WNBA Gamer: Explosive Start Carries Connecticut Over Indiana To Stay Tied for Third in Playoff Hunt

By Mel Greenberg @womhoopsguru

UNCASVILLE, Conn. – The blueprint for this past weekend continued to get disrupted Sunday afternoon  regarding the Connecticut Sun’s design on entering a WNBA playoff push with one month and a week left in the regular season.

Nevertheless the Sun managed to be a force to be reckoned again coming out of the All-Star break with an 89-73 win here at home in the Mohegan Sun Arena against the short-handed Indiana Fever. Unlike past Fever-Sun matchups, this was even less competitive than the final score indicates.

The Sun (14-9), which kept pace with the Washington Mystics for third overall and first in what is now a mythical Eastern Conference, built a 16-point lead at the close of the first period, increased that differential by three at the half, and then rocketed to 35 after three before reduced to a still comfortable 16 at the finish.

Since last year, by the way, geographical divisions are no longer applicable in terms of who becomes the postseason eight.

Following last week’s 93-72 thumping of Chicago here, a first-place showdown with the Sun and    Mystics Friday night in the nation’s capital had to be postponed when a leak from the roof of the Verizon Center affected by a heavy downpour created unsafe playing conditions on the floor.

The new date has yet to be publicly announced.

 So it was on to getting back home to take on Indiana (8-16) but that didn’t seem that simple either, according to second-year coach Curt Miller.

“All right, do you want to talk about the first three quarters or the fourth quarter (28-9 Indiana),” Miller deadpanned. “Excited with the way we played, first three quarters, especially, came back, had some flight problems from Washington, never changed into practice gear, walked through some schemes, watched film, early Sunday game, got together this morning, watched a little more film – our attention to detail … no practice clothes … was really impressive, just shared that with (his team).

“Our attention to detail on both sides of the ball was really impressive. We ran, we turned them overall (17) more than most people do, and got the running game going when they missed a few shots,” Miller continued.

“The big key was keeping them out of the paint. We kept them out of the paint in the first half – the discrepancy in points between the two teams was large.”

However, when time came to clear the bench, things began to get a little hairy, and considering Connecticut had already had two games with Washington featuring huge rallies by each team and the Sun went 1-5 early with all narrow losses, the move was made to get the starters back on the floor, especially considering the particulars attached to the game.

“You never want to put starters back in in that situation but we just needed to calm down for a minute or two to get the finish line,” Miller said.

“Good win. Series clincher. That does a lot for us in the grand scheme of things, if Indiana makes a run, now we hold the tie-breaker and that’s important. Overall, for three quarters, really, really good basketball.

“We’re going to turn the calendar with a boatload of home games and hopefully use that to our advantage and keep some momentum from these first three quarters.”

The Sun have not been to the postseason since 2012 

Next up is a visit Friday from the Phoenix Mercury.

Former George Washington star Jonquel Jones, one of the Sun’s All-Star trio, had another double double with 14 points and 13 rebounds, while All-Star Alyssa Thomas, a former Maryland standout, also had 14 points, and former Duke sensation Jasmine Thomas, the third Sun All-Star, had a team-high 15 points.

Courtney Williams had 10 points and Alex Bentley scored 11 off the bench.

Jones took the extra distractions from the weekend in stride, even though the indoor rainout deprived here and several other Sun stars of playing a homecoming game in Washington in front of friends and family.

“Our team is in a great position right now,” Jones said. “I’m excited. I think it comes with the territory. I think our basketball careers up to this point has let us do this easily. Whether it was the conference tournament or NCAA championships, now we’re professionals, we get paid to do it, so we have a little more of an incentive to be ready to play.

“It is what it is, though. You just wanted to come into this one and get a W and we were able to do that.”

On the other side, unlike the previous loss when Indiana, playing its first season since the retirement of all-timer Tamika Catchings, coughed up a 15-point advantage and lost by one to the New York Liberty, this didn’t go to the final seconds to determine the Fever’s fate.

Matters weren’t helped that All-Star Candice Dupree, the former Temple great, couldn’t make the trip due to personal reasons, a pre-game media release informed.

Former Rutgers star Erica Wheeler, a 2013 graduate, made her first start as a replacement, and scored 13 points, the same total as teammate and reserve Jasmon Gwathmey, the former James Madison star who spent her rookie season last summer with the San Antonio Silver Stars.

Jennifer Hamson scored 11 off the bench and former South Carolina star Tiffany Mitchell scored 10.

Miller said that the staff made sure the Sun would not let up, knowing Dupree, in her first season in Indiana, would be absent.

    

  

WNBA Feature: Jonquel Jones and the Connecticut Sun Have Risen Together in Her Second Pro Season

 

By ROB KNOX (@knoxrob1)

 

WASHINGTON – After plopping down on a black leather chair courtside at the Verizon Center Friday night while being surrounded by a gaggle of reporters following her usual intense pregame warmup routine, Jonquel Jones marveled at her journey.

 

Her sinuous road is longer than the 1,093-mile distance between the Bahamas and Connecticut.

 Jones constructed her arduous path through determination, hard-work, and sacrifice to blossom into one of the elite players in the world.

"When I was in ninth grade, I remember coming here to watch the (Mystics),” said Jones, a second-year forward for the Connecticut Sun. “I remember watching one of my current teammates, Jasmine Thomas, play when I came down here. It’s actually fun to be playing in this gym. When I was walking out (onto the floor), whoever thought I would be playing on this court as many times as I’ve come here to watch games. I just never expected to be out here doing this.”

 This.

 

Mixing ferocity, fearlessness, and finesse, the 6-foot, 6 inch Jones leads the WNBA in rebounding (11.2 boards per game) and the Connecticut Sun in scoring (15.5 points per game). 

 

Jones made the first of what will probably be many Verizon WNBA All-Star appearances memorable by scoring a game-high 24 points. 

The centerpiece of her performance, which included a trio of 3-pointers and a nice behind-the-back dribble on a fastbreak, was an emphatic one-handed dunk that shook Key Arena to its core during last week’s showcase in Seattle. 

 

Maybe she should’ve also participated in the three-point shootout.

 

“It was good and the opportunity to (dunk) in an all-star game felt good,” Jones said. “I was excited that my first one happened on that kind of platform of the all-star game. I think our fans and organization deserved it so I was happy to do it. 

 

“I had a great time (at the All-Star game). My biggest takeaway is to just remember that this is a game. Even though we take it seriously and it’s our job, I think there’s a lot of bigger stuff happening out there in the world that when you’re playing basketball, you can play lightheartedly. Playing in the all-star game felt like that.”

 

Thomas is having a blast sharing the floor with Jones.

 

“It a great treat,” Thomas said. “She came into this season on fire from the beginning asserting herself as I am ready to be a starting center and an impact player in this league. She’s been consistent and a double-double machine. She’s extremely versatile and shooting the three more. She’s playing really well.”

 

Unfortunately, fans at the Verizon Center didn’t get a chance to see anybody showcase their skills Friday night. 

 

The first place showdown between the Sun and Washington Mystics was postponed shortly after 8 p.m. due to potentially unsafe playing conditions on the floor the result of a leak in the roof caused by the heavy rain that hit the nation’s capital. 

The game between the pair of 13-9 teams will be rescheduled at a later date.

 

“Disappointed for both teams and there was a great crowd out there,'” Connecticut coach Curt Miller said. “Would have been an incredible environment. First place on the line in the East with two teams that have tons of talent. 

“Disappointed, but thankful they put the players' safety first. That's the biggest thing. They couldn't truly guarantee the players' safety. I give them a lot of credit for making the difficult decision to call the game. It's not an easy decision, but really appreciate that the players' safety is always first.”

 

Jones had lots of fans in attendance. The 23-year-old Capricorn greeted them postgame wearing an olive-green dress and a blue denim jacket following a truncated appearance in her game uniform.

 

They are no doubt proud of the growth in her game from her rookie season in which she averaged 6.8 points per game and 3.1 rebounds in 14.1 minutes. She’s one of the leading (if not only) candidate for the WNBA’s Most Improved honor, a forecast made by the league general managers as part of their annual preseason survey. 

 

Jones endured growing pains last season as she adjusted to the rigors of playing professionally after an awesome career at George Washington University near here in which she led the nation in rebounding her senior season. 

 

 But after navigating the learning curve of her rookie debut,  Jone has become a jewel of diamond stature, one of several reasons Connecticut is finally back on the upswing to where the Sun had been one of the top teams after its move from Orlando (formerly the Miracle) in 2003. 

 

“Last year was tough,” Jones admitted. “I don’t think people really didn’t say things positively and it wasn’t coming from a genuine place so for me it was hard but I know that everybody who is talking to me now truly care and they want me to succeed so that I can do my best and the team can do their best.

 “When it’s like that, it’s easy. I try to take it all in stride and try to internalize everything and try to do it on the on the court.”

 

This season, Jones has been a powerful force and a leader. 

 

She is one of three players in WNBA history (Charles and Sylvia Fowles) to collect multiple 20-rebound games in the same season. She was also the 13th player in league history to record a 20-20 game when she scored 23 points to go with her 21 rebounds against the Chicago Sky.

 

Jones has scored in double figures 18 times, posted 14 double-figure rebounding games and recorded 12 double-doubles. She has a legit shot of challenging the WNBA single-season record of 398 rebounds set by Tina Charles as a rookie with the Sun in 2010. Jones has 246.

 

“In terms of being a great rebounder, it’s just being proactive and trying to do your work early so when the ball comes off the rim that you’re in the best position possible to grab it,” Jones said. “I try to do it because I know my team needs me to do it. 

“I am happy to do that and because everybody on the team understands their role and what they bring to the table. That’s one of my roles. I just try to do that every night.”

 

While Thomas enjoys watching Jones dominate the backboards, she believes there’s another offensive weapon that her teammate can demonstrate on a more consistent basis after watching her throw down a one-handed dunk last week. 

 

“She’s definitely a player capable of dunking as part of her game,” Thomas said smiling. “We see her do it or try to do it many times in practice. This was the cleanest that she got above the rim. I think it was the adrenaline and energy. I told she has to try it in games now.”

 

Pun intended here, but like Jones, the Sun have shined and soared to the top of the Eastern Conference standings. Since beginning the season at 1-5 overall, the Sun have posted a 12-4 record to move closer to its first playoff appearance since 2013. 

 

Jones is just one piece of the Sun machine that also features fellow All-Star Alyssa Thomas, who has scored in double figures 16 times after dropping 20 against the Chicago Sky earlier in the week, and Courtney Williams, who is shooting 50.6 percent over the Sun’s last seven games. 

 

With eight of its next nine games at home beginning Sunday against Indiana at 3 p.m., the Sun are in a prime position to create some separation in the standings. Of course with that many home games over the next month, that means Jones has one major to-do item on her agenda.

 

“To be able to be home in August, I think this is the first time, I’ve been able to stock my fridge this season because we’ve been on the road so much,” Jones said. “The fans deserve it and it’s going to be good to play in front of them.”

 

While the individual accolades are nice, Jones understands that her story is far from finished. She still has many more miles to travel. Jones knows that there’s only one set of directions for success.

 

“I just want to work hard and I think when I work hard all that stuff will ultimately come together,” Jones said. “I just try to get better every year. Like I said last week at All-Star, if that means in my prime that I am the best in the world at some point then I’ll take that. If not, it is what it is but I know I am giving it my all.”

Philly Women's Summer League: Hannah Fox Still Shining As Electric Green Gets Quarterfinals Upset

By Bob Heller and Mel Greenberg @womhoopsguru

HATBORO, Pa. – We’ve seen women’s basketball stars at the higher levels rack-up multiple team titles  within a calendar year attaining success capturing NCAA Division I and WNBA championships and Olympic Gold Medal glory.

The question after the first night of playoff action with quarterfinals in the Philadelphia/Suburban Women’s NCAA-Certified Summer Basketball League at Kelly Bolish Gym, home of the AAU Renegades, is whether Penn Charter grad Hannah Fox of Electric Green might be building her own little trophy collection in a short amount of time.

The native of Plymouth Meeting capped her first collegiate season last winter as a reserve member of Amherst’s second-ever NCAA Division III champions, with the squad gaining its first unbeaten season at 33-0.

The coach, by the way, G.P. Gromacki, who completed his first decade at Amherst, was an assistant to Dawn Staley at Temple in 2005 and 2006 when the Owls, featuring Candice Dupree, had their two greatest seasons, including being nationally ranked.

Then it was on to international play where Fox, who is the all-time Penn Charter women's scorer,  played for the USA women’s squad that won a gold medal at the Maccabiah Games in Israel.

Now recently returned from overseas, Fox got home just in time several weeks ago to light up the gym here with 30 points her first night and help the Steve Flynn-coached Electric Green squad to win its last two games to tie for fourth at 7-4 and earn a fifth seed for the playoffs.

So by seed, in the only upset and as predicted closest game of the quarterfinals, Fox was the top overall performer Thursday with 22 points and 11 of them in the decisive fourth period to give Electric Green a 72-64 win over fourth-seeded Royal Blue/Kutztown U. To move on to Tuesday’s semifinals where the opponent will be top-seeded Maroon/USciences at 7 P.M. on Court 1.

As it has played out, Fox returned at the right time because Saint Joseph’s senior Chelsea Woods, one of the top scoring sensations of the summer, had just become sidelined after tweaking her knee.

Word, however, is Woods is expected to be cleared by doctors Monday, increasing the chance to return to action Tuesday.

