Guru's Philly Summer League Report: Lime Green Fends Off Black To Earn Three-Peat Title
(Guru's note: As usual this is being written in the vampire hours but the Guru, during the accounting of all the points in the last few minutes, since he wanted to list the entire scoring, finds the individual Lime Green cumlative total falls two points short, though the final score is correct.
A consultation with the commissioner, currently sound asleep, will rectify the shortfall and the Guru will note in this space and on his twitter @womhoopsguru when the correction is made.)
By Mel Greenberg
HATBORO, Pa. -- Unbeaten all season and thru Tuesday's result, two-time defending champion Lime Green was contested in Game 2 of the best-of-three finals by second-seeded Black until a key three-pointer by Jenn Prine in the final minutes sent the squad on to a 66-56 victory Wednesday night and a three-peat title in the Philadelphia/Suburban Women's NCAA Summer Basketball League.
Prine, a recent graduate of Shepherd University two months ago, had only seven points but her shot helped rescue a Lime Green team that opened the finals Tuesday night with an 85-54 victory over Black that followed a regular-season 76-57 win over the same team at the Kelly Bolish Gymnasium, home of the AAU Renegades in Lower Bucks County.
Lime Green's victory avoided being extended by Black to a decisive Game 3, which had been scheduled, if necessary, to be played Thursday night.
The triumph also brought an end to the five-year summer career of recent Saint Joseph's graduate Katie Kuester, arguably the mvp of the 2012 competition with four performances in which she scored 20 or more points.
Ashey Morris, the 2008 Temple graduate on Cardinal Red, also had four games of 20 or more points.
No one on Black nor Lime Green reached that total Wednesday but Lime Green, which went 15-0, including a four-game sweep of playoffs competition, seemed on the way to another scoring explosion with an early 10-point lead until Black rallied and reduced the deficit to as narrow as three points in a second half that was played most of the way with the two teams separated by single digits.
Following the outcome, longtime commissioner David Kessler, who retired from the Dept. of Recreation in 2009 but has continued keeping the league afloat, emceed the awards ceremony and paid tribute to Kuester for her contributions.
This was the third season the league, consisting of 12 teams this summer, competed in the suburbs just outside Philadelphia after a long stint at Northeast High in the city.
Lime Green had been as dominate as some of the better WNBA teams as well as the USA Women's Squad that will play Australia in the Olympics semifinals Thursday in London.
Before Wednesday, the only other scare occured in Thursday's semifinals a week ago when Lime Green emerged in the closing minutes with a 65-62 escape from Cardinal Red, featuring Morris, the former Temple star.
"We knew they weren't going to let us beat them by 30 (points) again," Kuester said of the Black squad that went 9-2 in the regular season and tied Hunter Green for second but won the second seed on a head-to-head tiebreaker. "And they have such a talented team. They have girls from all over on that team.
"But we played hard and we have a good group of girls and it makes it fun when you have a group like this," Kuester added.
Black advanced to the finals beating Hunter Green again last Thursday.
Kuester is headed for the staff of Lehigh University in the Patriot League in Bethlehem, Pa., where she will serve as director of basketball operations.
Another former Big Five great is also going on the Mountain Hawks staff of Sue Troyan in former Villanova star Laura Kurz, who has played in the summer league. She will be an assistant coach.
Kuester will also pursue a Master's Degree in Educational Leadership at Lehigh.
Under NCAA rules, as a paid employee of a Division I school Kuester is not allowed to compete in these official summer sanctioned leagues.
But she said after Tuesday's game that she is ready for retirement, which also means the spectator retirement of her parents John and Tricia Kuester, who have been at most games of her career.
The exception for her dad has been due to his current role as an assistant Los Angeles Lakers coach in the NBA while previously serving as a head coach in Detroit and as an assistant of the 76ers, among other jobs.
The family is moving to North Carolina in the Triangle Area where Duke, UNC and North Carolina State compete, though Katie, of course, will remain up North in her new job.
Though she won't play, Kuester is accompanying Saint Joseph's when the Hawks leave this weekend on an exhibition trip to Ireland. Five players on the active Saint Joseph's roster for this winter competed on two teams in the summer and played well enough that the performances could serve as an omen for Saint Joseph's having success in Atlantic 10 competition during the 2012-13 season.
Several years ago a bunch of Drexel players starred in the league, which led to the Dragons' first-ever Colonial Athletic Association title and NCAA appearance the following winter.
Of the 29 players scoring 20 or more points, 15 of the multiperformances came from Saint Joseph's players, including the four-spot by Kuester.
She talked about how much the league is helpful to improve one's self for the next collegiate season.
"They've been the best, my parents, my coaches and everything and I'm going to miss this league so much. It's been great," Kuester said.
"It means everything. Summer is when you work out," Kuester said. "You wake up and work with your trainer but you don't play basketball. With this league, it's so competitive that you can work on different things. It makes you play with different players. It prepares you in every way for returning to school in the fall."
It was noted that Kuester was teamed with some Villanova players, a top local Big Five rival of the Hawks.
"Yeah, but you know what? They're my best friends. So it works out."
Elizabeth Sharlow, an incoming Lehigh freshman and one of a slew of Mountain Hawks from Kuester's future team who played in the league, was Lime Green's top scorer with 13 points.
Kuester and Dana Mitchell, a 2010 graduate of Saint Bonaventure and former all-Atlantic 10 player, each scored 11 points for Lime Green, while recent Villanova graduate Megan Pearson scored 10 points.
Elle Hagedorn, an incoming Harvard senior, scored seven points while Katelyn O'Reilly, an incoming Lehigh sophomore, scored five points.
Hagedorn is also the daughter of Lime Green coach Ted Hagedorn, who is assisted by Tom Freedman.
Villanova incoming senior Devon Kane is also on the roster but was unable to play this week, a situation that occurs for many players when the league games reach the first two weeks in August.
Alex Smith, an incoming Holy Cross junior, for example, has been unable to play in the postseason with Black because she is traveling with an all-star team in Europe.
"Longtime Crusaders coach Bill Gibbons sent a note expressing Smith's disappointment in being unable to attend the playoffs," according to the commissioner.
Kessler would not mind starting earlier than the June 19 date this season but is restricted under NCAA sanctioning rules.
Ted Hagedorn knows that with graduations and Kuester's departure his squad will have a different look next summer but at the moment it was time to be pleased with a third straight title.
"It was three in a row for Katie and Elle," Hagedorn said. "And two championships for a bunch of the rest of them, including Dana Mitchell and Jenn Prine, who came back after missing a year.
"Of course I had Devon Kane and Meg Pearson last year. This has been a great run for us," said Hagedorn, whose team lost just one game during the regular season last summer.
"This was a competitive game and we knew that the game that was yesterday was really misleading," Hagedorn said of Tuesday's win. "It was one of those games where we made more shots and the other team missed more.
"We knew they would come back at us hard and the other team played better defense against us tonight and it was a great challenge and we just toughed it out," Hagedorn continued.
"This team has a great will to win. They've been very unselfish all year. We had great attendance (from the players) and that allowed us to have fresher legs than most teams and that may have been an advantage and that may also have been an advantage tonight."
As for next year, "It will be a different team. Maybe we'll get some players back and keep it going. I hope to see them but we'll probably have a very different team next year."
At halftime when it was apparent Black might have been able to be take the lead, coach Keith Wood shook his head and said, "Turnovers. I tell these players, turnovers and defense decide games."
