Guru's Philly Summer League Report: Kuester Leads Lime Green Scoring Outburst In Finals Opener
By Mel Greenberg
HATBORO, Pa. -- Unlike their narrow 65-62 semifinals win over Cardinal Red last Thursday night, there was no need for last-minute heroics for defending champion Lime Green Tuesday night in the opener of the best-of-three finals series against Black in the Philadelphia/Suburban Women's NCAA Summer Basketball League at Kelly Bolish Gymnasium in lower Bucks County.
After a brief Black rally in the opening minutes that narrowed the deficit, Lime Green, the top seed which went 11-0 on the regular season slate, started connecting shots and went on to an easy 85-54 victory to move within one win of claiming another title.
That could come as early as Wednesday night when the two teams will meet again on Court 1 at 7:30 p.m. unless Black, the second seed, evens the series to force a decisive game three same time and place Thursday night.
Lime Green defeated Black 76-57 in the regular season.
Leading the way for Lime Green were two previous Saint Joseph's-Villanova rivals in the Big Five series who graduated last spring.
Former Hawks star Katie Kuester, whose father John Kuester is an assistant coach on the NBA Los Angeles Lakers, had another big scoring night, knocking down a game-high 22 points, the fourth time this summer she has scored 20 or more points in a game.
Kuester nailed four three-pointers as did former Wildcats star Megan Pearson, who finished with 14 points.
Wednesday night could be Kuester's final appearance in summer league action, barring an extension to a third game Thursday night.
"We got a lot of tips and deflections and it led us to a few breaks and a few easy shots," said Kuester, who will be a graduate assistant at Lehigh University when school resumes and, hence, under NCAA rules would not be able to play again next summer when on the payroll of an NCAA school. "But tomorrow night is a clean slate so that will be the test."
But Kuester sounds like she's ready to move on to the next page in her career after being one of Saint Joseph's top outside threats besides playing on Lime Green.
"This is it. But you know this league has been great for me and it's great to see the young kids," Kuester said. "I think this is going to be my official retirement but this league has been great to me so I appreciate it."
The scoring parade on Lime Green also included 15 points from Jenn Prine, a recent graduate of Shepherd University; 11 from Dana Mitchell, a 2010 graduate of Saint Bonaventure; and 12 from incoming Lehigh freshman Elizabeth Sharlow.
Lime Green's Alicia Manning, an incoming senior at Lafayette, scored seven points, while Lehigh incoming sophomore Katelyn O'Reilly scored four points to finish accounting the total points for the winners.
The ambience of the event in front of a sizeable crowd was enhanced with longtime commissioner David Kessler taking the public address system to announce the scoring as it occured.
Kessler retired from the Philadelphia's Dept. of Recreation in 2009 and again is torn as he always is this time of year as the competition draws to a close.
"On one hand from a working aspect, you're glad it's almost over, " said Kessler, who can be contacted for information about the league at deucedbk@comcast.net. "But on the other hand I always start missing all these great and wonderful people involved with the league as players, referees, coaches, as well as the parents and friends who come watch the games."
Kerry Kinek, an incoming Lehigh freshman from Central Catholic High in Allentown, scored a team-high 14 points for Black, which went 9-2 in the regular season that began play in June .
Black tied Hunter Green for second but took the second seed on a head-to-head tiebreaker before beating Hunter Green again last Thursday in the semifinals to advance to the championship series.
Villanova also has two players on Black, the maximun the NCAA allows Division I individuals from the same school in summer competition except for the addition of incoming freshmen who have yet to officially enroll.
Wildcats senior Rachel Roberts scored 10 points, while Villanova incoming junior Emily Leer scored 11 points.
The Team Black squad is coached by Keith Wood, whose daughter Ashley scored two points and will be an incoming senior at Kutztown when classes resume.
Colgate incoming sophomore Stephanie Schultz scored 10 points out of the Black offense, while recent Bethune-Cookman graduate Jasmine Elum scored seven points.
Black was the fourth-best defensive team in the league but couldn't contain Lime Green, which was the top scoring team averaging 74.8 points per game and top defensive team yielding a meager 48.7 average.
Black, which allowed 57.3 points, was second best in scoring with a 70.4 average.
Lime Green is headed by Ted Hagedorn and his assistant Tom Freedman.
Hagedorn's daughter Elle on the Lime Green roster will be a senior at Harvard this fall.
He was relieved to have an easier time of it after the narrow win in the semifinals.
"Think about it, the last time out we had a two-point lead with about 3 1/2 minutes to go," Hagedorn said. "And then we had a run at the end of the game. This time we made our shots and our defense was able to keep them off the scoreboard.
"Across the board we have a great defensive team besides having kids who can score," Hagedorn added. "All of our guards and all of our bigs can play great defense and that was the story tonight. We held a team like that to 54 points.