Former summer league standout Ciara Andrews, a former Cheltenham and Saint Joseph’s star, was in the house and informs after playing in Denmark last season, she plans to play professionally overseas in Greece next time around.

There were a few gulps when Fox’s teammates realized Maroon, a 62-51 winner over Electric Green on July 6, would be the opponent, but Flynn quickly noted to them, “You want to win this thing, you’re going to have to play through them to get there.”

Fox obviously didn’t play enough to earn selection to our first-ever 15-member regular season Womhoops Guru All-Philly WBB Summer League Team, of which Saint Joseph’s senior Amanda Fioravanti of Team White was named MVP Thursday morning in a post listed two below this one.

But surely, Fox is off to a great start to claim honors for the all-playoff squad and MVP.

Meanwhile, in the other games Maroon (10-2) essentially claimed a bye by default, earning a 2-0 forfeit victory over eighth-seeded Orange/Holy Family, which informed longtime commissioner David Kessler around noon that they did not have enough players.

Magnanimously, it was suggested by Orange (5-7) that enough time existed to invite Sun/Ursinus (7-4) to replace them, since Sun had the same record but missed the playoffs on a tie-break regular-season loss to Orange to fall to ninth in the final standings.

However, Sun, while appreciating the offer, said they could not get enough players fast enough.

The other two high seeds advanced to the semifinals. No. 2 Forest Green/West Chester (10-2), which tied Maroon for first but lost on a tie-break off a double-overtime defeat to Maroon during the season, moved forward beating seventh-seeded Sky Blue 76-63.

Sky Blue, which gained the seventh seed in a three-way tie-break out of seventh, finished 5-7. 

In the remaining game, No. 3 White (9-3) is still surging, advancing with its eighth straight, by eliminating  sixth-seeded Black/Jefferson U. 76-56.

With Keith Wood at the White helm, White and Electric Green are the only two of the 12 squads that played this summer that actually had coaches on the sidelines.   

Black, by the way, until this month, had been known as Philadelphia U. and while we had been using the new name Thomas Jefferson U., it became known this week that the NCAA on all references to the school concerning athletic matters such as scheduling, etc., is using Jefferson U.

The Black squad, which had been part of the three-way tie for fourth but falling to the sixth seed, finished at 7-5.

White will meet Forest Green, a 57-51 upset winner over them on June 20 that started White on a three-game losing streak to fall to 1-3, at 8:15 P.M. on Court 1 following the first game. 

Top Performers

For the playoffs for obvious reasons the Guru will lower the boundary from top 20 or more points to 15. But for this paragraph right here, we’ll keep in limited, noting that in the 20s, after Fox’s 22, Saint Joseph’s senior Jaryn Garner also on Team Electric Green scored 20, a total attained by another Hawk, Michaela Clay on Royal Blue.

Whisper Fisher, yet another Hawk, had 19 for the eliminated Sky Blue (5-7) squad, as did another Hawk, incoming freshman Mary Sheehan of Team White.

Meanwhile, Bob Heller ignored a portion of his birthday to be on hand to pick up from his yeoman season work, providing detail of the three games that were played.

THURSDAY RECAPS

Quarterfinals

#2-Team Forest Green 75, #7-Team Sky Blue  63

 

Team Forest Green (West Chester University) used a strong second quarter to pull away from Team Sky Blue as they advanced to Tuesday’s semi-finals with a 76-63 win.

 

Five players reached double figures for the Forest Green squad, led by recent University of Tampa grad Jenny Horvatinovic’s 16 points.  

WCU senior Mia Hopkins added 15 points while Katie Feehery, a University of Scranton senior out of Cardinal O’HaraHigh school scored 12.  Casey Warley and Siani McNeil added 11 and ten points respectively.

 

St. Joseph’s junior Whisper Fisher led all scorers with 19 points while fellow Hawk and freshman Katie Jekot added 16. Emory University sophomore Erin Lindahl scored 13 points. 

 

The two teams battled throughout the first quarter as the lead changed hands three times with Forest Green taking an 18-15 lead on Feehery’s basket as time expired. 

Forest Green scored the first seven points of the second quarter to boost their lead to double digits before an 11-6 run by the Sky Blue squad capped by a pair of Jekot three-point field goals cut the lead in half at 31-26 with 3:35 left in the period.  The WCU contingent finished the quarter with an 11-2 flourish to lead by 13 at the break 41-28.

 

Another Forest Green run to open the third quarter provided their largest lead of the game at 52-32 before Sky Blue began to chip away at the lead.  

Taylor Dunn and Jekot sank three-balls late in the period and another Sky Blue basket as time was running out capped off a 14-6 uprising to pull Sky Blue within ten 56-46 as the two teams entered  the final quarter.

 

Hopkins scored the first four points of the fourth quarter to swing the momentum back to Forest Green and boost their lead to 14 points at 60-46. 

Sky Blue pulled back within ten three times as the period wore on but could come no closer.  A pair of baskets from McNeil in the final 1:29 put the icing on the cake with a 76-63 win.

 

#3-Team White 76, #6-Team Black  56

 

The third seeded Team White turned on the defense in the third quarter of their quarterfinal match with sixth seed Team Black, also known as Jefferson University, holding the black squad to one field goal over the first five minutes of the quarter, turning a close game into a rout as they cruised to a 76-56 win.

 

Incoming St. Joe’s freshman Mary Sheehan led White with 19 points while Kean College sophomore Briana Winston added 17.  

St. Joe’s senior Amanda Fioravanti, our regular season MVP who had scored 20 or more points a league-leading seven times, and Lafayette College junior Nia Holland added 13 and 12 points respectively.

(Electric Green’s Chelsea Woods also scored 20 or more seven times.)  

 

Sophomores Alyanna Williams and Caitlyn Cunningham led Black with 18 and 13 points respectively.

 

While White’s defense was holding Black at bay, their offense went on a 15-3 tear to turn a five point halftime lead into a comfortable 17-point margin at 51-34 at the 5:01 mark.  

The lead remained at 17 as the period ended.

 

Black scored six of the first nine points of the fourth quarter to close the gap to 14, 62-48 as they tried to come back.  

White however was just too strong for the Black squad, producing an 8-4 spurt to go back up by 18 at 70-52 and later increasing the lead to 21 points at 76-55 with a minute left in the game.  Maddison Haney made one free throw with 49 seconds left to round out the scoring.

 

Five lead changes highlighted the first quarter until an 8-2 White run erased a two point deficit and gave White a 19-15 lead at the end of the quarter.  

Black rallied to take a 23-21 lead before White scored the next five points take the lead for good.

 

 #5-Team Electric Green  72, #4-Team Royal Blue  64

 

In what was clearly the closest game of the evening, fifth seed Electric Green held off a late charge from fourth seed Royal Blue, also known as Kutztown University to becoming the only lower seed to win a playoff game this season with a 72-64 win.

 

Amherst University junior Hannah Fox led all scorers with 22 points, including 11 in the fourth quarter.  St. Joseph’s senior Jaryn Garner added 20 points to pace the victors.  

Morgan Maturani and Emily Walls also reached double figures for Electric Green with 13 and 10 points respectively.

 

St. Joe’s junior Michaela Clay led Royal Blue with 20 points while Abbey Beyer added 13.

 

Electric Green was strong out of the gate, jumping out to an early 10-2 lead only to see Royal Blue battle back to cut the deficit to three at the end of the first quarter 18-15.

 

Beyer’s bucket at the 4:47 mark in the second quarter gave Royal their first lead of the game at 27-26.  Clay closed out the quarter with two baskets to push Royal’s lead to four at 35-31 at break.

 

An 8-2 run by electric Green to open the third quarter shifted the momentum back to their side as they retook the lead at 39-37 before Sierra Taylor tied the game at 39-39 and after a single free throw by the Green squad, another Royal basket gave Royal a 41-40 lead.  

Electric Green then ran off 11 straight points to retake the lead and go up by ten at 51-41.  Two late royal baskets cut the margin to six at the end of the quarter, 53-47.

 

In the fourth quarter Fox’s bucket at the 6:11 mark gave ElectricGreen a 60-50 lead only to have Royal score the next six points to close the gap to four.  

Buckets by Garner and Fox doubled the lead to eight before a three-ball from Gabrielle Heinsinger brought Royal back within five 64-59 with 3:34 left. 

Both teams exchanged baskets before Fox sank the a pair of free throws with just 64 ticks on the clock to give her team a 68-61 lead.  

After the free throws Heinsinger again came through for the Royal squad with another three-ball to pull Royal Blue within four 68-64 with 51 seconds left.  

 

Fox added two more free throws at the 49.4 mark and Garner followed with a steal and a breakaway layup with 32 seconds left to seal the win, 72-64. 

 Final Regular Season Standings

Team,  W-L, Pct., G.B., PF, PA

$=+ Maroon, 9-2, .818, -- ,  742 542

$=+ Forest Green, 9-2, .818, -- , 741 646

$= White, 8-3, .727, 1.0,  709 603

$-&^%-Royal Blue, 7-4, .636, 2.0 , 591 538

$= Electric Green, 7-4, .636, 2.0, 728 654

$-Black, 7-4, .636, 2.0, 721 603

S-@-Sky Blue, 5-6, .455, 4.0, 650 667

$-!-Orange, 5-6, .455, 4.0 ,  617 659

X-^*-Sun, 5-6, .455, 4.0 615 596

X-!%-Red, 2-9, .182, 7.0, 505 580

X-Pink, 1-10, .091, 8.0, 517 830

X-@-Purple, 1-10, .091, 8.0 492 708

@-Includes forfeit wins of Sky Blue over Orange and Purple over Red.

!-Does include Orange forfeit loss to Sky Blue and Red forfeit loss to Purple.

^-Does include Royal Blue forfeit 2-0 loss to Sun.

*-Includes Sun 2-0 forfeit win over Royal Blue.

%-Does include Red forfeit loss to Royal Blue.

&-Includes Royal Blue forfeit win over Red.

$-Clinched playoffs

X-Eliminated from playoffs

+-Regular Season Co-Champion (Maroon top seed thru head-to-head tiebreaker)

=-Semifinalists

PLAYOFF RESULTS AND SCHEDULE

Thursday, July 27

Quarterfinals Results

1-Maroon 2, 8-Orange 0, forfeit

5-Electric Green 72, Royal Blue 64

2-Forest Green 76, Sky Blue 63

3-White 76, Black 56

Tuesday, August 1

Semifinals

7 p.m.

1-Maroon (10-2) vs. 5-Electric Green (8-4), Court 1

8:15 p.m.

2-Forest Green (10-2) vs. 3-White (9-3), Court 1

Thursday, August 3

Championship

7 p.m.

Semifinal Winners, Court 1

Players In Postseason With 15 Or More Points

22-Hannah Fox, Electric Green, W, vs. Royal Blue, Quarterfinals, July 27

20-Jaryn Garner, Electric Green, W, vs. Royal Blue, Quarterfinals, July 27

20-Michaela Clay, Royal Blue, L, vs. Electric Green, Quarterfinals, July 27

19-Whisper Fisher, Sky Blue, L, vs. Forest Green, Quarterfinals, July 27

19- Mary Sheehan, White, W, vs. Black, Quarterfinals, July 27

18-Alynna Williams, Black, L, vs. White, Quarterfinals, July 27

17-Briana Winston, White, W, vs. Black, Quarterfinals, July 27

16-Jen Horvatinovic, Forest Green, W, vs. Sky Blue, Quarterfinals, July 27

16-Katie Jekot, Sky Blue, L, vs. Forest Green, Quarterfinals, July 27

15-Mia Hopkins, Forest Green, W, vs. Sky Blue, Quarterfinals, July 27

LEAGUE 12-TEAM SEASON PERFORMANCE

XX-Playoff Team

XX-BLACK (Jefferson University – formerly Philadelphia U.) (7-5)

June 15: vs. Sun (Ursinus) W: 70-42

June 20: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 89-42 

June 22: vs. Electric Green L: 57-59

June 27: vs. Maroon (USciences) L: 50-74

June 29: vs. White L: 45-61

July 4:  No Game (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) W: 70-62

July 11: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 63-35

July 13: vs. Orange (Holy Family) W: 79-55

July 18: vs. Sky Blue W: 68-62

July 20: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) L: 69-70

July 25: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 61-41

July 27: vs. White, L: 56-76, Playoff Quarterfinals 

XX-ELECTRIC GREEN (8-4)

June 15: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) L: 47-56

June 20: vs. Sun (Ursinus) L: 46-73

June 22: vs. Black (Jefferson U.) W: 59-57

June 27: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 77-63

June 29: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 74-55

July 4: No Game (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Maroon (USciences) L: 51-62

July 11: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) W: 68-60

July 13: vs. Sky Blue W: 81-66

July 18: vs. White L: 52-58

July 20: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 95-47

July 25: vs. Orange (Holy Family) W: 73-58

July 27: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) W: 72-64, Playoff Quarterfinals

August 1: vs. Maroon, Playoff Semifinals, 7 P.M., Court 1  

XX-FOREST GREEN (West Chester) (10-2) (Regular Season Co-Champion)

June 15: vs. Sky Blue W: 74-59

June 20: vs. White W: 57-51

June 22: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 55-52

June 27: vs. Orange (Holy Family) W: 61-48

June 29: vs. Maroon (USciences) L: 69-73 (2OT)

July 4 : No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Sun (Ursinus) W: 70-60

