THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, December 28, 1994 TAG: 9412280569
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C1 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY PATTI WALSH, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH LENGTH: Medium: 73 lines
Kempsville's Carrie Johnson was worried that the holiday break might leave her team a little sluggish in Tuesday afternoon's game against No. 2 Churchland. However, the Chiefs proved to be anything but that as they raced to a 70-53 victory over the Truckers in the third annual Salem Girls Christmas Tournament.
``We did all right,'' Kempsville's Toni Patillo said. ``We were a little slow, but everything came back together in the latter part of the first quarter.''
Kempsville (6-0) crashed the boards for 55 rebounds and used a full court man-to-man press that showed the Truckers (5-1) why the Chiefs are the area's top-ranked team.
``Our rebounding opened up the game,'' said Patillo, who had 12 boards. ``When we got offensive and defensive rebounds we were able to run the fast break.''
The Chiefs went on 27-6 scoring spree and took away Churchland's running game in the second period to blow open a game that had been tied at 16 after the first eight minutes of play.
``We didn't look to get in a running game with them because we knew we'd get in foul trouble,'' Patillo said.
Rather than run with the Truckers, Kempsville eased the ball downcourt and worked the ball inside to Johnson, the Chiefs' 6-foot-2 power forward, who stuck it to the Churchland defense for 20 points.
``I don't think they knew how strong she was inside,'' Patillo said of Johnson, who also had 13 rebounds.
``When you're inside the post, it's your job to get other people in foul trouble,'' Johnson said. ``After that, they played off me and let me get the ball.''
Kempsville's set offense forced Churchland - which is accustomed to controlling the tempo with a speedy attack led by point guard Kizzy Butler - to slow things down.
Butler came out when she picked up three fouls before the end of the first quarter.
From then on, nothing fell Churchland's way.
``Every time we'd shoot the ball it would go in and then come out,'' Butler said. ``The ball wasn't dropping. It was just a bad day.''
Butler returned to the game midway through the third quarter but just four minutes later, Nicole Council fouled out, followed by Michele Jarman's exit 1:17 into the fourth.
SALEM 56, GREAT BRIDGE 42 The Sun Devils raced to a 38-19 halftime lead. Kelly King led all scorers with 16 points and Misty Colebank chipped in 13.
Kalisha Brown led the Wildcats with 10.
BAYSIDE 53, OSCAR SMITH 43 Carolyn Zanelli led the Marlins with 18 points in a victory over the No. 6 Tigers.
Starr Parker had 18 for Oscar Smith and Kizzy Dunbar chipped in 13.
COX 44, WESTERN BRANCH 32 Shannon Drury scored 11 of her game-high 23 points in fourth quarter to spark a 20-10 run and push the Falcons ahead for good.
Ciara Lascano had 13 for the Bruins.
SALEM 46, OSCAR SMITH 32 The Sun Devils took the lead for good in the second quarter with a 14-6 run sparked by Kelly King's 11 points. King finished with a game-high 20 and Misty Colebank added 13.
GREAT BRIDGE 61, BAYSIDE 56 Brown scored 19 points and LaShelle Griffin added 15 for the Wildcats.
Christy Bryant and Zanelli had 17 points apiece for the Marlins. ILLUSTRATION: Photo
MOTOYA NAKAMURA/Staff
From left, Kemspville's Carrie Heath, Churchland's Shelly Singleton,
Kemspville's Toni Patillo, Churchland's Michele Jarman fight for the
ball.
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