GIRLS' BASKETBALL
B South semifinal: #5-Yarmouth vs. #1-Freeport
at Portland Expo
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Yarmouth 50, Freeport 40
Maya Panozzo put her team ahead for good with a 3-pointer early in the fourth quarter, and fifth-seeded Yarmouth surprised top-seeded Freeport, 50-40, in a Class B South girls’ basketball semifinal Tuesday afternoon at the Portland Expo.
Yarmouth (12-8) got 16 points from Margaret McNeil and 12 apiece from Panozzo and Katelyn D’Appolonia as it advanced to meet No. 3 Wells in the regional final at 2 p.m. Friday at Cross Insurance Arena.
The first quarter featured four lead changes and four ties. Panozzo’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer gave the Clippers a 13-10 advantage.
Despite turning the ball over 11 times, Yarmouth built its lead in the second quarter, as McNeil did a little of everything, including scoring on a putback. Catriona Gould made a layup with 24 seconds left to pull Freeport (15-5) within 19-15 at the break.
When McNeil made a jumper with 3:24 left in the third quarter, the Clippers held a 28-19 advantage. But Freeport closed the quarter with 10 straight points, capped by a Gould layup off a behind-the-back pass from Smith, to hold a one-point edge heading to the fourth.
Yarmouth made the critical plays down the stretch, though, none bigger than a pair of 3s from Panozzo, as it gradually pulled away to advance to its first regional final in 15 seasons.
Freeport was paced by Mason Baker-Schlendering with 14 points and Rachel Wall with 10.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT | 4OT | 5OT | F | ||
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13 | 6 | 9 | 22 | — | 50 | ||||||
10 | 5 | 14 | 11 | — | 40 |
INDIVIDUAL SCORING | ||||||||
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(12-8) | ||||||||
SCORING | ADDITIONAL STATS | |||||||
Player | 2-FG | 3-FG | FT | Pts | Rebs | Asts | Stls | Blks |
May | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Feeley | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
D'Appolonia | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||||
Whitlock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Schneider | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Panozzo | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | ||||
McNeil | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | ||||
McGonagle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Pazar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Keaney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Delia MacDonald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 11 | 7 | 7 | 50 | ||||
(15-5) | ||||||||
SCORING | ADDITIONAL STATS | |||||||
Player | 2-FG | 3-FG | FT | Pts | Rebs | Asts | Stls | Blks |
Driscoll | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Brier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Smith | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | ||||
Gould | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||||
Routhier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Galletta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Baker-Schlendering | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||||
Groves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Pillsbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Wall | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | ||||
Totals | 15 | 1 | 7 | 40 |