CITY SECTION GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: CHATSWORTH ADVANCES TO CITY SEMIFINALS.Byline: Daily News The Chatsworth girls' basketball team lost in the quarterfinals of the City Section basketball playoffs last season. The Chancellors were determined not to let it happen again. Top-seeded Chatsworth dominated visiting Crenshaw cren·shaw also cran·shaw n. A variety of winter melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) having a greenish-yellow rind and sweet, usually salmon-pink flesh. [Origin unknown.] of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. 78-44 Wednesday night to advance to the semifinals. Host Chatsworth (23-4) stopped Crenshaw (17-7) with a full-court press full-court press n. 1. Basketball An aggressive defensive strategy in which one or two players harass the ball handler in the backcourt while the rest of the team maintains a close man-to-man or zone defense. 2. and took control in the first quarter with a 13-2 run from the onset. ``We were very effective with the press,'' head coach Raquel Alotis said. ``And we would have continued it if we didn't get into foul trouble.'' With a 20-8 lead after the first quarter, Chatsworth amassed seven fouls and put Crenshaw on the free-throw line free-throw line n. See foul line. frequently. Crenshaw, however, converted just 2 of 12 from the line in the second quarter. Pepperdine-bound Alisha Bryant put together eight points in the first quarter for Chatsworth but only had six in the second quarter due to foul trouble. With Bryant out Chatsworth continued to dominate the boards and built a 43-22 lead at the half after outscoring Crenshaw 23-14 in the second quarter. Crenshaw tried to get back in the game in the third quarter as officials struggled with calls causing questions on both benches. Both teams fought through the slow quarter with Chatsworth edging a Crenshaw comeback 11-10. Chatsworth outscored Crenshaw 24-14 in the fourth quarter and had four players score in double figures. Pepperdine-bound Bryant led all scorers with 19 points and 12 rebounds. Luisa Osborne finished with 16 and was 4-7 from the three-point line while Morgan Bennett had 14 and Krystle Mays had 11 points with 10 rebounds. Crenshaw had only players in double-figures, both finishing with just 10 points apiece. - Nathan Brown Nathan Brown may refer to:
--Sylmar 73, Marshall 43: Seyram Gbewonyo had 16 points, 18 rebounds and five assists as third-seeded Sylmar (18-8) defeated visiting Marshall of Los Angeles (12-12) to advance to Friday's semifinals at second-seeded Narbonne of Harbor City. La Shay shay n. Informal A chaise. [Back-formation from chaise (taken as pl. )] Noun 1. Fears added 15 points and six steals and Katrina Thompson had 14 points, seven rebounds and seven steals for Sylmar. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Westlake's Danielle Diaz goes up for a shot as Fullerton's Natasha Cargill defends during Wednesday night's playoff game Noun 1. playoff game - one game in the series of games constituting a playoff game - a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours" playoff - any final competition to determine a championship . Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer |
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