Friday, December 13, 2013
Game 1: Home Sweet Home Melrose 44 Winchester 42 (OT)
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Melrose opened the 2013-14 campaign with a hard-fought 44-42 overtime win over visiting Winchester. Unlike figure skating or competitive diving, style points do not matter in basketball.
The game proved to be the coming out party for freshman Leonora Ivers, whose Performance Rating System plus 12 and monster second half took over the game and delivered new coach Lindsay Shanahan her first victory.
Melrose overcame 3 for 18 first half shooting and twenty-one first half turnovers to earn the victory.
Melrose led 11-8 after one after the officials correctly ruled that Jill MacInnes' three-pointer followed the horn. Winchester had the edge at halftime 20-17 as Melrose had only three first half hoops, but the action continued to heat up during the second half.
After three the Lady Raiders led 31-26 but Winchester rallied to lead 36-35 with 3:15 in regulation. A key three pointer by Maave Moriarty gave Melrose the lead at 38-37 with 2:18 left. Winchester got a late free throw to tie the score, and got the ball after a late turnover with 5.9 seconds left but couldn't convert, sending the game into overtime at 38.
Leonora Ivers scored on a scoop shot to send Melrose ahead 40-38 early, The Sachems rallied to lead 42-41, but Katie Sullivan (7 points) hit a critical mid-range jumper from the short corner to put Melrose ahead for good. Jill MacInnes (at the line for seventeen free throws) hit a late free throw to cement the final margin. Winchester couldn't get off a shot in the final five seconds.
Inside the Numbers: Melrose shot 13 for 46 (unofficially) but cleaned up at the free throw line going 17 for 37 from the stripe.
Melrose had thirty-one turnovers but reduced them by over half after intermission.
Ashley Harding had a big role on the boards with a career high eleven rebounds including nine on the defensive boards. Jill MacInnes had eleven points and six rebounds, and Leonora Ivers had ten points, five steals, four rebounds, led Melrose with two assists, and forced two turnovers in her first varsity game.
Melrose opened the 2013-14 campaign with a hard-fought 44-42 overtime win over visiting Winchester. Unlike figure skating or competitive diving, style points do not matter in basketball.
The game proved to be the coming out party for freshman Leonora Ivers, whose Performance Rating System plus 12 and monster second half took over the game and delivered new coach Lindsay Shanahan her first victory.
Melrose overcame 3 for 18 first half shooting and twenty-one first half turnovers to earn the victory.
Melrose led 11-8 after one after the officials correctly ruled that Jill MacInnes' three-pointer followed the horn. Winchester had the edge at halftime 20-17 as Melrose had only three first half hoops, but the action continued to heat up during the second half.
After three the Lady Raiders led 31-26 but Winchester rallied to lead 36-35 with 3:15 in regulation. A key three pointer by Maave Moriarty gave Melrose the lead at 38-37 with 2:18 left. Winchester got a late free throw to tie the score, and got the ball after a late turnover with 5.9 seconds left but couldn't convert, sending the game into overtime at 38.
Leonora Ivers scored on a scoop shot to send Melrose ahead 40-38 early, The Sachems rallied to lead 42-41, but Katie Sullivan (7 points) hit a critical mid-range jumper from the short corner to put Melrose ahead for good. Jill MacInnes (at the line for seventeen free throws) hit a late free throw to cement the final margin. Winchester couldn't get off a shot in the final five seconds.
Inside the Numbers: Melrose shot 13 for 46 (unofficially) but cleaned up at the free throw line going 17 for 37 from the stripe.
Melrose had thirty-one turnovers but reduced them by over half after intermission.
Ashley Harding had a big role on the boards with a career high eleven rebounds including nine on the defensive boards. Jill MacInnes had eleven points and six rebounds, and Leonora Ivers had ten points, five steals, four rebounds, led Melrose with two assists, and forced two turnovers in her first varsity game.
// posted by Ron Sen, MD, FCCP @ 9:55 PM 