July 11: vs. Electric Green L: 60-68

July 13: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 77-66

July 18: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 75-42

July 20: vs. Black (Jefferson U.) W: 70-69

July 25: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) W: Forest Green W: 73-58

July 27: vs. Sky Blue W: 76-63, Playoff Quarterfinals

August 1: vs. White, Playoff Semifinals, 8:15 p.m., Court 1

XX-MAROON (USciences) (10-2) (Regular Season Co-Champion)

June 15: vs. White L: 50-56

June 20: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 42-33

June 22: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 80-36

June 27: vs. Black (Jefferson U.) W: 74-50

June 29: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) W: 73-69 (2OT)

July 4: No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Electric Green W: 62-51

July 11: vs. Sky Blue W: 65-46

July 13: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 83-35

July 18: vs. Orange (Holy Family) W: 91-55

July 20: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) L: 54-57

July 25: vs. Sun (Ursinus) W: 68-54

July 27: vs. Orange (Holy Family), W: 2-0, forfeit, Playoff Quarterfinals

August 1: vs. Electric Green, Playoff Semifinals, 7 P.M., Court 1

XX-ORANGE (Holy Family) (5-7)

June 15: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 60-56

June 20: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 68-51

June 22: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 60-44

June 27: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) L: 48-61

June 29: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) W: 83-63

July 4:  No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Sky Blue L: 0-2 forfeit

July 11: vs. White L: 47-71

July 13: vs. Black (Jefferson U.) L: 55-79

July 18: vs. Maroon (USciences) L: 55-91

July 20: vs. Sun (Ursinus) W: 84-63

July 25: vs. Electric Green L: 57-78

July 27: vs. Maroon L: 0-2, forfeit, Playoff Quarterfinals

PINK (PSU-Abington) (1-10)

June 15: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 55-52

June 20: vs. Black (Jefferson U.) L: 42-89

June 22: vs. Orange (Holy Family) L: 44-60

June 27: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) L: 47-83

June 29: vs. Sun (Ursinus) L: 46-76

July 4: No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. White L: 47-68

July 11: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) L: 71-78

July 13: vs. Maroon (USciences) L: 35-83

July 18: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) L: 42-75

July 20: vs. Electric Green L: 47-95

July 25: vs. Sky Blue L: 41-71 

PURPLE (Delaware Valley) (1-10) - #

June 15: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington ) L: 52-55

June 20: vs. Orange (Holy Family) L: 51-68

June 22: vs. Maroon (USciences) L: 36-80

June 27: vs. Sun (Ursinus) L: 50-70

June 29: vs. Electric Green L: 55-74

July 4: No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Sky Blue L: 58-77 (originally scheduled July 20)

July 11: vs. Black (Jefferson U.) L: 35-63

July 13: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) L: 66-77

July 18: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) L: 33-69

#-July 20: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 2-0 forfeit win

July 25: vs. White L: 54-75 

RED (Chestnut Hill) (2-9)

June 15: vs. Orange (Holy Family) L: 56-60

June 20: vs. Maroon (USciences) L: 33-42

June 22: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) L: 52-55

June 27: vs. Electric Green L: 63-77

June 29: vs. Sky Blue W: 88-72

July 4: No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) L: 0-2 forfeit

July 11: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 78-71 

July 13: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) L: 0-2

July 18: vs. Sun (Ursinus) L: 41-73

July 20: vs. White L: 53-65

July 25: vs. Black (Thomas Jefferson U.) L: 41-61

XX-ROYAL BLUE (Kutztown) (7-5)

June 15: vs. Electric Green W: 56-47

June 20: vs. Sky Blue W: 76-65

June 22: vs. White W: 65-64

June 27: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 83-47

June 29: vs. Orange (Holy Family) L: 63-83 

July 4: No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Black (Jefferson U.) L: 60-70

July 11: vs. Sun (Ursinus) L: 0-2 forfeit

July 13: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 2-0 forfeit

July 18: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 69-33

July 20: vs. Maroon (USciences) W: 57-54

July 25: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) L: 58-73

July 27: vs. Electric Green L: 64-72, Playoff Quarterfinals

XX-SKY BLUE (5-7)-#

June 15: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) L: 59-74

June 20: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) L: 65-76

June 22: vs. Sun (Ursinus) W: 51-46

June 27: vs. White W: 77-70

June 29: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill): L: 72-88

July 4: No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 77-58 (originally scheduled July 20)

July 11: vs. Maroon (USciences) L: 46-65

July 13: vs. Electric Green L: 66-81

July 18: vs. Black (Jefferson U.) L: 62-68

#-July 20: vs. Orange (Holy Family) W: 2-0 forfeit

July 25: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 71-41

July 27: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) L: 63-76

SUN (Ursinus) (5-6)

June 15: vs. Black (Jefferson U.) L: 42-70

June 20: vs. Electric Green W: 73-46

June 22: vs. Sky Blue L: 46-51

June 27: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 70-50

June 29: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 76-46

July 4: No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) L: 60-70

July 11: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) W: 2-0 forfeit

July 13: vs. White L: 56-70

July 18: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 73-41

July 20: vs. Orange (Holy Family), L: 63-84

July 25: vs. Maroon (USciences) L: 54-68

XX-WHITE (9-3)

June 15: vs. Maroon (USciences) W: 56-50

June 20: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) L: 51-57

June 22: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) L: 64-65

June 27: vs. Sky Blue L: 70-77

June 29: vs. Black (Jefferson U.) W: 61-45

July 4: No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 68-47

July 11: vs. Orange (Holy Family) W: 71-47

July 13: vs. Sun (Ursinus) W: 70-56

July 18: vs. Electric Green W: 58-52

July 20: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 65-53

July 25: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 75-54

July 27: vs. Black (Jefferson U.) W: 76-56, Playoff Quarterfinals

August 1: vs. Forest Green, Playoff Semifinals, 8:15 P.M., Court 1

 

 

       

 

  

Philly Women's Summer League: Quarterfinals Begin - Your Complete Guru Guide

By Bob Heller and Mel Greenberg @womhoopsguru

HATBORO, Pa. – It is hard to believe how fast the summer has rolled through late June and July but here we are, the 11-night regular season has concluded in the Philadelphia/Suburban Women’s NCAA-Certified Summer Basketball Leagu, and the playoffs are about to begin with quarterfinal action Thursday night at 7 and 8:15 on Courts 1 and 2 at Kelly Bolish Gym, home of the AAU Renegades.

Winners will return Tuesday for the semifinals with the highest surviving seed meeting the lowest surviving seed in one game while the other two will meet in the second game, all on Court 1.

And then Thursday will feature the championship, when the commissioner gets a chance to turn on the P.A. and announce the title round, which also will be played on Court 1.

Since the only stats formally kept across the summer are points, it is not possible to set up a preview as one is used to prior to conference and NCAA tournament action at the collegiate level or in the WNBA.

Still, there’s enough information to produce some kind of profile to give as sense of the action about to occur and provide tools you can print out and take to the venue at 2950 Turnpike Drive, which is just off the intersection of Davisville and Byberry Roads, not far from the Willow Grove extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

The gym is located in Willow Grove Commons Business Park all the way down at the end of the road.

As is always the case, the mantra of longtime commissioner David Kessler in terms of the operation of the league are “1. People can work on their game to take something back to their teams in the fall when they return to college, 2. Nobody get hurt, 3. And everyone have fun and a good time.”

Competition was pretty well balanced with multiple ties ongoing until the final standings featured three sets of ties with Maroon/USciences and Forest Green/West Chester tied for first and broken with Maroon earning the top seed off a thrilling double-overtime win against Forest Green on the schedule.

White, which struggled to a 1-3 start with a three-game losing streak after beating Maroon in the opener, snapped out of its untraditional early record to claim its next seven to take third without needing help anywhere else.

Royal Blue/Kutztown, Electric Green and Black/Thomas Jefferson U. (Formerly Philadelphia U.) finished in a tie for fourth and all were 1-1 against each other in the first tiebreak action to establish those seeds. 

So it was on to who had the best win of the three and that was Royal Blue, which on the next-to-last night on the schedule last Thursday upset Maroon, which earned Kutztown the fourth seed.

 Electric Green then fell into fifth with its head-to-head win during the season over Black, which then moved into the sixth seed.

Finally, in rounding out the eight-team field in the 12-team league, three teams were knotted for the final two slots, Sky Blue, which won on the last night Tuesday, Orange/Holy Family, and Sun/Ursinus.

In the three-way miniseries, Sky Blue catapulted off Tuesday’s win to the seventh seed, having swept the other two and then Orange with a head-to-head win over Sun, took the eighth and final seed.

That’s how they all punched their ticket Tuesday but of course the whole season mattered so off recapping the charts and Bob’s welcomed meat-and-potatoes account of each of the games for the recap game stories, here’s the skinny the rest of the way in this blog to give you an idea of all eight teams with rosters to prepare for viewing. 

Admission is free, in case you’re wondering. The gym thus get stuffy so dress comfortably and there is a reasonably priced snack bar if you’re coming out directly from work.

But before letting you go, be aware of the post under this big one, announcing our Womhoops Guru first 15-member All-Philly Summer League regular season team with White's Saint Joseph's senior Amanda Fioravanti named MVP.

Final Regular Season Standings

(Thru Wednesday, July 26)

Team,  W-L, Pct., G.B., PF, PA

$+-Maroon, 9-2, .818, -- ,  742 542

$+-Forest Green, 9-2, .818, -- , 741 646

$-White, 8-3, .727, 1.0,  709 603

$-&^%-Royal Blue, 7-4, .636, 2.0 , 591 538

$-Electric Green, 7-4, .636, 2.0, 728 654

$-Black, 7-4, .636, 2.0, 721 603

S-@-Sky Blue, 5-6, .455, 4.0, 650 667

$-!-Orange, 5-6, .455, 4.0 ,  617 659

X-^*-Sun, 5-6, .455, 4.0 615 596

X-!%-Red, 2-9, .182, 7.0, 505 580

X-Pink, 1-10, .091, 8.0, 517 830

X-@-Purple, 1-10, .091, 8.0 492 708

@-Includes forfeit wins of Sky Blue over Orange and Purple over Red.

!-Does include Orange forfeit loss to Sky Blue and Red forfeit loss to Purple.

^-Does include Royal Blue forfeit 2-0 loss to Sun.

*-Includes Sun 2-0 forfeit win over Royal Blue.

%-Does include Red forfeit loss to Royal Blue.

&-Includes Royal Blue forfeit win over Red.

$-Clinched playoffs

X-Eliminated from playoffs

QUARTERFINAL SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, JULY 27

7 p.m.: 1-Maroon/USciences (9-2) vs. 8-Orange/Holy Family (5-6), Court 1

7 p.m.: 3-White (8-3) vs. 6-Black/Thomas Jefferson U. (7-4), Court 2

8:15 p.m.: 2-Forest Green/West Chester (9-2) vs. 7-Sky Blue (5-6), Court 1

8:15 p.m.: 4-Royal Blue/Kutztown (7-4) vs. Electric Green (7-4), Court 2

INDIVIDUAL GAMES SETUPS

SETUP #1

1-Maroon/USciences (9-2) vs. 8-Orange/Holy Family (5-6) – 7 P.M. Court 1

These teams are familiar to each other beyond the summer league since both are division rivals in the Division II Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference in the winter.

Under NCAA rules, Division II teams can play intact in the summer, which was helpful to a talented Maroon squad, which after an opening loss to White rolled until the upset by Royal Blue a week ago for the second loss, which resulted in the first-place tie.

Against the teams in the playoffs, Maroon went 5-2, the key win being one of the more exciting ones of the summer, beating Forest Green in double overtime, which ultimately resulted in the tiebreak at the top and No. 1 seed.

Maroon went into last year’s playoffs, also as the No. 1 seed.

Orange was up and down, lost early to Forest Green, then beat Royal Blue, but struggled the rest of the way and went 1-6 against the playoff field. Ultimately, a head-to-head win over Sun enabled Orange to slip into the eighth slot and make the playoffs.

During the regular season, the two quarterfinals opponents met on July 18, which was Night # 9 on the league schedule and Maroon was victorious with an easy 91-55 triumph.

Here’s Bob’s recap that week of the action.

Recap July 18th: Team Maroon 91, Team Orange 55

The winners moved closer to finishing first and became a playoff squad with a win headed by Colleen Walsh out of the Shipley School at USciences with 18 points, Alex Thomas scored 17, and Laura Trisch out of Archbishop Wood had 15 aided by three 3-balls, and Marissa Sylvester from Nazareth Academy scored 14.

Maroon continues to be the top defensive team in the summer league.

The loss knocked Orange (4-5) on the edge of playoff territory and should the Holy Family group land in a tie to send one to the post season with Red, the Chestnut Hill group are holding a forfeit win.

Meghan Pickell, an Ithaca junior out of Episcopal Academy, had 20 as mentioned above for Orange, while Meghan Hughes, an incoming Holy Family freshman, had 10 points.

