Oct. 7, 2011
Seven Hills Tops Gilmore In OT Thriller
For the 2nd time in as many Nevada County Athletic League girls basketball meetings, the Seven Hills Raiders were just one point better than the Gilmore Bombers, this time 32-31 in overtime.
In a contest that was intense from the tip off, the two teams traded leads throughout. Seven Hills got two big three pointers from point guard Jessica Preece and a clutch hoop from forward Delilah Giblin who also came up with some important rebounds late in the game. But no basket was more clutch than Cassidy Balzer's three point shot that came with only a minute left in overtime and gave the home team a three point lead.
Gilmore got a late basket from Madison right before time expired to cut the lead to one. Seven Hills was lead in scoring by Preece who had 8 points, Olivia Perata with 6, Mairi Jo Jones with 5, and Jaycee Hopkins added 4. Gilmore got 7 point each from Ella, Gracie, and Jessica, while Madison added 6.
IIn other NCAL action:
Pleasant Valley 7th 25 Magnolia 24 - In another extremely close and hard fought game Pleasant Valley beat Magnolia by a score of 25-24 , avenging their 2 point loss in the first round.. Both schools now have only 1 loss as they look to finish out the their NCL league season with a single blemish on their records.
The game Thursday 9/29 at Pleasant Valley was tight all the way after Magnolia fought back from an early deficit. PV managed to prevail with tough defense and a balanced scoring attack with 5 players tallying 4 or more points. Alex Pussich hit a huge 3 point shoot late to give Pleasant Valley the lead only to see Magnolia reply with a 3 point shoot of their own.
With 28 seconds go, Alex Cook scored a basket for the final margin. Taylor Johnston, Celeste Picone and Kelsey Ardvison all contributed scoring and tough defense in the win for Pleasant Valley.
Magnolia 7th 39 Seven Hills 22 - Magnolia's Rattlers traveled to Seven Hills and came away with a 39-22 victory. Ashley Albee led both the offense and the defense with 13 points and a majority of the steals. Summer Brown controlled the boards and had a productive 12 point game. Alyssa Pulkinghorn and Kaity Nat rounded out scoring with 8 and 6 points respectively. The Rattlers are 10-1 on the season. Magnolia faces Forest Lake next Tuesday at the Rattler gym.
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