But overall he was pleased with the effort.
"I'm proud of the girls," Wood said. "We played hard. We turned the ball over a little too much, which I sort of expected. But we played hard. Could have hit a few more shots and it might have been a different outcome.
"But we bounced back from last night's game and we had a good summer," Wood added.
"I trhought we weren't going to have any legs but I didn't want to go into a zone (defense) because they had too many good shooters, so we stuck with playing man-to-man, but they hit the shots and the outcome is the outcome," Wood continued.
"But we played hard and I'm proud of the girls."
Jasmine Elum, a recent graduate of Bethune Cookman, scored 16 points, while incoming Villanova sophomore Emily Leer scored 14 points for Black.
"Kerry Kinek, a graduate of Central Catholic in Allentown heading for Lehigh and one of the top rookies in the league this summer, scored 10 points.
The Black scoring was completed with incoming Villanova senior Rachel Roberts scoring seven points, while incoming Kutztown senior Ashley Wood, the coach's daughter, scored five points and incoming Colgate sophomore stephanie Schultz scored two points, as did Brittany Kaewell, an incoming sophomore at Penn State-Abington.
The team rosters listed below refer to the players' class designation when they return to class in September. The same goes for all the 12 teams rosters, which had one or two small adjustments since the original post, but can be found scrolling this site to mid-June when the Guru ran an introduction to the season.
Kessler, during the ceremonies, paid thanks to Steve Flynn and Meg Baun of the Renegades for their hospitality.
By all standards, it was a successful season for Kessler, who can be contacted about the league at deucedbk@comcast net.
He already is working toward the next tip, listing dates toward opening day in the nightly newsletter.
April 25 is the deadline for the annual application for NCAA sanction, which will be followed on April 30 with an informational mailing to all prospective players. (The Guru will post a reminder when that goes into play, especially to attraction potential newcomers not on the commissioner's list.)
May 28th will be the deadline for submitting player information sheets and the competiton fee to enter the league. Two nights later on May 30th the annual draft will be held. (There are some rumors of some changes in the process). On June 9 following the ordering of jerseys on June 3, rosters and schedules will be emailed to players and the Guru a few nights later will post the annual guide to the league with similar material. League play is set to begin on June 18 for the 2013 summer season.
As for the season completed Wednesday night, forefeits, usually caused by player shortages stemming from conflicts with work, previous vacation commitments, as well as injuries or illness, were limited to just two.
No major injuries occured.
"I look at several things," Kessler said wrapping up another summer. "Few forfeits. No injuries. No incidents of any kind. And, most importantly, that everybody has a good time."
"Using those standards," he concluded, "it was one of our most successful seasons."
Championship Best-of-Three Update
Game 2 Result: Wed., Aug. 8 -- Lime Green 66, Black 56.
Boxscore
Lime Green-Eizabeth Sharlow 13, Katie Kuester 11, Dana Mitchell 11, Megan Person 10, Elle Hagedorn 7, Jenn Prine 7, Katelyn O'Reilly 5.
Black-Jasmine Elum 16, Emily Leer 12, Kerry Kinek 10, Rachel Roberts 7, Ashley Wood 5, Stephanie Schultz 2, Brittany Kaewell 2.
Lime Green wins best-of-three finals: 2-0
Game 1 Result: Tues., Aug. 7 -- Lime Green 85, Black 54
Boxscore
Lime Green-Katie Kuester 22, Jenn Prine 15, Megan Pearson 14, Elizabeth Sharlow 12, Dana Mitchell 11, Alicia Manning 7, Katelyn O'Reilly 4
Black-Kerry Kinek 14, Rachel Roberts 10, Emily Leer 11, Stephanie Schultz 10, Jamine Elum 7, Ashley Wood 2.
Regular season meeting: July 17--Lime Green 76, Black 57
High Scorers:
Lime Green-Dana Mitchell 20, Megan Pearson 15, Katie Kuester 11, Devon Kane 8, Elle Hagedorn 7
Black- Hilary Weaver 10, Jasmine Elum 10, Stephanie Schultz 10, Alex Smith 8, Rachel Roberts 8
TEAM LIME GREEN**
1 Elle Hagedorn 5’10 Harvard ’13
3 Lindsay Fluehr 5’7 U. Scranton ’15
5 Jenn Prine 5’6 Shepherd U. ’12
10 Dana Mitchell 6’1 St. Bonaventure ’10
12 Danielle Callahan 5’7 Boston U. ’13
14 Katelyn O’Reilly 5’10 Lehigh ’15
15 Katie Kuester 5’10 Saint Joseph’s ’12
20 Elizabeth Sharlow 6’2 Lehigh ’16
22 Devon Kane 5’7 Villanova ’13
23 Alicia Manning 5’10 Lafayette ’13
24 Megan Pearson 6’ Villanova ’12
25 Marissa Manning 6’ King’s College ’15
COACHES: Ted Hagedorn, Tom Freedman
**-Three-time champions, 2010, 2011, 2o12.
TEAM BLACK##
02 Rachel Roberts 5’9 Villanova ’13
12 Samira Strand 6’3 Kutztown ’16
13 Hilary Weaver 5’5 Lehigh ’14
14 Ashley Wood 5’7 Kutztown ’13
15 Jasmine Elum 5’6 Bethune Cookman ’12
20 Lindsay Hoskins 6’ Lehigh ’14
22 Alex Smith 5’7 Holy Cross ’14
31 Brittany Kaewell 5'6 Penn State Altoona '15
33 Kerry Kinek 6’1 Lehigh ’16
34 Stephanie Schultz 6’1 Colgate ’15
35 Bridgette McKnight 5’10 U. New Hampshire ’14
55 Emily Leer 6’2 Villanova ’15
COACH: Keith Wood
##-2012 Runnersup.
SEASON DATA REPORT
Average Regular Season Scores To Date (11 Games Through Final)
Lime Green (11-0) 74.8-48.7 Differential (approx. round nos.) 26.0 pts.
Black (9-2) 70.4-57.3 Differential 13 pts.
Hunter Green (9-2) 68.9-65.2 Differential 4.0 pts.
fl-Cardinal Red (7-4) 68.1-55.3 Differential 13.2 pts.
Columbia Blue (2-9) 60.7-67.1 Differental -6.0 pts.
Royal Blue (7-4) 58.0-56.2 Differental 2.0 pts.
Purple (4-7) 57.5-65.5 Differental -8.0 pts.
Orange (5-6) 57.1-60.1 Differental -3.0 pts.
2fwVegas Gold (5-6) 56.5-61.3 Differental -6.0 pts.
Ash Gray (5-6) 53.0-59.0 Differental -6.0 pts.
fw-Kelly Green (3-8) 48.6-58.0 Differental -9.0 pts.
2flGold (0-11) 45.8-65.1 Differential -19.0 pts.
fw and 2fw: includes 2-0 forfeit wins; fl and 2fl includes 0-2 forfeit losses.
Top Individual Performers (20 or more pts)
(44 performances, 29 individuals to date)
Tues., July 24: Ashley Prim, Gold 31 pts., vs. Black.
Thurs., July 19: Ashley Prim, Gold, 30 pts., vs. Hunter Green.
Thurs., June 28: Taylor Bryant, Columbia Blue, 29 pts., vs. Lime Green.