ROSTERS, SEASONS RESULTS, TIEBREAK TRACKERS FOR MAROON AND ORANGE

ROSTERS

TEAM MAROON (USciences)

5    ALYX McKIERNAN 5’4  -- IMMAC. HEART ACAD/USCIENCES ‘19

10  MARISSA SYLVESTER 5’8 -- NAZERETH ACAD/USCIENCES ‘19

12  COLLEEN WALSH 5’10 -- SHIPLEY SCHOOL/USCIENCES ‘18

13  HALEY HELMS 5’7 -- USCIENCES ‘18

14  MIKAELA GIULIANI 6’1 -- NORTH PENN/USCIENCES ‘20

15  SHANNON MAY 5’4  -- ARCH WOOD/USCIENCES ‘21

22  LAURA TRISCH 5’10 -- ARCH WOOD/USCIENCE’18

25  ALEX THOMAS 5’9   -- ST. ELIZ HS/USCIENCES ‘21

30  IRISA YE 5’9  -- NORTH PENN/USCIENCES ’21 

32  JESS HUBER 5’9  -- NORTH PENN/USCIENCES ‘21

 

TEAM ORANGE (Holy Family)

4    MACKENZIE McCRACKEN 5’8 --  HOLY FAMILY ‘21

5    JADA SMITH 5’11 -- MERION MERCY ACAD/HOLY FAM ‘21

10  PAYTON SPADACCINO 5’5  -- COUNCIL ROCK S/BLOOMSBURG ‘21

12  ASIA TURNER 5’7 --  ABINGTON FRIENDS/LONG ISLAND U. POST ‘20

14  MEGHAN PICKELL 5’8 -- EPISCOPAL ACAD/ITHACA ‘19

15  KATIE O’HARE 5’11 -- BAYARD RUSTIN/HOLY FAM ‘19

20  COURTNEY TREUDE 5’6  -- WASH. TWSHP HS/LYCOMING ‘20

23  CASEY THOMAS 6’ -- CEDAR CREEK HS/HOLY FAM ‘19

32  LIZ RADLEY 6’1   -- BISH EUSTACE/HOLY FAM ‘20

35  MEGAN HUGHES 5’10 -- PT. PLEASANT BOROUGH/HOLY FAM’21

40  HANNAH ZOLL  -- 5’10 LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL/HAVERFORD ‘20

SEASON RESULTS

TEAM MAROON (USciences) (9-2) (Regular Season Co-Champion)

June 15: vs. White L: 50-56

June 20: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 42-33

June 22: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 80-36

June 27: vs. Black (Thomas Jefferson U.) W: 74-50

June 29: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) W: 73-69 (2OT)

July 4: No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Electric Green W: 62-51

July 11: vs. Sky Blue W: 65-46

July 13: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 83-35

July 18: vs. Orange (Holy Family) W: 91-55

July 20: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) L: 54-57

July 25: vs. Sun (Ursinus) W: 68-54

July 27: 7 p.m. (Thurs) vs. Orange (Holy Family), Playoff Quarterfinals, Court 1

TEAM ORANGE (Holy Family) (5-6)

June 15: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 60-56

June 20: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 68-51

June 22: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 60-44

June 27: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) L: 48-61

June 29: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) W: 83-63

July 4:  No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Sky Blue L: 0-2 forfeit

July 11: vs. White L: 47-71

July 13: vs. Black (Thomas Jefferson U.) L: 55-79

July 18: vs. Maroon (USciences) L: 55-91

July 20: vs. Sun (Ursinus) W: 84-63

July 25: vs. Electric Green L: 57-78

July 27: (Thurs) 7 p.m. vs. Maroon, Playoff Quarterfinals, Court 1

TIEBREAK TRACKERS

Maroon (9-2): vs. Wh (L); vs. Red (W); vs. Pu (W); vs. Blk (W); vs. FG (W-2OT); vs. EG (W); vs. SB (W); 

vs. Pk (W); vs. Or (W); vs. RB (L); vs. Sun (W)

Orange (5-6): vs. Red (W); vs. Pu (W); vs. Pk (W); vs. FG (L); vs. RB (W); vs. SB(F-L); vs. Wh (L); vs. Blk (L); vs. M (L); vs. Sun (W); vs. EG (L)

SETUP #2

3-White (8-3) vs. 6-Black/Thomas Jefferson U. (7-4) -  7 P.M., Court 2

Team White, which has no dominate school affiliation, has been one of the traditional powerhouses in recent league seasons but this time around the Keith Wood-coached contingent struggled out of the gate, beating Maroon in the opener and then losing the next three before finding their footing to surge with a seven-game win streak the rest of the way to the third seed.

Team Black, which started the summer known as it always was by school affiliation as Philadelphia U, had its name changed this month to Thomas Jefferson U.

The squad had a relatively solid summer fighting in the middle of the pack with wins over ultimate playoff teams Royal Blue, Orange and Sky Blue and losses to the other four.

When Thursday night’s opponents met on Night #5 on June 29, White began its surge, shaking off a three-game streak to romp over Black 61-45

Here’s Bob’s recap of that game that week.

Recap June 29: Team White 61, Team Black 45

Team White got back on the winning track after dropping three straight games with a 61-45 win over Team Black, also known as Philadelphia University and soon to be called Thomas Jefferson University. 

 

Black has now dropped three in a row after opening the season with two wins.  Both teams hold 2-3 records.   

 

St. Joseph’s senior Amanda Fiorvanti led all scorers in the game with 26 points for Team White, her fifth consecutive 20+ point game.  Mary Sheehan, an incoming St. Joe’s freshman out of Cardinal O’Hara HS added 12 points.

 

Senior Rachel Day led Team Black with 12 points while sophomore Caitlyn Cunningham chipped in 11.

 

Black jumped out to early 4-0 and 6-4 leads before white closed out the first quarter with a 9-4 flourish to take a 13-10 lead heading into the second quarter.

 

White dominated the second ten minutes of action, limiting black to just four points while outscoring their opponent 21-4 to take a 34-14 lead at the half.  Fiorvanti had ten second quarter points, including eight of Team White’s first 14.

 

A 9-6 run to open the third quarter gave White a 23-point lead at 43-20 before Black shaved the deficit back under 20 points, scoring the final five points of the quarter to trail 51-33 heading into the final period.

 

White opened the final stanza with a 9-6 flourish to lead 60-36 with six minutes remaining. Team Black then scored nine of the final ten points to make the final score 61-45.

ROSTERS, SEASONS RESULTS, TIEBREAK TRACKERS FOR WHITE AND BLACK

ROSTERS

TEAM BLACK (Thomas Jefferson U formerly Phila. University)

3    KELSEY JONES 5’6 -- MT.ST.JOS./PHILAU ‘18

4    RACHEL DAY 5’6 --     ARCH. WOOD/PHILAU ‘18

5    JESSICA KAMINSKI 5’8 --    ARCH. WOOD/PHILAU ‘18

10  BEVERLY KUM 5’10 --   ST. MARIA GORETTI/PHILAU ‘19

11  VALEZ JACKSON 5’5 --  MERION MERCY ACAD/PHILAU ‘19

12  ALYNNA WILLIAMS 5’4 -- PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH/PHILAU ‘20

14  SABRIA LYTES 6’ -- TRUMAN HS/PHILAU ‘21

15  CAITLYN CUNNINGHAM 5’6 -- MT. ST. JOS/PHILAU ‘20

20  CARLY KOVIN 6’ -- PENNSBURY/PHILAU ‘18

24  MADDISON MANIGLY-HANEY 5’11 -- SPRING-FORD/THOMAS JEFFERSON U ‘21

25  CAROLINE DUFFY 6’1 -- SEVERNA PARK HS/PHILAU ‘21

45  AYOOLA OGUNTUASE  6’ -- ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN HS/PHILAU ‘20

TEAM WHITE

 1   SHIRA NEWMAN 5’7 --  UPPER DUBLIN/MILLERSVILLE ‘13

 3   TUGA GOFF 5’4 --  UPPER DUBLIN/ROSEMONT

 5   STEPHANIE PETERY 5’9  -- POPE JOHN PAUL II/MERCYHURST ‘20

12 NIA HOLLAND 5’7 -- SHIPLEY SCHOOL/LAFAYETTE ‘19 

14 ASHLEY WOOD 5’6  --- SPRING-FORD/KUTZTOWN ‘13 

15 JASMINE ELUM 5’6 -- BODINE/BETHUNE-COOKMAN ‘12 

24  CAROLINE DePILLIS 5’7 -- HARRITON/LOYOLA MARYMOUNT ‘21 

30  MARY SHEEHAN 5’11  -- CARDINAL O’HARA/SAINT JOS. ‘21 

34  AMANDA FIORAVANTI 6’1  -- OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL/SAINT JOS. ‘17 

40 MICHELE McCAUGHERN 5’11  -- WEST CHESTER EAST/LaSALLE ‘12 

43  BRIANA WINSTON 5’10 -- HARRITON/KEAN COLLEGE ‘21  

SEASON RESULTS

TEAM BLACK (Thomas Jefferson University – formerly Philadelphia U.) (7-4)

June 15: vs. Sun (Ursinus) W: 70-42

June 20: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 89-42 

June 22: vs. Electric Green L: 57-59

June 27: vs. Maroon (USciences) L: 50-74

June 29: vs. White L: 45-61

July 4:  No Game (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) W: 70-62

July 11: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 63-35

July 13: vs. Orange (Holy Family) W: 79-55

July 18: vs. Sky Blue W: 68-62

July 20: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) L: 69-70

July 25: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 61-41

July 27 (Thurs): 7 p.m. vs. White, Playoff Quarterfinals, Court 2

TEAM WHITE (8-3)

June 15: vs. Maroon (USciences) W: 56-50

June 20: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) L: 51-57

June 22: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) L: 64-65

June 27: vs. Sky Blue L: 70-77

June 29: vs. Black (Thomas Jefferson U.) W: 61-45

July 4: No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 68-47

July 11: vs. Orange (Holy Family) W: 71-47

July 13: vs. Sun (Ursinus) W: 70-56

July 18: vs. Electric Green W: 58-52

July 20: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 65-53

July 25: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 75-54

July 27: (Thurs)  7 p.m. vs. Black (Thomas Jefferson U.), Playoff Quarterfinals, Court 2

TIEBREAK TRACKERS

White (8-3): vs. M (W); vs. FG (L); vs. RB (L); vs. SB (L); vs. Blk (W); vs. Pnk (W); vs. Or (W); 

vs. Sun (W); vs. EG (W); vs. Red (W); vs. Pu (W)

Black (7-4): vs. Sun (W); vs. Pk (W); vs. EG (L); vs. M (L); vs. Wh (L); vs. RB (W); vs. Pu (W); vs. Or (W);

 vs. SB (W); vs. FG (L); vs. Red (W)

SETUP #3

2-Forest Green/West Chester (9-2) vs. 7-Sky Blue (5-6) - 8:15 P.M., Court 1

The Forest Green/West Chester group, also enjoying the benefit of being able to play the summer mostly in tact, earning a co-championship that might have been stand-alone, had not they lost to Maroon/USciences in double overtime.

The only other setback was an upset loss to Electric Green, which enabled the winners that night to start chasing the leaders and stay not too far behind in the middle of the pack and ultimately land the fifth seed out of the three-way tie for fourth.

Staying in the race at the top most of the way, they were one of the squads to put an early sting on White and against all seven teams in the playoff field they were 5-2, the same as Maroon.

Sky Blue, which was one of the few teams with no school affiliation, struggled most of the summer but gained three key wins, being one of the other two to upset White early, and beating Orange and Sun to make the field and land the seventh seed while helping to knock Sun out of the mix.

When the two quarterfinal opponents last met on opening night, Forest Green got its season thundering with a 74-59 win.

Here’s Bob’s recap of the game that week.

Recap June 15: Team Forest Green 74, Team Sky Blue 59

Team Forest Green (West Chester University) used a 22-5 spurt in the second quarter to take control of the game as they cruised to a 73-59 win over Team Sky Blue.  

Sky Blue led at the end of the first quarter 15-14 before Forest Green took control in the next period.  Mia Hopkins (team-high 17 points) scored nine of Forest Green’s 30 second quarter points as her team took a 44-26 lead at the break.  

Sky Blue shaved five points off the lead in the third quarter and pulled as close as ten in the final stanza before Forest Green pulled away in the final minutes.

Hopkins had three 3-pointers in the game for Forest Green, which also got 15 points from Jennifer Horvatinovic, a recent Tampa grad, and 14 from Gabby Troisi.

As mentioned, Penn’s Kendall  Grasela scored 27 for the top league’s performance of the night (other stats are not kept by the table for reasons too numerous to specify), playing for Sky Blue, shooting three 3-pointers and and 3-3 from the line, while Taylor Dunn, a Catholic U. Sophomore out of Central Bucks South, had 16 points, propelled by a pair of three-balls and shooting 4-4 from the line.