"Meg Pearson didn't struggle like last time and made some threes. Katie Kuester, as usual, scores from outside. Then Dana Mitchell can go to work and Liz Sharlow is very effective inside. I think she's really going to help Lehigh. She and Kinek will be a pair for that team."
Alex Smith, a junior at Holy Cross, was missing from Black because she is traveling with an All-Star team in Europe. This is a month many college teams travel abroad and play exhibitions. Saint Joseph's is going to Ireland this weekend and begun practice this week but all summer teams that contained Hawks were eliminated avoiding conflicts.
"Her Holy Cross coach Bill Gibbons let me know about Alex and said she was really bummed out about missing the finals," Kessler related.
Kuester is making the Ireland trip with her alma mater but will not be playing. Hunter Green, which fell in the quarterfinals, had four Saint Joseph's players: incoming junior Erin Shields, incoming senior Shelby Smith, and incoming freshmen Ciara Andrews and Sarah Fairbanks. Gold, which went winless and didn't make the playoffs, had incoming senior Ashley Prim and incoming freshman Jordan Strode.
Spectator Information
Admission is free to the gym, which is located in the Willow Grove Industrial Commons business park at the end of Turnpike Drive, which begins at Davisville Road, about a mile below the Davisville &Byberry Roads intersection and also not far from the Route 611 exit of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
There is also a concession stand with reasonably priced items and the offerings include hamburgers, hot dogs, sodas, juices, bottled water, Italian water ice, potato chips and other foods. For the first time this year, soft pretzels have made their way to the stands in the championship round.
If you want to see all the rosters for the summer, there has been one small affiliation adjustment since then, in this blog site, go to league preview post in early June you will see a Guru's guide to the league. All designations are for class status this fall when school resumes.
Championship Best-of-Three Update
(1) LIME GREEN (11-0) vs. (2) BLACK (9-2)
Game 2: 7:30 p.m., Court 1
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
**-Defending champion
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
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.
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)
Tues., Aug. 7
(1) Lime Green 85, Black 54.
Wed., Aug. 8
Game 2, Court 1, 7:30 p.m.
(1) Lime Green (11-0 RS, 3-0 PL) vs. (2) Black (9-2 RS, 2-1 PL)
Thurs., Aug. 9
Game 3 (If necessary), Court 1, 7:30 p.m.
Lime Green leads best-of-three finals, 1-0.
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 (11-0) 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).
2S2T BLK (9-2) 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).
3S2T HG (9-2) 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 (7-4) 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 (7-4) 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 (5-6) 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 (5-6) 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 (5-6) 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 till next blog.
--Mel
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HATBORO, Pa. -- Unlike their narrow 65-62 semifinals win over Cardinal Red last Thursday night, there was no need for last-minute heroics for defending champion Lime Green Tuesday night in the opener of the best-of-three finals series against Black in the Philadelphia/Suburban Women's NCAA Summer Basketball League at Kelly Bolish Gymnasium in lower Bucks County.
After a brief Black rally in the opening minutes that narrowed the deficit, Lime Green, the top seed which went 11-0 on the regular season slate, started connecting shots and went on to an easy 85-54 victory to move within one win of claiming another title.
That could come as early as Wednesday night when the two teams will meet again on Court 1 at 7:30 p.m. unless Black, the second seed, evens the series to force a decisive game three same time and place Thursday night.
Lime Green defeated Black 76-57 in the regular season.
Leading the way for Lime Green were two previous Saint Joseph's-Villanova rivals in the Big Five series who graduated last spring.
Former Hawks star Katie Kuester, whose father John Kuester is an assistant coach on the NBA Los Angeles Lakers, had another big scoring night, knocking down a game-high 22 points, the fourth time this summer she has scored 20 or more points in a game.
Kuester nailed four three-pointers as did former Wildcats star Megan Pearson, who finished with 14 points.
Wednesday night could be Kuester's final appearance in summer league action, barring an extension to a third game Thursday night.
"We got a lot of tips and deflections and it led us to a few breaks and a few easy shots," said Kuester, who will be a graduate assistant at Lehigh University when school resumes and, hence, under NCAA rules would not be able to play again next summer when on the payroll of an NCAA school. "But tomorrow night is a clean slate so that will be the test."
But Kuester sounds like she's ready to move on to the next page in her career after being one of Saint Joseph's top outside threats besides playing on Lime Green.
"This is it. But you know this league has been great for me and it's great to see the young kids," Kuester said. "I think this is going to be my official retirement but this league has been great to me so I appreciate it."
The scoring parade on Lime Green also included 15 points from Jenn Prine, a recent graduate of Shepherd University; 11 from Dana Mitchell, a 2010 graduate of Saint Bonaventure; and 12 from incoming Lehigh freshman Elizabeth Sharlow.
Lime Green's Alicia Manning, an incoming senior at Lafayette, scored seven points, while Lehigh incoming sophomore Katelyn O'Reilly scored four points to finish accounting the total points for the winners.
