pressing Cougar defense and rebounding made the difference. Seffner Christian had jumped to the early lead on the three-point shooting of Arielle Jadlowski and nine points by Jenny Moorer.

"We pressed in the second half and maybe should have gone to that sooner," said Countryside coach Andrew Lieb. The Countryside depth wore down the Seffner club. The Crusaders used only seven players.

The Cougars also pulled down 36 rebounds in the game. They were led in scoring by Corry Barriault with 12 points and Madison Truluck and Jasmine Walker with 10 each.

COUNTRYSIDE (42) – Truluck 5 0-0 10, Walker 5 0-0 10, Grossman 1 0-0 2, Stona 2 0-0 4, Barriault 5 2-2 12, Panico 2 0-0 4. Totals 20 1-2 42
SEFFNER CHRISTIAN (35) – Moorer 5 3-6 13, Welch 2 3-4 7, Jadlowski 4 0-0 12, Hagel 1 1-2 3. Totals 12 7-12 35

Seffner Christian 12 12 4 7 – 35
Countryside 8 9 16 9 – 42

3-point goals-Jadlowski 4 (SC). Total fouls-Countryside 12, Seffner Christian 2. Records-Countryside 7-6, Seffner Christian 7-4.

RIDGEWOOD 43, NAPLES 39

Daylyn Williamson hit a three-point shot with about one minute left in the game to give host Ridgewood (7-6) a 41-39 lead and the Rams held on to defeat Naples (5-6), 43-39 in the Ashley Morrison Memorial girls basketball tournament Friday night.

Ridgewood will play Countryside Saturday for the tournament championship and Naples will face Seffner Christian in the third-place game. Ridgewood is a Class 5A school and Naples is 4A.

The game was close throughout. Naples led 13-9 after one quarter and 19-16 at the half. The Golden Eagles were ahead 32-31 after three periods. The teams battles through the final quarter and the score was tied at 38 with 1:42 left.

Ridgewood was led by Williamson's 16 points and Lauren Vankers's 11. All of Vanker's points came in the second half. Naples got 15 points from Kendall Shumake. Hannah Prescott chipped in with 11 and A. J. Ervin scored eight.

Williamson's game-winner was her third three-pointer of the game and she scored in every quarter. Vanker came alive in the second half with four field goals and three free-throws.

"After missing lots of shots, we made one when we really had to," said Ridgewood coach Greg Bollinger.

RIDGEWOOD (43) - A. Williamson 4 1-2 7, Morris 1 2-2 4, D. Williamson 6 2-4 16, Kaylor 1 2-0 2, Vanker 4 2-2 11, Moore 0 2-2 2. Totals – 16 9-12 43
NAPLES (39) – Prescott 5 1-2 11, Ervin 3 2-3 8, Shumake 5 4-4 15, Loewel 1 1-2 3, Cherry 1 0-0 2. Totals 15 8-11 39

Naples 13 6 13 7 – 39
Ridgewood 9 7 15 12 – 43

3-point goals – D. Williamson 3 (R); Shumake (N); Total fouls – R 9, N 12. Records – R 7-6; N 5-6.

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