ROSTERS, SEASONS RESULTS, TIEBREAK TRACKERS FOR FOREST GREEN AND SKY BLUE

ROSTERS

TEAM FOREST GREEN (West Chester)

2   BRIDGET SCOTT 5’11  -- STRATH HAVEN/SWARTHMORE ’18 

4   GABRIELLE NOLAN 5’7 -- ABINGTON/WEST CHESTER U. ‘19

11 JEAN WILLIAMS 5’2 -- MASTERY NORTH/WM. PENN U. ‘19

12 KATIE FISHER 5’8  -- STRATH HAVEN/WCU ‘20

13 GABBY TROISI 5’7  -- POPE JOHN PAUL II/WCU ‘20

24 RYLEE POWER 5’8 -- MARPLE NEWTOWN/WCU ‘19

25 KATIE FEEHERY 6’1  -- CARD. O’HARA/U. SCRANTON ‘18

32 SIANI McNEIL 5’11  -- DELCO CHRISTIAN/WCU ‘20

33 CASEY WARLEY 5’11 -- BAYARD RUSTIN/WCU’19

34 MIA HOPKINS 5’10 -- PITTSTON AREA HS/WCU ‘18

35 JENNIFER HORVATINOVIC 5’11 -- RED LION HS/U. TAMPA ‘17

TEAM SKY BLUE

3    LAUREN KILLION 5’8  -- LOWER MORELAND/ALBRIGHT ‘20

4    REBECCA RHOADES 5’7  -- NAZARETH ACAD/CATHOLIC U ‘21

12  ERIN LINDAHL 5’9  -- GERMANTOWN ACAD/EMORY ‘20

15  KENDALL GRASELA 5’10  -- GERMANTOWN ACAD/U PA ‘20

20  MAURA RYAN 6’  -- SPRINGFIELD TWSHP/ALBRIGHT ‘20

24  KATIE CROWLEY 5’8  -- CENTRAL BUCKS E/U. ALABAMA ‘20

25  WHISPER FISHER 6’2  -- OWINGS MILLS/SAINT JOS. ‘19

30  LILY KUNTZ 6’1  -- EPISCOPAL ACAD/MIDDLEBURY ‘20

32  OLIVIA GORMAN 5’4  -- GERMANTOWN ACAD/WESLEYAN ‘19

34  KATIE JEKOT 5’9 -- CUMBERLAND VALLEY HS/SAINT JOS. ‘21

44  TAYLOR DUNN 5’10  -- CENTRAL BUCKS S/CATHOLIC U. ‘20

SEASON RESULTS

TEAM FOREST GREEN (West Chester) (9-2) (Regular Season Co-Champion)

June 15: vs. Sky Blue W: 74-59

June 20: vs. White W: 57-51

June 22: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 55-52

June 27: vs. Orange (Holy Family) W: 61-48

June 29: vs. Maroon (USciences) L: 69-73 (2OT)

July 4 : No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Sun (Ursinus) W: 70-60

July 11: vs. Electric Green L: 60-68

July 13: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 77-66

July 18: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 75-42

July 20: vs. Black (Thomas Jefferson U.) W: 70-69

July 25: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) W: Forest Green W: 73-58

July 27: 8:15 (Thurs) vs. Sky Blue, Playoff Quarterfinals, Court 1

TEAM SKY BLUE (5-6)-#

June 15: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) L: 59-74

June 20: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) L: 65-76

June 22: vs. Sun (Ursinus) W: 51-46

June 27: vs. White W: 77-70

June 29: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill): L: 72-88

July 4: No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 77-58 (originally scheduled July 20)

July 11: vs. Maroon (USciences) L: 46-65

July 13: vs. Electric Green L: 66-81

July 18: vs. Black (Phila. U) L: 62-68

#-July 20: vs. Orange (Holy Family) W: 2-0 forfeit

July 25: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 71-41

July 27: (Thurs) 8:15 p.m. vs. Forest Green (West Chester), Court 1

TIEBREAK TRACKERS

For Grn (9-2): vs. SB (W); vs. Wh (W); vs. Red (W); vs. Or (W); vs. M (L-2OT) ; vs. Sun (W); vs. EG (L); 

vs. Pu (W); vs. Pk (W); vs. Blk (W); vs. RB (W)

#Sky Blue (5-6): vs. FG (L); vs. RB (L); vs. Sun (W); vs. Wh (W); vs. Red (L); vs. Or(#W-F); vs. M (L);

 vs. EG (L); vs. Blk (L); vs. Pu (W); vs. Pk (W)

SETUP #4

4-Royal Blue (7-4) vs. 5-Electric Green (7-4) - 8:15 P.M. Court 2

Of the four games on Thursday’s slate in the quarterfinals, though there were some surprises during the season against the top contingents by heavy underdogs on nights, this one could be considered the most competitive ahead of time because both played a strong middle-of-the-pack pursuit of the leaders and of the four on Thursday’s card, this is the one that was the closest in the earlier meetings.

Royal Blue went 3-4 against the other teams in the playoff field but the Kutztown group upset Maroon, took down White, and made the honor of the fourth seed.

Electric Green, a team also unaffiliated with a school name, which went 4-3 against the playoff field, bolted into a headliner when it upset Forest Green.

When the two also met opening night besides the already referenced reprise of Forest Green and Sky Blue from the June 15th slate, the winner was Royal Blue 56-47.

Here’s Bob’s Recap from that week.

Recap June 15: Team Royal Blue 56, Team Electric Green 47

Team Royal Blue (Kutztown University) outscored Team Electric Green 22-15 in the third quarter, erasing a five point halftime deficit while not looking back as they cruised to a 56-47 win.  

 Electric Green led by four at the end of one quarter and took a 23-18 lead as the buzzer sounded at the end of the second quarter. 

Steady play from the Royal Blue squad in the third quarter kept the game close with the eventual winners taking the lead for the first time at 39-36 with three minutes to go in the period. 

A late bucket by Electric Green cut the lead to two 40-38 entering the final quarter.  

 Royal Blue opened the quarter with an 11-2 spurt to take their biggest lead of the game at 51-40 before settling in for the nine-point win, 56-47. 

Karen Lapkiewicz led the victors with 17 points while Taylor Thames, a North Penn product, scored 12.  

As mentioned, Chelsea Woods turned in 25 for the Electric Green team, which also got 10 points from Sammy Stipa, a Lafayette senior out of Spring-Ford.

ROSTERS, SEASONS RESULTS, TIEBREAK TRACKERS FOR ELECTRIC GREEN AND ROYAL BLUE

ROSTERS

TEAM ELECTRIC GREEN

12  CAILIN O’HARA 5’7 -- CENTRAL BUCKS/CENTENARY U ‘20

15  EMILY WALLS 5’8  -- BAYARD RUSTIN HS/MORAVIAN ‘19

20  HANNAH FOX 5’7 -- PENN CHARTER/AMHERST ‘20

22  JESSICA GERBER 5’4 -- COUNCIL ROCK N./KENYON ‘19

24  SARAH O’HARA 5’7  -- CENTRAL BUCKS/WILKES’18

25  SAMANTHA STIPA 5’6  -- SPRING-FORD/LAFAYETTE ‘18

30  MORGAN MATURANI 6’  -- REED/HENDERSON/SALISBURY ‘19

31  JARYN GARNER 5’9  -- GERMANTOWN ACAD/SAINT JOS. ‘18

32  CHELSEA WOODS 5’11 -- FREIRE CHARTER/SAINT JOS. ‘18

34  RACHEL RYAN 6’   -- ACAD NOTRE DAME/SALISBURY ‘20

40  CARLEY HAMILTON 6’2 -- MARPLE NEWTOWN/MUHLENBERG ‘19

TEAM ROYAL BLUE (Kutztown)

11  KAREN LAPKIEWICZ 5’10 -- SAINT BASIL/KUTZTOWN ‘20

12  TAYLOR THAMES 5’7  -- NORTH PENN/KUTZTOWN ‘19

14  KEIFONNA FERGUSON 5’8 -- NORRISTOWN AREA HS/KUTZTOWN ‘19

15  ABBEY BEYER 5’8 -- SPRING-FORD/ELIZABETHTOWN ‘19

20  SIERRA TAYLOR 5’6 -- CAMDEN CATHOLIC/KUTZTOWN ‘20

21  ALEX LEADER 5’10 -- LOWER DAUPHIN HS/KUTZTOWN ‘20

22  GABBI WRIGHT 5’11 -- CHELTENHAM HS/KUTZTOWN ‘20

24  VERONICA CHRIST 5’9 -- DELA VALLEY REGIONAL/ELIZABETHTOWN ‘21

31  JENNA WIDDICOMBE 6’1  -- POPE JOHN PAUL II/KUTZTOWN ‘19

34  GABRIELLE HEINSINGER 5’8 -- MERION MERCY/NYU ‘20

35 MICHAELA CLAY 6’ -- ROLAND PARK COUNTRY/SAINT JOS. ‘19

SEASON RESULTS

TEAM ELECTRIC GREEN (7-4)

June 15: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) L: 47-56

June 20: vs. Sun (Ursinus) L: 46-73

June 22: vs. Black (Thomas Jefferson U.) W: 59-57

June 27: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 77-63

June 29: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 74-55

July 4: No Game (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Maroon (USciences) L: 51-62

July 11: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) W: 68-60

July 13: vs. Sky Blue W: 81-66

July 18: vs. White L: 52-58

July 20: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 95-47

July 25: vs. Orange (Holy Family) W: 73-58

July 27: 8:15 (Thurs): vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown), Playoff Quarterfinals, Court 2 

TEAM ROYAL BLUE (Kutztown) (7-4)

June 15: vs. Electric Green W: 56-47

June 20: vs. Sky Blue W: 76-65

June 22: vs. White W: 65-64

June 27: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 83-47

June 29: vs. Orange (Holy Family) L: 63-83 

July 4: No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Black (Thomas Jefferson U.) L: 60-70

July 11: vs. Sun (Ursinus) L: 0-2 forfeit

July 13: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 2-0 forfeit

July 18: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 69-33

July 20: vs. Maroon (USciences) W: 57-54

July 25: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) L: 58-73

July 27: (Thurs) 8:15 p.m. vs. Electric Green, Playoff Quarterfinals, Court 2

TIEBREAK TRACKERS

Roy Blue (7-4); vs. EG (W); vs. SB (W); vs. Wh (W); vs. Pk (W) ; vs. Or (L); vs. Blk (L); vs. Sun (L-F); vs. Red (W-F); vs. Pu (W); M (W); vs. FG (L)

Elec Grn (7-4): vs. RB (L); vs. Sun (L); vs. Blk (W); vs. Red (W); vs. Pu (W); vs. M (L); vs. FG (W); vs. SB (W); vs. Wh (L); vs. Pk (W); vs. Or (W)

 

 

  

  

   

 

   

Philly Women's Summer League: Fioravanti Heads First Womhoops Guru All-Summer League Squad

By Bob Heller and Mel Greenberg @womhoopsguru

HATBORO, Pa. – Everyone else does it so why not do something similar at the Philadelphia/Suburban Women’s NCAA-Certified Summer Basketball League here at Kelly Bolish Gym, home of the AAU Renegades.

Consider this not official since longtime commissioner David Kessler doesn’t even know it’s coming but with the playoffs about to begin Thursday night with quarterfinal action, Bob and your Guru decided that since we were around most of the summer, why not name a regular season first-ever All-Philly Summer League Team and an MVP and then come back and do likewise for the playoffs, where a few more will be invited into the voting mix and perhaps something more formal could be established next year.

Furthermore Bob did a yeoman’s job doing detailed accounts of all the games, something the Guru couldn’t do in the past so he certainly was inside all the games while your Guru got the sense of who’s who through posting the ongoing coverage.

We figured a flat out 15 players, no first, second, or third five, was appropriate to give equal billing to all and to account for all players from the 12 teams for consideration  and get some into the citations, if warranted, into who won’t be in the playoff field.

No prizes or paper awards are involved, the commissioner gives his own swag/toys during and after the playoffs.

Since there wasn’t room on the main preview post above this, the Guru’s own 20-point chart will be at the bottom here.

But from the outset and it wasn’t easy but the regular season MVP honor goes to Saint Joseph’s senior Amanda Fioravanti, who helped rescue Team White from its 1-3 start to finish with a seven-game win streak and third seed without the need of a tiebreak to open in the quarterfinals.

Fioravanti, whose collegiate career started at Virginia before transferring to the Hawks, got good news at the outset of the summer learning the NCAA had granted a petition for an extra year of eligibility to get her four years.

On the Guru’s nightly 20-plus scoring list, Fioravanti and Hawks senior teammate Chelsea Woods of Electric Green hit the mark a league-leading seven times of the 11 games played and Fioravanti on the fourth night in late June also had the top performance of the year with 41 points.

But that alone wasn’t the deal-breaker, just using an overall sense of who should get what, but it was close.

So congratulations.

 And here’s our picks. Undoubtedly many of ours would have also been those of others invited to vote if we didn’t make this a rush job off a sudden inspiration. 

But feel free to badger us the next several nights if you think someone not named had a compelling case.