The ambience of the event in front of a sizeable crowd was enhanced with longtime commissioner David Kessler taking the public address system to announce the scoring as it occured.
Kessler retired from the Philadelphia's Dept. of Recreation in 2009 and again is torn as he always is this time of year as the competition draws to a close.
"On one hand from a working aspect, you're glad it's almost over, " said Kessler, who can be contacted for information about the league at deucedbk@comcast.net. "But on the other hand I always start missing all these great and wonderful people involved with the league as players, referees, coaches, as well as the parents and friends who come watch the games."
Kerry Kinek, an incoming Lehigh freshman from Central Catholic High in Allentown, scored a team-high 14 points for Black, which went 9-2 in the regular season that began play in June .
Black tied Hunter Green for second but took the second seed on a head-to-head tiebreaker before beating Hunter Green again last Thursday in the semifinals to advance to the championship series.
Villanova also has two players on Black, the maximun the NCAA allows Division I individuals from the same school in summer competition except for the addition of incoming freshmen who have yet to officially enroll.
Wildcats senior Rachel Roberts scored 10 points, while Villanova incoming junior Emily Leer scored 11 points.
The Team Black squad is coached by Keith Wood, whose daughter Ashley scored two points and will be an incoming senior at Kutztown when classes resume.
Colgate incoming sophomore Stephanie Schultz scored 10 points out of the Black offense, while recent Bethune-Cookman graduate Jasmine Elum scored seven points.
Black was the fourth-best defensive team in the league but couldn't contain Lime Green, which was the top scoring team averaging 74.8 points per game and top defensive team yielding a meager 48.7 average.
Black, which allowed 57.3 points, was second best in scoring with a 70.4 average.
Lime Green is headed by Ted Hagedorn and his assistant Tom Freedman.
Hagedorn's daughter Elle on the Lime Green roster will be a senior at Harvard this fall.
He was relieved to have an easier time of it after the narrow win in the semifinals.
"Think about it, the last time out we had a two-point lead with about 3 1/2 minutes to go," Hagedorn said. "And then we had a run at the end of the game. This time we made our shots and our defense was able to keep them off the scoreboard.
"Across the board we have a great defensive team besides having kids who can score," Hagedorn added. "All of our guards and all of our bigs can play great defense and that was the story tonight. We held a team like that to 54 points.
"Meg Pearson didn't struggle like last time and made some threes. Katie Kuester, as usual, scores from outside. Then Dana Mitchell can go to work and Liz Sharlow is very effective inside. I think she's really going to help Lehigh. She and Kinek will be a pair for that team."
Alex Smith, a junior at Holy Cross, was missing from Black because she is traveling with an All-Star team in Europe. This is a month many college teams travel abroad and play exhibitions. Saint Joseph's is going to Ireland this weekend and begun practice this week but all summer teams that contained Hawks were eliminated avoiding conflicts.
"Her Holy Cross coach Bill Gibbons let me know about Alex and said she was really bummed out about missing the finals," Kessler related.
Kuester is making the Ireland trip with her alma mater but will not be playing. Hunter Green, which fell in the quarterfinals, had four Saint Joseph's players: incoming junior Erin Shields, incoming senior Shelby Smith, and incoming freshmen Ciara Andrews and Sarah Fairbanks. Gold, which went winless and didn't make the playoffs, had incoming senior Ashley Prim and incoming freshman Jordan Strode.
Spectator Information
Admission is free to the gym, which is located in the Willow Grove Industrial Commons business park at the end of Turnpike Drive, which begins at Davisville Road, about a mile below the Davisville &Byberry Roads intersection and also not far from the Route 611 exit of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
There is also a concession stand with reasonably priced items and the offerings include hamburgers, hot dogs, sodas, juices, bottled water, Italian water ice, potato chips and other foods. For the first time this year, soft pretzels have made their way to the stands in the championship round.
If you want to see all the rosters for the summer, there has been one small affiliation adjustment since then, in this blog site, go to league preview post in early June you will see a Guru's guide to the league. All designations are for class status this fall when school resumes.
Championship Best-of-Three Update
(1) LIME GREEN (11-0) vs. (2) BLACK (9-2)
Game 2: 7:30 p.m., Court 1
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
**-Defending champion
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
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.
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)
Tues., Aug. 7
(1) Lime Green 85, Black 54.
Wed., Aug. 8
Game 2, Court 1, 7:30 p.m.
(1) Lime Green (11-0 RS, 3-0 PL) vs. (2) Black (9-2 RS, 2-1 PL)
Thurs., Aug. 9
Game 3 (If necessary), Court 1, 7:30 p.m.
Lime Green leads best-of-three finals, 1-0.
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 (11-0) 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).
2S2T BLK (9-2) 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).
3S2T HG (9-2) 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 (7-4) 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 (7-4) 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 (5-6) 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 (5-6) 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 (5-6) 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 till next blog.
--Mel
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