Tues., July 17: Ashley Morris, Cardinal Red, 29 pts., vs. Gold.
Tues., July 24: Jordan Strode, Gold, 29 pts., vs. Black.
Tues., July 24: Erin Shields, Hunter Green, 27 pts., vs. Royal Blue.
Thurs., July 26: Katie Kuester, Lime Green, 27 pts., vs. Ash Gray.
^^^^-Thurs., Aug. 2: Dana Mitchell, Lime Green 27 pts., vs. Cardinal Red.
****-Tues., June 26: Katie Kuester, Lime Green, 26 pts., vs. Orange.
Tues., July 31: Katie Kuster, Lime Green 26, vs. Purple.
Thurs., June 28: Erin Shields, Hunter Green, 25 pts., vs. Cardinal Red.
^^^^-Thurs., Aug. 2, Ashley Morris, 25 pts., vs. Lime Green.
Thurs., July 19: Shelby Smith, Hunter Green, 24 pts., vs. Gold.
Thurs., July 26: Alex Smith, Black, 26 pts., vs. Cardinal Red.
Tues., June 19: Lakia Stewart, Card. Red, 23 pts. vs. Vegas Gold.
Tues., June 26: Marisa Repasch, Purple, 23 pts., vs. Kelly Green.
Tues., July 26: Erin Mann, Royal Blue, 23 pts., vs. Vegas Gold.
Tues., July 10: Alex Wheatley, Columbia Blue, 22 pts., vs. Royal Blue.
Thurs., July 26: Emily Homan, Cardinal Red, 22 pts., vs. Black.
%%%%-Tues., Aug. 7: Katie Kuester 22, Lime Green vs. Black.
Thurs., June 21: Noelle Alicea, Gold, 21 pts. vs. Columbia Blue.
Tues., June 26: Emily Leer, Black, 21 pts., vs. Vegas Gold.
Thur., June 28: Ciara Andrews, Hunter Green, 21 pts., vs. Cardinal Red.
Thurs., July 5: Stephanie Keyes, Vegas Gold, 21 pts., vs. Ash Gray.
Tues., July 17: Paige Elliott, Vegas Gold, 21 pts., vs. Purple.
Tues., July 17: Marisa Repasch, Purple, 21 pts., vs. Vegas Gold.
Thurs., July 19: Jordan Strode, Gold, 21 pts., vs. Hunter Green.
Tues., July 24: Ashley Morris, Cardinal Red, 21 pts.,vs. Columbia Blue.
Tues., July 24: Ciara Andrews, Hunter Green, 21 pts., vs. Royal Blue.
Tues., July 24: Maggie Serratelli, Royal Blue, 21 pts., vs. Hunter Green.
****-Tues., July 31: Kerry Kinek, Black, 21 pts., vs. Orange.
Tues., June 19: Kendall Benovy, Vegas Gold, 20 pts., vs. Cardinal Red.
Tues., June 19: Jessica Sylvester, Kelly Green, 20 pts., vs. Hunter Green.
Thurs., June 21: Tiffany Johnson, Vegas Gold, 20 pts., vs. Hunter Green.
Tues., June 26: Alex Wheatley, Columbia Blue, 20 pts., vs. Hunter Green.
Tues., June 26: Ashley Morris, Cardinal Red, 20 pts., vs. Ash Gray.
Thurs., June 28: Trish Watson, Purple, 20 points, vs. Gold.
Thurs., July 5: Alexandra Yantzi, Gold, 20 points, vs. Kelly.
Thurs., July 5: Trish Watson, Purple, 20 points, vs. Columbia Blue.
Thurs., July 5: Taylor Bryant, Columbia Blue, 20 points, vs. Purple.
Thurs., July 12: Alyssa Islar, Columbia Blue, 20 points, vs. Vegas Gold.
Thurs., July 12: Kendall Burton, Purple, 20 points vs. Hunter Green.
Tues., July 17: Dana Mitchell, Lime Green, 20 points vs. Black.
Tues., July 24: Dana Mitchell, Lime Green, 20 points vs. Vegas Gold.
****-Playoffs quarterfinals round.
^^^^-Playoffs semifinals round.
%%%-Playoffs Game 1 championship series.
Multiple 20 or more games: Katie Kuester (4), Ashley Morris (4), Dana Mitchell (3), Ashley Prim (2), Taylor Bryant (2), Erin Shields (2), Trish Watson (2), Jordan Strode (2), Marisa Repasch (2), Ciara Andrews (2).
Individual Highs and Lows (Regular Season)
Highest total points top scorer on winning team: Ashley Morris, 29 pts. (Tues., July 17, Cardinal Red 94, Gold 53.)
Lowest total points top scorer on winning team: Kerry Kinek, 10 pts. (Tues., June 19: Black 66, Columbia Blue 59); Marisa Repasch, 10 pts. (Tues., July 24: Purple 50, Ash Gray 46.
Highest total points top scorer on losing team: Ashley Prim, 31 pts. (Tues., July 24: Black 80, Gold 77.)
Lowest total points top scorer on losing team: Lindsay Alexander, 6 pts. (Thurs., June 28: Royal Blue 52, Ash Gray 29).
Teams Highs And Lows (Regular Season)
Highest winning total points: Lime Green 92, Purple 41 -- 7/19.
Lowest winning total points : Purple 50, Ash Gray 46 -- 7/24.
Highest losing total points: Hunter Green 88, Gold 77 -- 7/19.
Black 80, Gold 77 -- 7/24.
Lowest losing total points: Royal Blue 52, Ash Gray 29 -- 6/28
Highest differential (51 pts.): Cardinal Red 94, Gold 53 -- 7/17
Lime Green 92, Purple 41 -- 7/19
Lowest differential (1 point): Royal Blue 60, Columbia blue 59 -- 7/10;
Hunter Green 61, Purple 60 -- 7/12.
Orange 69, Columbia Blue 68, ovt. -- 7/17.
FINAL REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS
TEAM W-L PCT. GB PF PA
Lime Green 11-0 1.000 --- 823 536
Black 9-2 .818 2.0 775 634
Hunter Grn 9-2 .818 2.0 758 718
Royal Blue 7-4 .636 4.0 639 619
1f-Cardinal Red 7-4 .636 4.0 750 609
2f-Vegas Gold 5-6 .455 6.0 622 674
Orange 5-6 .455 6.0 629 662
Purple 4-7 .363 7.0 663 721
$$-Ash Gray 4-7 .363 7.0 584 653
**lf-Kelly Green 3-8 .273 8.0 535 638
**-Col. Blue 2-9 .182 9.0 668 739
**2f-Gold 0-11 .000 11.0 504 717
**-Eliminated from playoffs off won-loss records
$$-Eliminated from playoffs in tie-breaking scenarios.
1f-Kelly Green 2, Cardinal Red 0, forfeit, July 19.
2f-Vegas Gold 2, Gold 0, forfeit, July 26
Breaking Ties
Seeds determined for playoffs and ties broken as follows:
1st Place: Lime Green -- Record.
2nd Place Black and Hunter Green tied and Black seeded second off 85-57 win over Hunter Green on July 10.
4th Place: Royal Blue and Cardinal Red tied and Royal Blue seeded fourth off 67-56 win over Cardinal Red on July 12th.
6th Place Vegas Gold and Orange tied and Vegas Gold seeded sixth off 69-53 win over Orange on June 28th.
