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LADY FALCON HOOPS
Ladies build double-digit lead and hold off Evangel rally to earn first round playoff win.
Amber Donnes collects 23 points and Skylar Ramsey adds 12.
HAMMOND—In classic tale of two halves the Saint Thomas Lady Falcons built
and 33-21 halftime advantage and held off an Evangel rally in the second half to
secure a 54-51 Bi-District Playoff win Monday night. Sophomore Anna Miller delivered
a key assist to junior Amber Donnes with 26 seconds left to put the Lady
Falcons up by three after the Lady Eagles cut the margin to just one with 24 seconds
left on a free throw by Jalisa Lafitie.
“We had a really good first half and our shots were falling for us, but I thought
we panicked a bit in the second half once our outside shots were not dropping and we
committed too many turnovers,” said Saint Thomas head coach John White. “The group continues to improve
and grow as a unit and tonight was just another good experience that can make us better and help
to girls learn to respond in pressure situations.”
Saint Thomas struggled at the charity stripe in the second half and
finished just 11-of-23 from the line. “We are normally a much better free throw shooting team,
but we were not hitting down the stretch and that helped them stay in it,” said White.
The Lady Falcons used a balanced offensive attack in the first half to build a
33-21 advantage by halftime as Donnes had 14, Ramsey six, Porscha Walker five and Addie Shafer 4. Saint
Thomas led by as much as 33-15 with 32 seconds before intermission, but the Lady Eagle got a pair
of treys by Kim Sasser and JaKaris Whitaker to cut by six just seconds before halftime.
Saint Thomas opened the third period with a quick 9-2 run extending their
lead t0 42-23 with 5:57 still showing in the period, but the Eagles would have an answer as they
out-gunned the Lady Falcons 12-3 to cut the margin to ten at 45-35 to start the fourth period.
The Lady Eagles kept chipping away in the final stanza scored eight of her 14
total points down the stretch cutting the lead to just one on a free throw with just 34 seconds left,
but the rally would not succeed as Miller found Donnes streaking in the paint and delivered
a key assist with 26 seconds that put the Lady Falcons up by three.
Donnes collects 23 points and Ramsey added 12 for the winners, while Rachel Johnson
had 16 for Evangel.
Saint Thomas will hit the road for round two playing Pickering who defeated Red River
101-37.
Saint Thomas Hoops celebrates senior night with a trio of wins over rival Northlake.
Falcon seniors DJ Cannon, BJ Miles, David Williams, Modestas Bakauskas, and Steven Wronkoski
were honored in ceremonies before the varsity boys’s game.
HAMMOND—The Saint Thomas Falcons Hoops teams tightened their already hard grip on
District 8-2A Friday night as the Lady Falcons padded their championship won this past
Tuesday with a 59-34 win over the visiting Lady Wolverines, and the Falcons clinched
the championship with their 70-41 win over the Northlake Wolverines. The Falcons
last lost a league game in February of 2007 when Springfield defeated them.
Both the girls and boys teams own a perfect 13-0 district mark with just one game left to play.
Junior Addie Shafer found the range hitting a pair of short
jumpers and a trey to start a 20-9 first period run by the Lady Falcons over the visiting
Northlake Lady Wolverines. Shafer would finish with 11. The Saint Thomas Ladies
padded their advantage in the second period out-gunning Northlake 16-7
to take a commanding 37-16 lead at intermission.
The Lady Falcons limited Northlake to just seven points again in the third
stanza while scoring 17 to take a 31-point advantage at 54-23 after three periods. The Lady Wolverines
won the fourth period 11-5, but the damage was already done as Saint Thomas remained perfect in
district play at 13-0.
Junior Amber Donnes led all scorers with 19, while junior Meg Gambel had 12,
and Porscha Walker added 10 more for the winners. Chandler Burkenstock led Northlake with 16 points.
Saint Thomas will finish the regular season on the road next week as they
travel to take on Saint Helena.
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