Womhoops Guru All-Philly WBB Summer League Team

(Regular Season)

(Listing in no particular order with summer team also named)

*-Amanda Fiorvanti             White

Jess Huber                          Maroon

Colleen Walsh                   Maroon

Chelsea Woods                 Electric Green

Mia Hopkins                       Forest Green

Jenny Horvatinovic           Forest Green

Erin Lindahl                        Sky Blue

Caitlyn Cunningham         Black

Michaela Clay                    Royal Blue

Sierra Taylor                      Royal Blue

Alex Thomas                      Maroon

Nia Holland                        White

Alynna Williams                Black

Liz Radley                           Orange

Shayna Rodriguez             Pink

*-MVP

Individual Scoring 20 Or More Points

41-Amanda Fioravanti, White, L, vs. Sky Blue, June 27

33-Kristen Daley, Sun, L, vs. Orange, July 20

33-Jess Huber, Maroon, W-2OT, vs. Forest Green, June 29

31-Chelsea Woods, Electric Green, W, vs. Sky Blue, July 13

30-Hannah Fox, Electric Green, W, vs. Pink, July 20

30-Chelsea Woods, Electric Green, W, vs. Red, June 27

29- Liz Radley, Orange, W, vs. Sun, July 20

28-Chelsea Woods, Electric Green, W, vs. Forest Green, July 11

27-Chelsea Woods, Electric Green, L, vs. White, July 18

27-Amanda Fioravanti, White, L, vs. Royal Blue, June 22

27-Kendall Grasella, Sky Blue, L, vs. Forest Green, June 15

26-Mia Hopkins, Forest Green, W, vs. Black, July 20

26-Katie Jekot, Sky Blue, L, vs. Black, July 18

26-Amanda Fioravanti, White, W, vs. Black, June 29

26-Chelsea Woods, Electric Green, W, vs. Black, June 22

25-Erin Lindahl, Sky Blue, W, vs. Pink, July 25 

25-Caitlyn Cunningham, Black, W, vs. Sky Blue, July 18

25-Chelsea Woods, Electric Green, L, vs. Royal Blue, June 15

24-Mia Hopkins, Forest Green, W, vs. Royal Blue, July 25

24-Shayna Rodriguez, Pink, L, vs. Sky Blue, July 25

24-Beverly Kum, Black, W, vs. Orange, July 13

23-Lydia Konstanzer, Sun, W, vs. Purple, June 27

23-Chelsea Woods, Electric Green, L, vs. Sun, June 20

23-Kendall Grasella, Sky Blue, L, vs. Royal Blue, June 20

22-Kristen Daley, Sun, W, vs. Red, July 18

22-Amanda Fioravanti, White, W, vs. Sun, July 13

22-Irisa Ye, Maroon, W, vs. Pink, July 13

22-Sierra Taylor, Royal Blue, L, vs. Black, July 6

21-Anjeliah Hayes, Orange, L, vs. Electric Green, July 25

21-Kristen Daley, Sun, L, vs. Maroon, July 25

21-Ashley Smink, Purple, L, vs. White, July 6

21-Caitlyn Cunningham, Black, W, vs. Pink, June 20

21-Jada Smith, Orange, W, vs. Purple, June 20

21-Amanda Fioravanti, White, W, vs. Maroon, June 15

20-Amanda Fioravanti, White, W, vs. Purple, July 25

20-Mia Hopkins, Forest Green, W, vs. Pink, July 18

20-Meghan Pickell, Orange, L, vs. Maroon, July 18

20-Kendall Grasella, Sky Blue L, vs. Maroon, July 11

20-Vicky Tumasz, Red, W, vs. Sky Blue, June 29

20-Katie O’Hare, Orange, W, vs. Royal Blue, June 29

20-Mia Hopkins, Forest Green, W, vs. Orange, June 27

20-Alynna Williams, Black, L, vs. Royal Blue, June 22

20-Mia Hopkins, Forest Green, W, vs. White, June 20

20-Beverly Kum, Black, W, vs. Pink, June 20

20-Amanda Fioravanti, White, L, vs. Forest Green, June 20 

   

Philly Women's Summer League: White Surges To 3rd Seed As Maroon and Forest Green Finish First

By Bob Heller and Mel Greenberg (@womhoopsguru)

HATBORO, Pa. – Maroon/USciences and Forest Green/West Chester repelled any threat of upsets Tuesday night and became regular-season co-champions of the Philadelphia/Suburban Women’s NCAA-Certified Summer Basketball League here at Kelly Bolish Gym, home of the AAU Renegades.

Maroon (9-2) recovered from last Thursday’s upset by Royal Blue/Kutztown and beat Sun/Ursinus 68-54, a loss that knocked  Team Sun out of the playoffs through a tiebreaker and set the eight-team postseason field for the quarterfinals that begin Thursday with two doubleheaders on Courts 1 and 2 tipping off at 7 p.m. followed by nightcaps at 8:15 p.m.

The semifinals are next Tuesday followed by the 2017 championship action a week from Thursday.

Forest Green (9-2) gained a piece of the regular season crown by beating Royal Blue/Kutztown 73-58, depriving the opposition of forcing a three-way tie for second and taking the No. 2 slot.

Instead, White after an untraditional 1-3 start and then coming to life with a seven-game win streak the rest of the way, capped the surge with a 75-54 win over previously eliminated Purple (1-10) and finished all alone in third at 8-3.

Purple/Delaware Valley College finished 12th in a tiebreak at the bottom determining final standings off a loss to Pink/Penn State-Abington, though the lone win for Purple came off a forfeit earlier this month.

  

Maroon will have the top seed off a thrilling double-overtime win in its seasonal meeting with Forest Green. 

Two other ties had to be broken for playoff seedings and the latter also to eliminate the last team in what was a three-for-two slots deadlock for the final available berths that were up for grabs Tuesday.

The loss by Royal Blue knocked it back into a three-way fourth place tie with Black/Thomas Jefferson U. (7-4), which got into the mix easily beating previously-eliminated Red/Chestnut Hill 61-41, while Electric Green (7-4) made it a threesome by beating Orange/Holy Family 78-57.

The three teams tied for fourth were 1-1 against each other but Royal Blue’s upset of Maroon last Thursday gave it the best outside win in the trio and thus the fourth seed leaving Electric Green’s head-to-head win over Black to give it the fifth slot and relegating Black to sixth.

Orange’s loss at the conclusion of the 11-game schedule placed it into a threesome for the seventh slot with Sun (5-6) and with Sky Blue, which helped itself easily beating previously eliminated Pink 71-41 and taking the seventh seed by going 2-0 against the other teams in the group.

Orange then became the eighth seed off its head-to-head win over Sun.

Completing the standings, Red finishes at 10th at 2-9 followed by the Pink and Purple 1-10 records referenced earlier.

Consider this post a wrap up and set up while Bob is back to provide the details of the Tuesday games in a bit and will be on hand for the playoff coverage. 

On the next sunrise the Guru will have a complete playoff package.

The Quarterfinal Matchups

Action will open Thursday night at 7 p.m. with top-seeded Maroon (7-2) meeting Orange (5-6) on Court 1, while over on Court 2 third-seeded White (8-3) will meet Black/Thomas Jefferson U (7-4) (formerly Philadelphia U.).

The doubleheaders will conclude at 8:15 with second-seeded Forest Green (9-2) meeting seventh-seeded Sky Blue (5-6) while fifth-seeded Electric Green (7-4) will meet fourth-seeded Royal Blue (7-4) on Court 2.

The highest surviving seed advancing to Tuesday’s semifinals will meet the lowest surviving seed at 7 p.m. on Court 1 with the second and third lowest surviving seeds meeting at 8:15 p.m.

Winners will then advance to Thursday’s title game a week from now it what may be a wide-open playoff considering the way the regular season occurred.

Until recently the title round would be a best-of-three affair but longtime commissioner David Kessler can’t have any of that because the time is approaching when players begin heading back to school or a brief vacation and then back to school, meaning the risk of forfeits playing havoc is too great.  

Saint Joseph's Senior Duo of Woods and Fioravanti Top Milestone Performers

Though some had their teams eliminated and some will move on to continue the next several nights, Tuesday had a productive occurrence in the Guru’s individual 20 or more points performance.

Six players hit the milestone and in all there were 45 postings across the schedule, highlighted by Saint Joseph’s seniors Chelsea Woods of Electric Green and Amanda Fioravanti of White, whose 20 points Tuesday helped White secure the third seed.

Each hit the milestone seven times this season and Fioravanti early on the schedule had the top night of the season with 41 points. Mia Hopkins of Forest Green/West Chester hit the number five times, including 24 in the Forest Green win on Tuesday.

The complete running chart is down below.

Sky Blue Erin Lindahl’s 25 points, the top performance on Tuesday, helped her team get to the playoffs, while eliminated Pink’s Shayna Rodriguez was right behind her with 24 fueled by six 3-balls.

Penn sophomore Kristen Daley of the eliminated Sun team had 21 and has had multiple top nights while Anjeliah Hayes of Orange also had 21 to complete the group of six.

The Commissioner’s Notebook: Where They Come From

In the nightly newsletter Tuesday, Commissioner Kessler provided the following stats on this year’s participants.

Over 30 players represented some 50 collegiate programs, some of which are not in the area, though some of those players are locally grown.

And in that regard, Archbishop Wood had six alums on teams, followed by five each from Archbishop Ryan and St. Basil’s, four each from Germantown Academy, North Penn, Spring-Ford, and Central Bucks, three from Bayard Rustin, Merion Mercy and Cardinal O’Hara.

Rounding out the high school graduate multiple affiliations, two each are from Mount St. Joseph’s, Souderton, Nazareth Academy, Episcopal Academy, Villa Jos. Marie, Upper Dublin, Strath Haven, Atlantic Christian, Shipley School, and Harriton High.

And all that said, as promised, back in 24 hours other than the stats below, but here’s Bob with the Recaps.

Tuesday Recaps

Team Maroon 68, Team   Sun 54

 

Colleen Walsh and Jess Huber scored 17 points apiece as Team Maroon, also known as University of the Sciences, secured the top seed for the upcoming playoffs with a 68-54 win over Team Sun, also known as Ursinus College.

 

This marks the second consecutive year Maroon has entered the league playoffs as the top seed. 

 Team Sun, needing a win to keep their playoff hopes alive were knocked out of the playoff picture with the loss. 

 

Laura Trisch joined Walsh and Huber in double figures with ten points while Alex Thomas had nine points helped by a perfect 4-for-4 from the line.

  University of Pennsylvania junior Kristen Daley had 21 points to pace the Sun squad.  Alana Davidson, a freshman entering Davidson College this fall added 13 points while Ursinus sophomore Marisa DiLeo chipped in 12.

 

Walsh came out on fire in the opening quarter, scoring ten of Maroon’s 20 points in the period pacing her squad to a 20-7 lead.  

Maroon expanded the lead to 35-11 with just over four minutes left to go in the second quarter only to have Sun battle back with a 13-1 flourish to close out the period and cut the lead to 12, 36-24.  Davidson and DiLeo accounted for nine of the13 points during the run.

 

Daley’s three-ball open the third quarter cut Maroon’s lead to single digits at 36-27 but Trisch matched her at the other end and Maroon was back up by 12. 

 Huber’s three-pointer midway through the period gave Maroon their largest lead of the quarter at 46-32 before Sun again closed within nine as the period was coming to a close.

 

Huber and Alex Thomas took over the fourth quarter, putting Maroon firmly in control with seven and four points respectively in the period as Maroon opened up a 19 point lead before settling in for the 14-point win.

 

 

Team Forest Green  73  Team Royal Blue  58

 

Forest Green, also known as West Chester University, scored the first ten points of the game and never trailed as they secured the second seed in the upcoming playoffs with a 73-58 win over Team Royal Blue, also known as Kutztown University.

 

Forest Green finishes with a 9-2 record, identical to top seed Maroon but lost in double overtime to the Maroon squad earlier in the season. 

 Royal will be the fourth seed with the loss, finishing with a 7-4 record.

 

West Chester senior Mia Hopkins led all scorers with 24 points while recent University of Tampa graduate Jenny Horvatinovic added 17.  St. Joseph’s University junior Michaela Clay led the Royal Blue team with 19 points, just one under the magic 20-points citation, while Gabrielle Heinsinger, an NYU sophomore, added ten.

 

Horvatinovic knocked down two three point field goals as part of Forest Green’s10-0 run to open the game before Clay’s bucket at the 6:19 mark put Royal Blue on the board.  

Two more Forest Green baskets pushed the lead to 14-2 before Royal Blue scrambled back with a 7-2 run to close within seven 16-9.  Forest Green pushed the lead back up to double figures with a 12-5 spurt to end the quarter, taking a ten-point lead 24-14.

 

Royal Blue cut the lead back to single digits three times in the second quarter  and got as close as eight points, scoring the first basket of the second half to make the score 39-31 before Forest Green took command, outscoring Royal 19-7 to take a 20-point lead into the final period, 58-38.

 

Forest Green continued their steady play in the fourth quarter as Royal Blue would come no closer than 13 points on two occasions in the period before finishing with the 15-point win.

 

Team White 75, Team  Purple  54

 

Team Purple, also known as Delaware Valley University gave Team White all they could handle for the first 25 minutes of action before White turned up the pressure on the undermanned Purple squad and cruised to a 75-54 win to secure the third seed for Thursday night’s playoff action.

 

White finished with an 8-3 record while Purple finished their season at 1-10, their lone win coming as the result of a forfeit by the Red Team.

 

St. Joseph’s University senior Amanda Fiorvanti led all scorers with 20 points while Nia Holland, a Lafayette College junior added 16 points for the White squad. Incoming St. Joe’s freshman Mary Sheehan added 14 points.

 

Courtney Brown, a recent East Stroudsburg graduate, led Purple with 14 points helped by three three-bals.  Lauren Morretti added 13 points, also aided by three triplets.

 

A total of 12 lead changes highlighted the first two quarters with all but three of those coming in the second period as Purple took a slim 32-31 lead at the break.

 

Ashley Smink’s basket in the early moments of the third quarter put Purple on top 35-33 before White woke up with a 12-0 uprising to take control of the action and a 45-35 lead.  Brown three-pointer broke the run and a three-ball from Morretti with 5:24 left in the third brought Purple back within four 47-43 before White closed out the quarter with a 9-3 flourish to lead 56-47 entering the final quarter.

 

After a Purple three-point field goal early in the fourth quarter cut the lead to eight, White turned up the pressure, scoring 11  straight points and finishing the game on a 15-2 run for the 21-point victory and momentum heading into Thursday’s playoffs.  

