They didn’t have champagne to celebrate their victory, water
bottles would have to do. But the exhilaration of winning a game in the state
playoffs, a game few thought they could win, was cause for unbridled joy in the
Perryville girls basketball locker room.
Not many who follow girls high school basketball would have believed you
if you said Perryville would be the last Cecil County team standing in the
State Playoffs, but they are.
After closing out the regular season with crushing back-to-back losses
on their home court and mired by injury problems, the Lady Panthers came out
and pressed the visiting Sparrows Point squad from the opening tipoff with a
vengeance.
They built a solid lead off turnovers and went into halftime with a
19-12 lead. The Panthers backed off of the press and it seemed to allow the
Pointers momentum to make a comeback.
The team effort by Perryville saw eight players hit the scoreboard, with
only Ali Jones entering double digits at 13 points to lead all Panther scorers.
Savannah Dunn led the scoring for Sparrows Point with 15 points.
Just as Sparrows Point pulled within a basket of Perryville, the
Panthers made a run that would put the game permanently out of reach.
Perryville outscored Sparrows Point 15-5 in the final period to salt away a
45-27 victory and a trip to the regional semifinals at Western School of
Technology in Baltimore County on Wednesday.
02-27-12 Perryville v Sparrows Point Girls Basketball - Images by Eclipse Sportswire
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