8th Place: Purple and Ash Gray tied and Purple advanced to last playoff slot off 50-46 win over Ash Gray on July 24th.
10th Place Kelly Green -- Record. Eliminated.
11th Place: Columbia Blue -- Record. Eliminated.
12th Place: Gold -- Record. Eliminated.
The grid several items down below gives you each team's win or loss along its schedule so you can see how the seed order was derived.
Results To Date
Playoffs
Finals (Best of Three)
Wed., Aug. 8
Game 2: Lime Green 66, Black 56
Lime Green wins best-of-three finals: 2-0
Tues., Aug. 7
Game 1: Lime Green 85, Black 54.
Semifinals
Thurs., Aug. 2
(1) Lime Green 65, (5) Cardinal Red 62
(2) Black 72, (3) Hunter Green 58
Quarterfinals
Tues., July 31
(1) Lime Green 72, (8) Purple 51
(2) Black 69, (7) Orange 51
(3) Hunter Green 63, (6) Vegas Gold 49
(5) Cardinal Red 63, (4) Royal Blue 52
Regular Season
Thurs., July 26
Hunter Green 65, Orange 47
Columbia Blue 65, Kelly Green 54
Vegas Gold 2, Gold 0, forfeit by Gold.
Lime Green 68, Ash Gray 47
Royal Blue 71, Purple 65
Cardinal Red 77, Black 67
Tues., July 24
Orange 76, Kelly Green 43
Lime Green 75, Vegas Gold 59
Purple 50, Ash Gray 46
Black 80, Gold 77
Cardinal Red 82, Columbia Blue 54
Hunter Green 79, Royal Blue 72
Thurs., July 19
Ash Gray 66, Columbia Blue 58
Hunter Green 88, Gold 77
Kelly Green 2, Cardinal Red 0, Forfeit
Black 62, Orange 49
Lime Green 92, Purple 41
Royal Blue 62, Vegas Gold 47
Tues., July 17
Lime Green 76, Black 57
Cardinal Red 94, Gold 53
Hunter Green 62, Ash Gray 47
Vegas Gold 68, Purple 50
Royal Blue 53, Kelly Green 44
Orange 69, Columbia Blue 68, ovt.
Thurs., July 12
Royal Blue 67, Cardinal Red 56
Orange 52, Gold 49
Lime Green 74, Kelly Green 36
Hunter Green 61, Purple 60
Vegas Gold 68, Columbia Blue 59
Black 77, Ash Gray 52
Tuesday, July 10
Black 85, Hunter Green 57
Orange 67, Ash Gray 46
Royal Blue 60, Columbia Blue 59
Cardinal Red 81, Purple 57
Lime Green 67, Gold 31
Vegas Gold 66, Kelly Green 55
Thurs., July 5
Ash Gray 71, Vegas Gold 61
Black 80, Royal Blue 53
Purple 78, Columbia Blue 64
Cardinal Red 69, Orange 53
Kelly Green 60, Gold 52
Lime Green 62, Hunter Green 46
Tues., July 3
No Games Schedule
Thurs., June 28
Purple 82, Gold 47
Black 60, Kelly Green 44
Hunter Green 76, Cardinal Red 72
Lime Green 75, Columbia Blue 62
Royal Blue 52, Ash Gray 29
Vegas Gold 69, Orange 53
Tues., June 26
Hunter Green 74, Columbia Blue 63
Black 84, Vegas Gold 47
Cardinal Red 73, Ash Gray 47
Royal Blue 65, Gold 32
Lime Green 87, Orange 58
Kelly Green 85, Purple 59
Thurs., June 21
Ash Gray 64, Kelly Green 46
Lime Green 75, Cardinal Red 62
Black 55, Purple 33
Columbia Blue 57, Gold 47
Hunter Green 81, Vegas Gold 68
Orange 54, Royal Blue 46
Tues., June 19
Hunter Green 69, Kelly Green 66
Purple 58, Orange 51
Lime Green 72, Royal Blue 37
Cardinal Red 84, Vegas Gold 58
Black 66, Columbia Blue 59
Ash Gray 69, Gold 39
Grid Of Teams Against League
First No.seed, followed by standings No. with T being Tied.
1S1 LG (RS: 11-0 Pl: 4-0) vs. RB (W), CR (W), O (W), CB (W), HG (W), Gd (W), KG (W), B(W), P(W), VG(W), AG(W) -- Playoffs: P(W), CR (W), Bk (W), Bk(W).
2S2T BLK (RS: 9-2 PL: 2-2) vs. CB (W), P (W), VG (W), KG (W), RB (W), *-2HG (W), AG (W), LG(L), O(W), G(W), CR(L) -- Playoffs: O (W), HG (W), LG(L), LG(L).
3S2T HG (RS: 9-2, PL: 1-1) ) vs. KG (W), VG (W), CB (W), CR (W), LG (L), *-2Bk (L), P (W), AG(W), G(W), RB(W), O(W) -- Playoffs: VG (W), Bk (L).
4S4T RB (RS: 7-4, PL 0-1) vs. LG (L), O (L), Gd (W), AG (W), Blk (L), CB (W), *-4CR (W), KG(W), VG(W), HG(L),P(W) -- Playoffs: CR (L).
5S4T CR (RS: 7-4, PL: 1-1) vs. VG (W), LG (L), AG (W), HG (L). O (W), P (W), *-4RB (L), G(W), %-KG(L), CB(W),Bk(W) -- Playoffs: RB (W), LG (L).
6S6T VG (RS: 5-6, PL 0-1) vs. CR (L), HG (L), Bk (L), *-6O (W), AG (L), KG (W), CB (W), P(W), RB(L), LG(L),%-G(W) -- Playoffs: HG (L).
7S6T Or (RS: 5-6, PL 0-1) vs. P (L), RB (W), LG (L), *-6VG (L), CR(L), AG (W), G(W), CB(W). B(L), KG(W), HG(L) -- Playoffs: Bk (L).
8S8T P (RS: 5-6, PL 0-1) vs. O (W), Bk (L), KG (L), Gld (W), CB (W), CR (L), HG (L),VG(L), LG(L), *-8AG(W), RB(L) -- Playoffs: LG (L).
9E8T AG (5-6) vs. Gd (W), KG (W), CR (L), RB (L), VG (W), Or (L), BK (L), H(L), CB(W), *-8P(L), LG(L).
10E10 KG (3-8) vs. H.G. (L), AG (L), P (W), Bk (L), Gd (W), VG (L), LG (L), RB(L), %-CR(W), Or(L), CB(L).
11E11 CB (2-9) vs. Bk (L), Gd (W), HG (L), LG (L), P (L), RB (L), VG (L), O(L), (AG), CR(L), KG(W).
12E11 Gld (0-11) vs. AG (L), CB (L), RB (L), P (L), KG (L), LG (L), O (L), CR(L), HG(L), Bk(L), %-(VG(L).
%-Forfeit games.
*-2 Tiebreak for 2nd; *-4 Tiebreak for 4th; *-6 Tiebreak for 6th; *-8 Tiebreak for 8th.
9E, 10E, 11E, 12E -- Eliminated from playoffs; 2T, 4T, 6T, 8T -- Tie number in standings.
Division II Schools Competing As Whole Units
NCAA rules allow entire D-II and D-III teams to play together.