 

 Team Electric Green 78, Team Orange 57

 

Team Electric Green and Team Orange, also known as Holy Family University, fought a back and forth battle for the first 20 minutes of action before Electric Green pulled away with a solid second half to take home a 78-57 win and secure the fifth seed in Thursday’s playoff games.

 

St. Joseph’s senior Jaryn Garner led four Electric Green players in double figures with 17 points.  Jessica Gerber, a Kenyon College junior, added 15 points while Amherst sophomore Hannah Fox and Lafayette senior Samantha Stipa added 13 and 10 points respectively.

 

Incoming holy Family freshman Angeliah Hayes led Team Orange with 21 points.  Liz Radley added 17 points while Ithaca College junior Megan Pickell chipped in 13.

 

The two teams exchanged leads four times in the first quarter before a 9-0 flourish led by Garner propelled Electric Green to a 21-13 lead.  Orange closed within four as the period wound down, trailing 21-17.

 

Electric Green led by as many as nine in the second quarter but Orange slowly crawled back into contention, narrowing the gap to five and then three, 36-33 on a basket by Hannah Zoll.  

The winners scored four of the remaining six points in the period to take a 40-35 lead at halftime.

 

Orange scored the first points of the third quarter to close within three 40-37 before Electric Green built their lead back up to ten 52-42 and outscored Orange 8-1 over the final 2:43 to lead 60-43 heading into the final quarter.

 

Electric Green maintained their double digit advantage throughout the final period, pulling award as the game drew to a close and finishing the night with a 21-point win 78-57.

 

Team Black 61, Team Red 41

 

Team Black, also known as Jefferson University (Formerly Philadelphia University) led wire-to-wire as they secured the sixth seed for Thursday’s playoffs with a 61-41 win over Team Red, also known as Chestnut Hill College.

 

Black finished the regular season with a 7-4 record, equaling that of Team Royal Blue and Team Electric Green but lost out to both squads in the tie-breaking process and settled for the sixth seed.   Team Red, eliminated from playoff contention last week finished at 2-9

 

Jefferson sophomores Alynna Williams and Kaitlyn Cunningham led Black with 14 and 12 points respectively. Carly Kovin, a Jefferson senior added 10 points.

 

Lafayette College freshman Natalie Kuckowski led the Red squad and all scorers with 15 points.

 

Black jumped out to a 9-2 lead and never looked back, taking a nine point lead at 20-11 after the first quarter and held an 11-point margin at halftime, 33-22.

 

Defense was the word in the third quarter as Black limited Red to just four points in the period while extending their lead to 22 at 48-26 before finishing with the 20-point victory, 61-41.

 

Team Sky Blue 71, Team Pink 41

 

Team Sky Blue was on the outside looking in entering Tuesday evening’s final regular season game, and earned a huge win to move into the seventh seed, defeating Team Pink, also known as Penn-State Abington 71-41.

 

Sky Blue finished in a three-way tie with Team Orange and Team Sun with 5-6 records and came out on the top end of the tiebreaking scenarios to secure their playoff spot.  Team Pink finished with a 1-10 record.

 

Erin Lindahl, an Emory University sophomore out of Germantown Academy led all scorers with 25 points.  

Albright sophomore Lauren Killion added 15 points while Catholic University sophomore Taylor Dunn added 14. St. Joe’s freshman Katie Jekot chipped in 10

 

PSU-Abington junior Shayna Rodriguez scored 24 of her team’s 41 points, on fire from beyond the arc with six triplets, to pace the Pink squad.

 

Pink held a brief lead after scoring the opening basket but Sky Blue exploded for a 22-7 uprising that spanned the first two quarters to take a 22-9 lead.  

Two free throws from Rodriguez momentarily stopped the run.  Sky Blue however closed out the quarter with a 7-5 spurt to lead by 13 at the break 29-16.

 

Sky Blue increased their lead to 55-28 at the end of three quarters and 71-41 by the end of the game.

Pink’s Britt Keyes had eight points and Linda Sobeck scored six. 

 

 

 Final Regular Season Standings

(Thru Wednesday, July 26)

Team,  W-L, Pct., G.B., PF, PA

$+-Maroon, 9-2, .818, -- ,  742 542

$+-Forest Green, 9-2, .818, -- , 741 646

$-White, 8-3, .727, 1.0,  709 603

$-&^%-Royal Blue, 7-4, .636, 2.0 , 591 538

$-Electric Green, 7-4, .636, 2.0, 728 654

$-Black, 7-4, .636, 2.0, 721 603

S-@-Sky Blue, 5-6, .455, 4.0, 650 667

$-!-Orange, 5-6, .455, 4.0 ,  617 659

X-^*-Sun, 5-6, .455, 4.0 615 596

X-!%-Red, 2-9, .182, 7.0, 505 580

X-Pink, 1-10, .091, 8.0, 517 830

X-@-Purple, 1-10, .091, 8.0 492 708

@-Includes forfeit wins of Sky Blue over Orange and Purple over Red.

!-Does include Orange forfeit loss to Sky Blue and Red forfeit loss to Purple.

^-Does include Royal Blue forfeit 2-0 loss to Sun.

*-Includes Sun 2-0 forfeit win over Royal Blue.

%-Does include Red forfeit loss to Royal Blue.

&-Includes Royal Blue forfeit win over Red.

$-Clinched playoffs

X-Eliminated from playoffs

+-Regular Season Co-Champion (Maroon top seed thru head-to-head tiebreaker)

Individual Scoring 20 Or More Points

41-Amanda Fioravanti, White, L, vs. Sky Blue, June 27

33-Kristen Daley, Sun, L, vs. Orange, July 20

33-Jess Huber, Maroon, W-2OT, vs. Forest Green, June 29

31-Chelsea Woods, Electric Green, W, vs. Sky Blue, July 13

30-Hannah Fox, Electric Green, W, vs. Pink, July 20

30-Chelsea Woods, Electric Green, W, vs. Red, June 27

29- Liz Radley, Orange, W, vs. Sun, July 20

28-Chelsea Woods, Electric Green, W, vs. Forest Green, July 11

27-Chelsea Woods, Electric Green, L, vs. White, July 18

27-Amanda Fioravanti, White, L, vs. Royal Blue, June 22

27-Kendall Grasella, Sky Blue, L, vs. Forest Green, June 15

26-Mia Hopkins, Forest Green, W, vs. Black, July 20

26-Katie Jekot, Sky Blue, L, vs. Black, July 18

26-Amanda Fioravanti, White, W, vs. Black, June 29

26-Chelsea Woods, Electric Green, W, vs. Black, June 22

25-Erin Lindahl, Sky Blue, W, vs. Pink, July 25 

25-Caitlyn Cunningham, Black, W, vs. Sky Blue, July 18

25-Chelsea Woods, Electric Green, L, vs. Royal Blue, June 15

24-Mia Hopkins, Forest Green, W, vs. Royal Blue, July 25

24-Shayna Rodriguez, Pink, L, vs. Sky Blue, July 25

24-Beverly Kum, Black, W, vs. Orange, July 13

23-Lydia Konstanzer, Sun, W, vs. Purple, June 27

23-Chelsea Woods, Electric Green, L, vs. Sun, June 20

23-Kendall Grasella, Sky Blue, L, vs. Royal Blue, June 20

22-Kristen Daley, Sun, W, vs. Red, July 18

22-Amanda Fioravanti, White, W, vs. Sun, July 13

22-Irisa Ye, Maroon, W, vs. Pink, July 13

22-Sierra Taylor, Royal Blue, L, vs. Black, July 6

21-Anjeliah Hayes, Orange, L, vs. Electric Green, July 25

21-Kristen Daley, Sun, L, vs. Maroon, July 25

21-Ashley Smink, Purple, L, vs. White, July 6

21-Caitlyn Cunningham, Black, W, vs. Pink, June 20

21-Jada Smith, Orange, W, vs. Purple, June 20

21-Amanda Fioravanti, White, W, vs. Maroon, June 15

20-Amanda Fioravanti, White, W, vs. Purple, July 25

20-Mia Hopkins, Forest Green, W, vs. Pink, July 18

20-Meghan Pickell, Orange, L, vs. Maroon, July 18

20-Kendall Grasella, Sky Blue L, vs. Maroon, July 11

20-Vicky Tumasz, Red, W, vs. Sky Blue, June 29

20-Katie O’Hare, Orange, W, vs. Royal Blue, June 29

20-Mia Hopkins, Forest Green, W, vs. Orange, June 27

20-Alynna Williams, Black, L, vs. Royal Blue, June 22

20-Mia Hopkins, Forest Green, W, vs. White, June 20

20-Beverly Kum, Black, W, vs. Pink, June 20

20-Amanda Fioravanti, White, L, vs. Forest Green, June 20 

SEASON RESULTS/SCHEDULES

THURSDAY, JUNE 15

Regular Season

Early Games Results

Orange-HF vs. Red-CH – W-Orange-HF 60-56 

Forest Green-WC vs. Sky Blue – W-Forest Green-WC 74-59

Sun-UC vs. Black-PHU – W-Black-PHU 70-42

Late Games Results

Royal Blue-KU vs. Electric Green – W-Royal Blue-KU 56-47

Pink-PSUAB vs. Purple-DV – W-Pink-PSUAB 55-52

Maroon-US vs. White – W-White 56-50

TUESDAY, JUNE 20

Early Games Results

COURT 1: Sky Blue vs. Royal Blue-KU – W-Royal Blue-KU 76-65

COURT 2: Black-PHU vs. Pink-PSUAB – W-Black-PHU 89-43

COURT 3: Purple-DV vs. Orange-HF – W-Orange-HF 68-51

Late Games Results

COURT 1: White  vs. Forest Green-WC – W-Forest Green-WC 57-51

COURT 2: Electric Green vs. Sun-UC – W-Sun 73-46

COURT 3: Red-CH vs. Maroon-US – W-Maroon-US 42-33

THURSDAY, JUNE 22

Early Games Results

COURT 1: Maroon-US vs. Purple-DV – W-Maroon-US 80-36

COURT 2: Royal Blue-KU vs. White -W-Royal Blue 65-64

COURT 3: Black-PHU vs. Electric Green -W-Electric Green 59-57

Late Games Results

COURT 1: Sun-UC vs. Sky Blue – W-Sky Blue 51-46

COURT 2: Forest Green-WC vs. Red-CH - W-Forest Green 55-52

COURT 3: Orange-HF vs. Pink-PSUAB – W-Orange 60-44

TUESDAY, JUNE 27

Early Games Results

COURT 1: White vs. Sky Blue – W-SB 77-70

COURT 2: Orange-HF vs. Forest Green-WC – W-FG 61-48

COURT 3: Purple-DV vs. Sun-UC – W-Sun-UC 70-50

Late Games Results

COURT 1: Black-PHU vs. Maroon-US – W-M-US 74-50

COURT 2: Red-CH vs. Electric Green – W-EG 77-63

COURT 3: Royal Blue-KU vs. Pink-PSUAB – W-RB 83-47 

THURSDAY, JUNE 29

Early Games Results

COURT 1: Purple-DV vs. Electric Green – W-EG 74-55

COURT 2: Forest Green-WC vs. Maroon-US – W-M 73-69 (2OT)

COURT 3: Royal Blue-KU vs. Orange-HF – W-OR 83-63

Late Games Results

COURT 1: Sun-UC vs. Pink-PSUAB – W-Sun 76-46

COURT 2: White vs. Black-PHU – W-White 61-45

COURT 3: Sky Blue vs. Red-CH – W-Red 88-72 

TUESDAY, JULY 4

Holiday – No Games

THURSDAY, JULY 6

Early Games Result

COURT 1: Forest Green-WC vs. Sun-UC – W-Forest Green-WC 70-60

COURT 2: Purple-DV vs. Red-CH  - W-Purple 2-0^

COURT 3: Pink-USAB vs. White – W-White 68-47

Late Games Result

COURT 1: Maroon-US vs. Electric Green – W-Maroon-US 62-51

COURT 2: Royal Blue-KU  vs. Black-JU$ - W-Black-TJU$ 70-62 

COURT 3: Sky Blue vs. Orange-HF – W-Sky Blue 2-0@

COURT 3: Sky Blue vs. Purple-DV – W-Sky Blue 77-55*

^-Red lost on a forfeit 2-0 to Purple but Purple’s win will go into the Guru’s league standings after July 20

@-Orange lost on a forfeit 2-0 to Sky Blue but Sky Blue’s win will go into the Guru’s league standings after July 20

*The Sky Blue vs Purple game was originally scheduled July 20 but already played so they will be off and the Guru’s and Commissioner’s standings will then even out.

