Griffins upset Eagles, win 22-20
The International girls varsity basketball team shocked favored Christian Learning with a 22-20 win Tuesday in Gilberto Parejas Coliseum.
The Eagle girls were 5-1 during the regular season, their only loss being by one point to Cambridge in the last week of the season. The Griffin girls had been 2-4 during the season, and had been seriously knocked around by Christian Learning in both of their previous encounters.
But this was the playoffs, and the International team had clearly come to play. The Griffins led 5-4 at the end of the first period, and the score was tied 10-10 at halftime.
In the second half the Griffins fashioned a 20-14 lead before the Eagles were able to launch a counterattack that tied the game 20-20 in the final minutes. At that point Griffin Melissa Roca threw in a field goal that accounted for the last of her 11 points of the afternoon, and gave International its two-point victory margin.
Roca led all scorers, and her total includes a key three-pointer. She had International's first basket, and its final two. Daniela Zelada had nine points for the Griffins, and Adriana Ocampo two.
The Griffins clearly had the edge on shooting accuracy, as Christian Learning was not able to put together an effective scoring combination.
Anne Marie Hawthorne was the Eagles best producer, with eight points. Sabrina Hallock had four, while Kaylyn Lampen, Cristina Chun, Roxy Jien, and Jennifer Lau had two points each.