Kelly Green -- University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
Orange -- Philadelphia University
Royal Blue -- Holy Family
Vegas Gold -- West Chester
-- That's it for the summer league. Blogs to come: Olympics, WNBA, and NCAA, which is expected to soon name the organization's new vice president for women's basketball.
--Mel
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A consultation with the commissioner, currently sound asleep, will rectify the shortfall and the Guru will note in this space and on his twitter @womhoopsguru when the correction is made.)
By Mel Greenberg
HATBORO, Pa. -- Unbeaten all season and thru Tuesday's result, two-time defending champion Lime Green was contested in Game 2 of the best-of-three finals by second-seeded Black until a key three-pointer by Jenn Prine in the final minutes sent the squad on to a 66-56 victory Wednesday night and a three-peat title in the Philadelphia/Suburban Women's NCAA Summer Basketball League.
Prine, a recent graduate of Shepherd University two months ago, had only seven points but her shot helped rescue a Lime Green team that opened the finals Tuesday night with an 85-54 victory over Black that followed a regular-season 76-57 win over the same team at the Kelly Bolish Gymnasium, home of the AAU Renegades in Lower Bucks County.
Lime Green's victory avoided being extended by Black to a decisive Game 3, which had been scheduled, if necessary, to be played Thursday night.
The triumph also brought an end to the five-year summer career of recent Saint Joseph's graduate Katie Kuester, arguably the mvp of the 2012 competition with four performances in which she scored 20 or more points.
Ashey Morris, the 2008 Temple graduate on Cardinal Red, also had four games of 20 or more points.
No one on Black nor Lime Green reached that total Wednesday but Lime Green, which went 15-0, including a four-game sweep of playoffs competition, seemed on the way to another scoring explosion with an early 10-point lead until Black rallied and reduced the deficit to as narrow as three points in a second half that was played most of the way with the two teams separated by single digits.
Following the outcome, longtime commissioner David Kessler, who retired from the Dept. of Recreation in 2009 but has continued keeping the league afloat, emceed the awards ceremony and paid tribute to Kuester for her contributions.
This was the third season the league, consisting of 12 teams this summer, competed in the suburbs just outside Philadelphia after a long stint at Northeast High in the city.
Lime Green had been as dominate as some of the better WNBA teams as well as the USA Women's Squad that will play Australia in the Olympics semifinals Thursday in London.
Before Wednesday, the only other scare occured in Thursday's semifinals a week ago when Lime Green emerged in the closing minutes with a 65-62 escape from Cardinal Red, featuring Morris, the former Temple star.
"We knew they weren't going to let us beat them by 30 (points) again," Kuester said of the Black squad that went 9-2 in the regular season and tied Hunter Green for second but won the second seed on a head-to-head tiebreaker. "And they have such a talented team. They have girls from all over on that team.
"But we played hard and we have a good group of girls and it makes it fun when you have a group like this," Kuester added.
Black advanced to the finals beating Hunter Green again last Thursday.
Kuester is headed for the staff of Lehigh University in the Patriot League in Bethlehem, Pa., where she will serve as director of basketball operations.
Another former Big Five great is also going on the Mountain Hawks staff of Sue Troyan in former Villanova star Laura Kurz, who has played in the summer league. She will be an assistant coach.
Kuester will also pursue a Master's Degree in Educational Leadership at Lehigh.
Under NCAA rules, as a paid employee of a Division I school Kuester is not allowed to compete in these official summer sanctioned leagues.
But she said after Tuesday's game that she is ready for retirement, which also means the spectator retirement of her parents John and Tricia Kuester, who have been at most games of her career.
The exception for her dad has been due to his current role as an assistant Los Angeles Lakers coach in the NBA while previously serving as a head coach in Detroit and as an assistant of the 76ers, among other jobs.
The family is moving to North Carolina in the Triangle Area where Duke, UNC and North Carolina State compete, though Katie, of course, will remain up North in her new job.
Though she won't play, Kuester is accompanying Saint Joseph's when the Hawks leave this weekend on an exhibition trip to Ireland. Five players on the active Saint Joseph's roster for this winter competed on two teams in the summer and played well enough that the performances could serve as an omen for Saint Joseph's having success in Atlantic 10 competition during the 2012-13 season.
Several years ago a bunch of Drexel players starred in the league, which led to the Dragons' first-ever Colonial Athletic Association title and NCAA appearance the following winter.
Of the 29 players scoring 20 or more points, 15 of the multiperformances came from Saint Joseph's players, including the four-spot by Kuester.
She talked about how much the league is helpful to improve one's self for the next collegiate season.
"They've been the best, my parents, my coaches and everything and I'm going to miss this league so much. It's been great," Kuester said.
"It means everything. Summer is when you work out," Kuester said. "You wake up and work with your trainer but you don't play basketball. With this league, it's so competitive that you can work on different things. It makes you play with different players. It prepares you in every way for returning to school in the fall."
It was noted that Kuester was teamed with some Villanova players, a top local Big Five rival of the Hawks.
"Yeah, but you know what? They're my best friends. So it works out."
Elizabeth Sharlow, an incoming Lehigh freshman and one of a slew of Mountain Hawks from Kuester's future team who played in the league, was Lime Green's top scorer with 13 points.
Kuester and Dana Mitchell, a 2010 graduate of Saint Bonaventure and former all-Atlantic 10 player, each scored 11 points for Lime Green, while recent Villanova graduate Megan Pearson scored 10 points.
Elle Hagedorn, an incoming Harvard senior, scored seven points while Katelyn O'Reilly, an incoming Lehigh sophomore, scored five points.
Hagedorn is also the daughter of Lime Green coach Ted Hagedorn, who is assisted by Tom Freedman.
Villanova incoming senior Devon Kane is also on the roster but was unable to play this week, a situation that occurs for many players when the league games reach the first two weeks in August.
Alex Smith, an incoming Holy Cross junior, for example, has been unable to play in the postseason with Black because she is traveling with an all-star team in Europe.
"Longtime Crusaders coach Bill Gibbons sent a note expressing Smith's disappointment in being unable to attend the playoffs," according to the commissioner.
Kessler would not mind starting earlier than the June 19 date this season but is restricted under NCAA sanctioning rules.
Ted Hagedorn knows that with graduations and Kuester's departure his squad will have a different look next summer but at the moment it was time to be pleased with a third straight title.
"It was three in a row for Katie and Elle," Hagedorn said. "And two championships for a bunch of the rest of them, including Dana Mitchell and Jenn Prine, who came back after missing a year.
"Of course I had Devon Kane and Meg Pearson last year. This has been a great run for us," said Hagedorn, whose team lost just one game during the regular season last summer.
"This was a competitive game and we knew that the game that was yesterday was really misleading," Hagedorn said of Tuesday's win. "It was one of those games where we made more shots and the other team missed more.
"We knew they would come back at us hard and the other team played better defense against us tonight and it was a great challenge and we just toughed it out," Hagedorn continued.
"This team has a great will to win. They've been very unselfish all year. We had great attendance (from the players) and that allowed us to have fresher legs than most teams and that may have been an advantage and that may also have been an advantage tonight."
As for next year, "It will be a different team. Maybe we'll get some players back and keep it going. I hope to see them but we'll probably have a very different team next year."
At halftime when it was apparent Black might have been able to be take the lead, coach Keith Wood shook his head and said, "Turnovers. I tell these players, turnovers and defense decide games."
But overall he was pleased with the effort.
"I'm proud of the girls," Wood said. "We played hard. We turned the ball over a little too much, which I sort of expected. But we played hard. Could have hit a few more shots and it might have been a different outcome.
"But we bounced back from last night's game and we had a good summer," Wood added.
"I trhought we weren't going to have any legs but I didn't want to go into a zone (defense) because they had too many good shooters, so we stuck with playing man-to-man, but they hit the shots and the outcome is the outcome," Wood continued.
"But we played hard and I'm proud of the girls."
Jasmine Elum, a recent graduate of Bethune Cookman, scored 16 points, while incoming Villanova sophomore Emily Leer scored 14 points for Black.
"Kerry Kinek, a graduate of Central Catholic in Allentown heading for Lehigh and one of the top rookies in the league this summer, scored 10 points.
The Black scoring was completed with incoming Villanova senior Rachel Roberts scoring seven points, while incoming Kutztown senior Ashley Wood, the coach's daughter, scored five points and incoming Colgate sophomore stephanie Schultz scored two points, as did Brittany Kaewell, an incoming sophomore at Penn State-Abington.
The team rosters listed below refer to the players' class designation when they return to class in September. The same goes for all the 12 teams rosters, which had one or two small adjustments since the original post, but can be found scrolling this site to mid-June when the Guru ran an introduction to the season.
Kessler, during the ceremonies, paid thanks to Steve Flynn and Meg Baun of the Renegades for their hospitality.
By all standards, it was a successful season for Kessler, who can be contacted about the league at deucedbk@comcast net.
He already is working toward the next tip, listing dates toward opening day in the nightly newsletter.
April 25 is the deadline for the annual application for NCAA sanction, which will be followed on April 30 with an informational mailing to all prospective players. (The Guru will post a reminder when that goes into play, especially to attraction potential newcomers not on the commissioner's list.)
May 28th will be the deadline for submitting player information sheets and the competiton fee to enter the league. Two nights later on May 30th the annual draft will be held. (There are some rumors of some changes in the process). On June 9 following the ordering of jerseys on June 3, rosters and schedules will be emailed to players and the Guru a few nights later will post the annual guide to the league with similar material. League play is set to begin on June 18 for the 2013 summer season.
As for the season completed Wednesday night, forefeits, usually caused by player shortages stemming from conflicts with work, previous vacation commitments, as well as injuries or illness, were limited to just two.
No major injuries occured.
"I look at several things," Kessler said wrapping up another summer. "Few forfeits. No injuries. No incidents of any kind. And, most importantly, that everybody has a good time."
"Using those standards," he concluded, "it was one of our most successful seasons."
Championship Best-of-Three Update
Game 2 Result: Wed., Aug. 8 -- Lime Green 66, Black 56.
Boxscore
Lime Green-Eizabeth Sharlow 13, Katie Kuester 11, Dana Mitchell 11, Megan Person 10, Elle Hagedorn 7, Jenn Prine 7, Katelyn O'Reilly 5.
Black-Jasmine Elum 16, Emily Leer 12, Kerry Kinek 10, Rachel Roberts 7, Ashley Wood 5, Stephanie Schultz 2, Brittany Kaewell 2.
Lime Green wins best-of-three finals: 2-0
Game 1 Result: Tues., Aug. 7 -- Lime Green 85, Black 54
Boxscore
Lime Green-Katie Kuester 22, Jenn Prine 15, Megan Pearson 14, Elizabeth Sharlow 12, Dana Mitchell 11, Alicia Manning 7, Katelyn O'Reilly 4
Black-Kerry Kinek 14, Rachel Roberts 10, Emily Leer 11, Stephanie Schultz 10, Jamine Elum 7, Ashley Wood 2.
Regular season meeting: July 17--Lime Green 76, Black 57
High Scorers:
Lime Green-Dana Mitchell 20, Megan Pearson 15, Katie Kuester 11, Devon Kane 8, Elle Hagedorn 7
Black- Hilary Weaver 10, Jasmine Elum 10, Stephanie Schultz 10, Alex Smith 8, Rachel Roberts 8
TEAM LIME GREEN**
1 Elle Hagedorn 5’10 Harvard ’13
3 Lindsay Fluehr 5’7 U. Scranton ’15
5 Jenn Prine 5’6 Shepherd U. ’12
10 Dana Mitchell 6’1 St. Bonaventure ’10
12 Danielle Callahan 5’7 Boston U. ’13
14 Katelyn O’Reilly 5’10 Lehigh ’15
15 Katie Kuester 5’10 Saint Joseph’s ’12
20 Elizabeth Sharlow 6’2 Lehigh ’16
22 Devon Kane 5’7 Villanova ’13
23 Alicia Manning 5’10 Lafayette ’13
24 Megan Pearson 6’ Villanova ’12
25 Marissa Manning 6’ King’s College ’15
COACHES: Ted Hagedorn, Tom Freedman
**-Three-time champions, 2010, 2011, 2o12.
TEAM BLACK##
02 Rachel Roberts 5’9 Villanova ’13
12 Samira Strand 6’3 Kutztown ’16
13 Hilary Weaver 5’5 Lehigh ’14
14 Ashley Wood 5’7 Kutztown ’13
15 Jasmine Elum 5’6 Bethune Cookman ’12
20 Lindsay Hoskins 6’ Lehigh ’14
22 Alex Smith 5’7 Holy Cross ’14
31 Brittany Kaewell 5'6 Penn State Altoona '15
33 Kerry Kinek 6’1 Lehigh ’16
34 Stephanie Schultz 6’1 Colgate ’15
35 Bridgette McKnight 5’10 U. New Hampshire ’14
55 Emily Leer 6’2 Villanova ’15
COACH: Keith Wood
##-2012 Runnersup.
SEASON DATA REPORT
Average Regular Season Scores To Date (11 Games Through Final)
Lime Green (11-0) 74.8-48.7 Differential (approx. round nos.) 26.0 pts.
Black (9-2) 70.4-57.3 Differential 13 pts.
Hunter Green (9-2) 68.9-65.2 Differential 4.0 pts.
fl-Cardinal Red (7-4) 68.1-55.3 Differential 13.2 pts.
Columbia Blue (2-9) 60.7-67.1 Differental -6.0 pts.
Royal Blue (7-4) 58.0-56.2 Differental 2.0 pts.
Purple (4-7) 57.5-65.5 Differental -8.0 pts.
Orange (5-6) 57.1-60.1 Differental -3.0 pts.
2fwVegas Gold (5-6) 56.5-61.3 Differental -6.0 pts.
Ash Gray (5-6) 53.0-59.0 Differental -6.0 pts.
fw-Kelly Green (3-8) 48.6-58.0 Differental -9.0 pts.
2flGold (0-11) 45.8-65.1 Differential -19.0 pts.
fw and 2fw: includes 2-0 forfeit wins; fl and 2fl includes 0-2 forfeit losses.
Top Individual Performers (20 or more pts)
(44 performances, 29 individuals to date)
Tues., July 24: Ashley Prim, Gold 31 pts., vs. Black.
Thurs., July 19: Ashley Prim, Gold, 30 pts., vs. Hunter Green.
Thurs., June 28: Taylor Bryant, Columbia Blue, 29 pts., vs. Lime Green.
Tues., July 17: Ashley Morris, Cardinal Red, 29 pts., vs. Gold.
Tues., July 24: Jordan Strode, Gold, 29 pts., vs. Black.
Tues., July 24: Erin Shields, Hunter Green, 27 pts., vs. Royal Blue.
Thurs., July 26: Katie Kuester, Lime Green, 27 pts., vs. Ash Gray.
^^^^-Thurs., Aug. 2: Dana Mitchell, Lime Green 27 pts., vs. Cardinal Red.
****-Tues., June 26: Katie Kuester, Lime Green, 26 pts., vs. Orange.
Tues., July 31: Katie Kuster, Lime Green 26, vs. Purple.
Thurs., June 28: Erin Shields, Hunter Green, 25 pts., vs. Cardinal Red.
^^^^-Thurs., Aug. 2, Ashley Morris, 25 pts., vs. Lime Green.
Thurs., July 19: Shelby Smith, Hunter Green, 24 pts., vs. Gold.
Thurs., July 26: Alex Smith, Black, 26 pts., vs. Cardinal Red.
Tues., June 19: Lakia Stewart, Card. Red, 23 pts. vs. Vegas Gold.
Tues., June 26: Marisa Repasch, Purple, 23 pts., vs. Kelly Green.
Tues., July 26: Erin Mann, Royal Blue, 23 pts., vs. Vegas Gold.
Tues., July 10: Alex Wheatley, Columbia Blue, 22 pts., vs. Royal Blue.
Thurs., July 26: Emily Homan, Cardinal Red, 22 pts., vs. Black.
%%%%-Tues., Aug. 7: Katie Kuester 22, Lime Green vs. Black.
Thurs., June 21: Noelle Alicea, Gold, 21 pts. vs. Columbia Blue.
Tues., June 26: Emily Leer, Black, 21 pts., vs. Vegas Gold.
Thur., June 28: Ciara Andrews, Hunter Green, 21 pts., vs. Cardinal Red.
Thurs., July 5: Stephanie Keyes, Vegas Gold, 21 pts., vs. Ash Gray.
Tues., July 17: Paige Elliott, Vegas Gold, 21 pts., vs. Purple.
Tues., July 17: Marisa Repasch, Purple, 21 pts., vs. Vegas Gold.
Thurs., July 19: Jordan Strode, Gold, 21 pts., vs. Hunter Green.
Tues., July 24: Ashley Morris, Cardinal Red, 21 pts.,vs. Columbia Blue.
Tues., July 24: Ciara Andrews, Hunter Green, 21 pts., vs. Royal Blue.
Tues., July 24: Maggie Serratelli, Royal Blue, 21 pts., vs. Hunter Green.
****-Tues., July 31: Kerry Kinek, Black, 21 pts., vs. Orange.
Tues., June 19: Kendall Benovy, Vegas Gold, 20 pts., vs. Cardinal Red.
Tues., June 19: Jessica Sylvester, Kelly Green, 20 pts., vs. Hunter Green.
Thurs., June 21: Tiffany Johnson, Vegas Gold, 20 pts., vs. Hunter Green.
Tues., June 26: Alex Wheatley, Columbia Blue, 20 pts., vs. Hunter Green.
Tues., June 26: Ashley Morris, Cardinal Red, 20 pts., vs. Ash Gray.
Thurs., June 28: Trish Watson, Purple, 20 points, vs. Gold.
Thurs., July 5: Alexandra Yantzi, Gold, 20 points, vs. Kelly.
Thurs., July 5: Trish Watson, Purple, 20 points, vs. Columbia Blue.
Thurs., July 5: Taylor Bryant, Columbia Blue, 20 points, vs. Purple.
Thurs., July 12: Alyssa Islar, Columbia Blue, 20 points, vs. Vegas Gold.
Thurs., July 12: Kendall Burton, Purple, 20 points vs. Hunter Green.
Tues., July 17: Dana Mitchell, Lime Green, 20 points vs. Black.
Tues., July 24: Dana Mitchell, Lime Green, 20 points vs. Vegas Gold.
****-Playoffs quarterfinals round.
^^^^-Playoffs semifinals round.
%%%-Playoffs Game 1 championship series.
Multiple 20 or more games: Katie Kuester (4), Ashley Morris (4), Dana Mitchell (3), Ashley Prim (2), Taylor Bryant (2), Erin Shields (2), Trish Watson (2), Jordan Strode (2), Marisa Repasch (2), Ciara Andrews (2).
Individual Highs and Lows (Regular Season)
Highest total points top scorer on winning team: Ashley Morris, 29 pts. (Tues., July 17, Cardinal Red 94, Gold 53.)
Lowest total points top scorer on winning team: Kerry Kinek, 10 pts. (Tues., June 19: Black 66, Columbia Blue 59); Marisa Repasch, 10 pts. (Tues., July 24: Purple 50, Ash Gray 46.
Highest total points top scorer on losing team: Ashley Prim, 31 pts. (Tues., July 24: Black 80, Gold 77.)
Lowest total points top scorer on losing team: Lindsay Alexander, 6 pts. (Thurs., June 28: Royal Blue 52, Ash Gray 29).
Teams Highs And Lows (Regular Season)
Highest winning total points: Lime Green 92, Purple 41 -- 7/19.
Lowest winning total points : Purple 50, Ash Gray 46 -- 7/24.
Highest losing total points: Hunter Green 88, Gold 77 -- 7/19.
Black 80, Gold 77 -- 7/24.
Lowest losing total points: Royal Blue 52, Ash Gray 29 -- 6/28
Highest differential (51 pts.): Cardinal Red 94, Gold 53 -- 7/17
Lime Green 92, Purple 41 -- 7/19
Lowest differential (1 point): Royal Blue 60, Columbia blue 59 -- 7/10;
Hunter Green 61, Purple 60 -- 7/12.
Orange 69, Columbia Blue 68, ovt. -- 7/17.
FINAL REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS
TEAM W-L PCT. GB PF PA
Lime Green 11-0 1.000 --- 823 536
Black 9-2 .818 2.0 775 634
Hunter Grn 9-2 .818 2.0 758 718
Royal Blue 7-4 .636 4.0 639 619
1f-Cardinal Red 7-4 .636 4.0 750 609
2f-Vegas Gold 5-6 .455 6.0 622 674
Orange 5-6 .455 6.0 629 662
Purple 4-7 .363 7.0 663 721
$$-Ash Gray 4-7 .363 7.0 584 653
**lf-Kelly Green 3-8 .273 8.0 535 638
**-Col. Blue 2-9 .182 9.0 668 739
**2f-Gold 0-11 .000 11.0 504 717
**-Eliminated from playoffs off won-loss records
$$-Eliminated from playoffs in tie-breaking scenarios.
1f-Kelly Green 2, Cardinal Red 0, forfeit, July 19.
2f-Vegas Gold 2, Gold 0, forfeit, July 26
Breaking Ties
Seeds determined for playoffs and ties broken as follows:
1st Place: Lime Green -- Record.
2nd Place Black and Hunter Green tied and Black seeded second off 85-57 win over Hunter Green on July 10.
4th Place: Royal Blue and Cardinal Red tied and Royal Blue seeded fourth off 67-56 win over Cardinal Red on July 12th.
6th Place Vegas Gold and Orange tied and Vegas Gold seeded sixth off 69-53 win over Orange on June 28th.
8th Place: Purple and Ash Gray tied and Purple advanced to last playoff slot off 50-46 win over Ash Gray on July 24th.
10th Place Kelly Green -- Record. Eliminated.
11th Place: Columbia Blue -- Record. Eliminated.
12th Place: Gold -- Record. Eliminated.
The grid several items down below gives you each team's win or loss along its schedule so you can see how the seed order was derived.
Results To Date
Playoffs
Finals (Best of Three)
Wed., Aug. 8
Game 2: Lime Green 66, Black 56
Lime Green wins best-of-three finals: 2-0
Tues., Aug. 7
Game 1: Lime Green 85, Black 54.
Semifinals
Thurs., Aug. 2
(1) Lime Green 65, (5) Cardinal Red 62
(2) Black 72, (3) Hunter Green 58
Quarterfinals
Tues., July 31
(1) Lime Green 72, (8) Purple 51
(2) Black 69, (7) Orange 51
(3) Hunter Green 63, (6) Vegas Gold 49
(5) Cardinal Red 63, (4) Royal Blue 52
Regular Season
Thurs., July 26
Hunter Green 65, Orange 47
Columbia Blue 65, Kelly Green 54
Vegas Gold 2, Gold 0, forfeit by Gold.
Lime Green 68, Ash Gray 47
Royal Blue 71, Purple 65
Cardinal Red 77, Black 67
Tues., July 24
Orange 76, Kelly Green 43
Lime Green 75, Vegas Gold 59
Purple 50, Ash Gray 46
Black 80, Gold 77
Cardinal Red 82, Columbia Blue 54
Hunter Green 79, Royal Blue 72
Thurs., July 19
Ash Gray 66, Columbia Blue 58
Hunter Green 88, Gold 77
Kelly Green 2, Cardinal Red 0, Forfeit
Black 62, Orange 49
Lime Green 92, Purple 41
Royal Blue 62, Vegas Gold 47
Tues., July 17
Lime Green 76, Black 57
Cardinal Red 94, Gold 53
Hunter Green 62, Ash Gray 47
Vegas Gold 68, Purple 50
Royal Blue 53, Kelly Green 44
Orange 69, Columbia Blue 68, ovt.
Thurs., July 12
Royal Blue 67, Cardinal Red 56
Orange 52, Gold 49
Lime Green 74, Kelly Green 36
Hunter Green 61, Purple 60
Vegas Gold 68, Columbia Blue 59
Black 77, Ash Gray 52
Tuesday, July 10
Black 85, Hunter Green 57
Orange 67, Ash Gray 46
Royal Blue 60, Columbia Blue 59
Cardinal Red 81, Purple 57
Lime Green 67, Gold 31
Vegas Gold 66, Kelly Green 55
Thurs., July 5
Ash Gray 71, Vegas Gold 61
Black 80, Royal Blue 53
Purple 78, Columbia Blue 64
Cardinal Red 69, Orange 53
Kelly Green 60, Gold 52
Lime Green 62, Hunter Green 46
Tues., July 3
No Games Schedule
Thurs., June 28
Purple 82, Gold 47
Black 60, Kelly Green 44
Hunter Green 76, Cardinal Red 72
Lime Green 75, Columbia Blue 62
Royal Blue 52, Ash Gray 29
Vegas Gold 69, Orange 53
Tues., June 26
Hunter Green 74, Columbia Blue 63
Black 84, Vegas Gold 47
Cardinal Red 73, Ash Gray 47
Royal Blue 65, Gold 32
Lime Green 87, Orange 58
Kelly Green 85, Purple 59
Thurs., June 21
Ash Gray 64, Kelly Green 46
Lime Green 75, Cardinal Red 62
Black 55, Purple 33
Columbia Blue 57, Gold 47
Hunter Green 81, Vegas Gold 68
Orange 54, Royal Blue 46
Tues., June 19
Hunter Green 69, Kelly Green 66
Purple 58, Orange 51
Lime Green 72, Royal Blue 37
Cardinal Red 84, Vegas Gold 58
Black 66, Columbia Blue 59
Ash Gray 69, Gold 39
Grid Of Teams Against League
First No.seed, followed by standings No. with T being Tied.
1S1 LG (RS: 11-0 Pl: 4-0) vs. RB (W), CR (W), O (W), CB (W), HG (W), Gd (W), KG (W), B(W), P(W), VG(W), AG(W) -- Playoffs: P(W), CR (W), Bk (W), Bk(W).
2S2T BLK (RS: 9-2 PL: 2-2) vs. CB (W), P (W), VG (W), KG (W), RB (W), *-2HG (W), AG (W), LG(L), O(W), G(W), CR(L) -- Playoffs: O (W), HG (W), LG(L), LG(L).
3S2T HG (RS: 9-2, PL: 1-1) ) vs. KG (W), VG (W), CB (W), CR (W), LG (L), *-2Bk (L), P (W), AG(W), G(W), RB(W), O(W) -- Playoffs: VG (W), Bk (L).
4S4T RB (RS: 7-4, PL 0-1) vs. LG (L), O (L), Gd (W), AG (W), Blk (L), CB (W), *-4CR (W), KG(W), VG(W), HG(L),P(W) -- Playoffs: CR (L).
5S4T CR (RS: 7-4, PL: 1-1) vs. VG (W), LG (L), AG (W), HG (L). O (W), P (W), *-4RB (L), G(W), %-KG(L), CB(W),Bk(W) -- Playoffs: RB (W), LG (L).
6S6T VG (RS: 5-6, PL 0-1) vs. CR (L), HG (L), Bk (L), *-6O (W), AG (L), KG (W), CB (W), P(W), RB(L), LG(L),%-G(W) -- Playoffs: HG (L).
7S6T Or (RS: 5-6, PL 0-1) vs. P (L), RB (W), LG (L), *-6VG (L), CR(L), AG (W), G(W), CB(W). B(L), KG(W), HG(L) -- Playoffs: Bk (L).
8S8T P (RS: 5-6, PL 0-1) vs. O (W), Bk (L), KG (L), Gld (W), CB (W), CR (L), HG (L),VG(L), LG(L), *-8AG(W), RB(L) -- Playoffs: LG (L).
9E8T AG (5-6) vs. Gd (W), KG (W), CR (L), RB (L), VG (W), Or (L), BK (L), H(L), CB(W), *-8P(L), LG(L).
10E10 KG (3-8) vs. H.G. (L), AG (L), P (W), Bk (L), Gd (W), VG (L), LG (L), RB(L), %-CR(W), Or(L), CB(L).
11E11 CB (2-9) vs. Bk (L), Gd (W), HG (L), LG (L), P (L), RB (L), VG (L), O(L), (AG), CR(L), KG(W).
12E11 Gld (0-11) vs. AG (L), CB (L), RB (L), P (L), KG (L), LG (L), O (L), CR(L), HG(L), Bk(L), %-(VG(L).
%-Forfeit games.
*-2 Tiebreak for 2nd; *-4 Tiebreak for 4th; *-6 Tiebreak for 6th; *-8 Tiebreak for 8th.
9E, 10E, 11E, 12E -- Eliminated from playoffs; 2T, 4T, 6T, 8T -- Tie number in standings.
Division II Schools Competing As Whole Units
NCAA rules allow entire D-II and D-III teams to play together.
Kelly Green -- University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
Orange -- Philadelphia University
Royal Blue -- Holy Family
Vegas Gold -- West Chester
-- That's it for the summer league. Blogs to come: Olympics, WNBA, and NCAA, which is expected to soon name the organization's new vice president for women's basketball.
--Mel
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