$-Philadelphia University or Team Black is now Thomas Jefferson University   

TUESDAY, JULY 11

Early Games

COURT 1: Purple-DV vs. Black-TJU – W-Black-TJU 63-35

COURT 2: White vs. Orange-HF – W-White 71-47 

COURT 3: Electric Green vs. Forest Green-WC – W-Electric Green 68-60

Late Games

COURT 1: Red-CH vs. Pink-PUSAB – W-Red 78-71

COURT 2: Sky Blue vs. Maroon-US – W-Maroon 65-46

COURT 3: Royal Blue-KU  vs. Sun-UC – W-Sun 2-0, forfeit

THURSDAY, JULY 13

Early Games

COURT 1: Royal Blue-KU vs. Red-CH – W-Royal Blue 2-0, forfeit

COURT 2: Pink-USAB vs. Maroon-US – W-Maroon-US 83-35

COURT 3: Sky Blue vs. Electric Green – W-Electric Green 81-66 

Late Games

COURT 1: Orange-HF vs. Black-TJU – W-Black-TJU 79-55

COURT 2: White vs. Sun-UC – W-White 70-56

COURT 3: Purple-DV vs. Forest Green-WC – W-Forest Green-WC 77-66

TUESDAY, JULY 18

Early Games

COURT 1: Forest Green-WC vs. Pink-PSUAB – W – Forest Green-WC 75-42

COURT 2: Sun-UC vs. Red-CH – W – Sun 73-41

COURT 3: Sky Blue vs. Black-TJU – W – Black-TJU 68-62

Late Games

COURT 1: Maroon-US vs. Orange-HF – W – Maroon 91-55

COURT 2: Royal Blue-KU vs. Purple-DV – W – Royal Blue-KU 69-33

COURT 3: White vs. Electric Green – W – White 58-52

THURSDAY, JULY 20

Early Games

COURT 1: Electric Green vs. Pink-USAB – W – Electric Green 95-47

COURT 2: Royal Blue-KU vs. Maroon-US – W – Royal Blue 57-54

COURT 3: Red-CH vs. White – W – White  65-53

Late Games

COURT 1: Sun-UC vs. Orange-HF – W – Orange 84-63

COURT 2: Sky Blue vs. Purple-DV – played July 6 won by Sky Blue 77-55

The Sky Blue forfeit win over Orange and Purple forfeit win over Red on July 6 now go into the Guru’s standings as wins to get in synch with the commissioner though the last three weeks teams in the standings were the same

  

COURT 3: Forest Green-WC  vs. Black-TJU – W – Forest Green 70-69

TUESDAY, JULY 25 (Regular Season Ends)

Early Games

COURT 1: Black-TJU vs. Red-CH – W – Black-TJU 61-41

COURT 2: Sky Blue vs. Pink-USAB – W – Sky Blue 71-41 

COURT 3: Sun-UC vs. Maroon-US – W – Maroon-US 68-54

Late Games

COURT 1: White vs. Purple-DV – W – White 75-54

COURT 2: Electric Green vs. Orange-HF – W – Electric Green 78-57

COURT 3: Royal Blue-KU vs. Forest Green-WC – W – Forest Green-WC 73-58 

PLAYOFFS

THURSDAY, JULY 27

QUARTERFINALS

7 p.m.

COURT 1: Maroon/USciences (9-2) Seed-1 vs. Orange/Holy Family (5-6) Seed-8

COURT 2: Black/Thomas Jefferson U. (7-4) Seed-6 vs. White (9-3) Seed-3

8:15 p.m.

COURT 1: Forest Green/West Chester (9-2) (Seed-2) vs. Sky Blue (5-6) Seed-7

COURT 2: Electric Green  (7-4) Seed-5 vs. Royal Blue/Kutztown (7-4) Seed-4

TUESDAY, AUGUST 1

SEMIFINALS

7 p.m.

COURT 1: Highest Surviving Seed vs. Lowest Surviving Seed

8:16 p.m.

COURT 1: Second Highest Surviving Seed vs. Second Lowest Surviving Seed

THURSDAY, AUGUST 3

CHAMPIONSHIP

7 p.m.

COURT 1: Tuesday’s Surviving Winners

SCHEDULES BY TEAM (Thru July 26-Regular Season Final)

XX-Playoff Team

XX-BLACK (Thomas Jefferson University – formerly Philadelphia U.) (7-4)

June 15: vs. Sun (Ursinus) W: 70-42

June 20: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 89-42 

June 22: vs. Electric Green L: 57-59

June 27: vs. Maroon (USciences) L: 50-74

June 29: vs. White L: 45-61

July 4:  No Game (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) W: 70-62

July 11: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 63-35

July 13: vs. Orange (Holy Family) W: 79-55

July 18: vs. Sky Blue W: 68-62

July 20: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) L: 69-70

July 25: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 61-41

July 27 (Thurs): 7 p.m. vs. White, Playoff Quarterfinals, Court 2 

XX-ELECTRIC GREEN (7-4)

June 15: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) L: 47-56

June 20: vs. Sun (Ursinus) L: 46-73

June 22: vs. Black (Thomas Jefferson U.) W: 59-57

June 27: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 77-63

June 29: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 74-55

July 4: No Game (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Maroon (USciences) L: 51-62

July 11: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) W: 68-60

July 13: vs. Sky Blue W: 81-66

July 18: vs. White L: 52-58

July 20: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 95-47

July 25: vs. Orange (Holy Family) W: 73-58

July 27: 8:15 (Thurs): vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown), Playoff Quarterfinals, Court 2  

XX-FOREST GREEN (West Chester) (9-2) (Regular Season Co-Champion)

June 15: vs. Sky Blue W: 74-59

June 20: vs. White W: 57-51

June 22: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 55-52

June 27: vs. Orange (Holy Family) W: 61-48

June 29: vs. Maroon (USciences) L: 69-73 (2OT)

July 4 : No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Sun (Ursinus) W: 70-60

July 11: vs. Electric Green L: 60-68

July 13: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 77-66

July 18: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 75-42

July 20: vs. Black (Thomas Jefferson U.) W: 70-69

July 25: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) W: Forest Green W: 73-58

July 27: 8:15 (Thurs) vs. Sky Blue, Playoff Quarterfinals, Court 1

XX-MAROON (USciences) (9-2) (Regular Season Co-Champion)

June 15: vs. White L: 50-56

June 20: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 42-33

June 22: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 80-36

June 27: vs. Black (Thomas Jefferson U.) W: 74-50

June 29: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) W: 73-69 (2OT)

July 4: No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Electric Green W: 62-51

July 11: vs. Sky Blue W: 65-46

July 13: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 83-35

July 18: vs. Orange (Holy Family) W: 91-55

July 20: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) L: 54-57

July 25: vs. Sun (Ursinus) W: 68-54

July 27: 7 p.m. (Thurs) vs. Orange (Holy Family), Playoff Quarterfinals, Court 1

XX-ORANGE (Holy Family) (5-6)

June 15: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 60-56

June 20: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 68-51

June 22: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 60-44

June 27: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) L: 48-61

June 29: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) W: 83-63

July 4:  No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Sky Blue L: 0-2 forfeit

July 11: vs. White L: 47-71

July 13: vs. Black (Thomas Jefferson U.) L: 55-79

July 18: vs. Maroon (USciences) L: 55-91

July 20: vs. Sun (Ursinus) W: 84-63

July 25: vs. Electric Green L: 57-78

July 27: (Thurs) 7 p.m. vs. Maroon, Playoff Quarterfinals, Court 1

PINK (PSU-Abington) (1-10)

June 15: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 55-52

June 20: vs. Black (Thomas Jefferson U.) L: 42-89

June 22: vs. Orange (Holy Family) L: 44-60

June 27: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) L: 47-83

June 29: vs. Sun (Ursinus) L: 46-76

July 4: No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. White L: 47-68

July 11: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) L: 71-78

July 13: vs. Maroon (USciences) L: 35-83

July 18: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) L: 42-75

July 20: vs. Electric Green L: 47-95

July 25: vs. Sky Blue L: 41-71 

PURPLE (Delaware Valley) (1-10) - #

June 15: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington ) L: 52-55

June 20: vs. Orange (Holy Family) L: 51-68

June 22: vs. Maroon (USciences) L: 36-80

June 27: vs. Sun (Ursinus) L: 50-70

June 29: vs. Electric Green L: 55-74

July 4: No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Sky Blue L: 58-77 (originally scheduled July 20)

July 11: vs. Black (Thomas Jefferson U.) L: 35-63

July 13: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) L: 66-77

July 18: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) L: 33-69

#-July 20: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 2-0 forfeit win

July 25: vs. White L: 54-75 

RED (Chestnut Hill) (2-9)

June 15: vs. Orange (Holy Family) L: 56-60

June 20: vs. Maroon (USciences) L: 33-42

June 22: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) L: 52-55

June 27: vs. Electric Green L: 63-77

June 29: vs. Sky Blue W: 88-72

July 4: No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) L: 0-2 forfeit

July 11: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 78-71 

July 13: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) L: 0-2

July 18: vs. Sun (Ursinus) L: 41-73

July 20: vs. White L: 53-65

July 25: vs. Black (Thomas Jefferson U.) L: 41-61

XX-ROYAL BLUE (Kutztown) (7-4)

June 15: vs. Electric Green W: 56-47

June 20: vs. Sky Blue W: 76-65

June 22: vs. White W: 65-64

June 27: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 83-47

June 29: vs. Orange (Holy Family) L: 63-83 

July 4: No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Black (Thomas Jefferson U.) L: 60-70

July 11: vs. Sun (Ursinus) L: 0-2 forfeit

July 13: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 2-0 forfeit

July 18: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 69-33

July 20: vs. Maroon (USciences) W: 57-54

July 25: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) L: 58-73

July 27: (Thurs) 8:15 p.m. vs. Electric Green, Playoff Quarterfinals, Court 2

XX-SKY BLUE (5-6)-#

June 15: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) L: 59-74

June 20: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) L: 65-76

June 22: vs. Sun (Ursinus) W: 51-46

June 27: vs. White W: 77-70

June 29: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill): L: 72-88

July 4: No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 77-58 (originally scheduled July 20)

July 11: vs. Maroon (USciences) L: 46-65

July 13: vs. Electric Green L: 66-81

July 18: vs. Black (Phila. U) L: 62-68

#-July 20: vs. Orange (Holy Family) W: 2-0 forfeit

July 25: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 71-41

July 27: (Thurs) 8:15 p.m. vs. Forest Green (West Chester), Court 1

SUN (Ursinus) (5-6)

June 15: vs. Black (Thomas Jefferson U.) L: 42-70

June 20: vs. Electric Green W: 73-46

June 22: vs. Sky Blue L: 46-51

June 27: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 70-50

June 29: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 76-46

July 4: No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) L: 60-70

July 11: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) W: 2-0 forfeit

July 13: vs. White L: 56-70

July 18: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 73-41

July 20: vs. Orange (Holy Family), L: 63-84

July 25: vs. Maroon (USciences) L: 54-68

XX-WHITE (8-3)

June 15: vs. Maroon (USciences) W: 56-50

June 20: vs. Forest Green (West Chester) L: 51-57

June 22: vs. Royal Blue (Kutztown) L: 64-65

June 27: vs. Sky Blue L: 70-77

June 29: vs. Black (Thomas Jefferson U.) W: 61-45

July 4: No Games (Holiday)

July 6: vs. Pink (PSU-Abington) W: 68-47

July 11: vs. Orange (Holy Family) W: 71-47

July 13: vs. Sun (Ursinus) W: 70-56

July 18: vs. Electric Green W: 58-52

July 20: vs. Red (Chestnut Hill) W: 65-53

July 25: vs. Purple (Delaware Valley) W: 75-54

July 27: (Thurs)  7 p.m. vs. Black (Thomas Jefferson U.), Playoff Quarterfinals, Court 2

PLAYOFFS SEEDINGS LIST AND TIEBREAKERS

(W-Win, L-Loss in parenthesis)

#-After the forfeits of July 6 the Guru and commissioner W-L counts diverged slightly until after July 20 when they again became in total agreement.

Bold below in results show teams factoring in tiebreaks.

Maroon (9-2): vs. Wh (L); vs. Red (W); vs. Pu (W); vs. Blk (W); vs. FG (W-2OT); vs. EG (W); vs. SB (W); 

vs. Pk (W); vs. Or (W); vs. RB (L); vs. Sun (W)

For Grn (9-2): vs. SB (W); vs. Wh (W); vs. Red (W); vs. Or (W); vs. M (L-2OT); vs. Sun (W); vs. EG (L); 

vs. Pu (W); vs. Pk (W); vs. Blk (W); vs. RB (W)

White (8-3): vs. M (W); vs. FG (L); vs. RB (L); vs. SB (L); vs. Blk (W); vs. Pnk (W); vs. Or (W); 

vs. Sun (W); vs. EG (W); vs. Red (W); vs. Pu (W)

 Roy Blue (7-4); vs. EG (W); vs. SB (W); vs. Wh (W); vs. Pk (W) ; vs. Or (L); vs. Blk (L); vs. Sun (L-F); vs. Red (W-F); vs. Pu (W); **-vs. M (W); vs. FG (L)

Elec Grn (7-4): vs. RB (L); vs. Sun (L); *-vs. Blk (W); vs. Red (W); vs. Pu (W); vs. M (L); vs. FG (W); vs. SB (W); vs. Wh (L); vs. Pk (W); vs. Or (W)

Black (7-4): vs. Sun (W); vs. Pk (W); vs. EG (L); vs. M (L); vs. Wh (L); vs. RB (W); vs. Pu (W);

 vs. Or (W); vs. SB (W); vs. FG (L); vs. Red (W)

#Sky Blue (5-6): vs. FG (L); vs. RB (L); vs. Sun (W); vs. Wh (W); vs. Red (L); vs. Or(#W-F); vs. M (L);

 vs. EG (L); vs. Blk (L); vs. Pu (W); vs. Pk (W)

Orange (5-6): vs. Red (W); vs. Pu (W); vs. Pk (W); vs. FG (L); vs. RB (W); vs. SB(F-L); vs. Wh (L); vs. Blk (L); vs. M (L); vs. Sun (W); vs. EG (L)

Sun (5-6): vs. Blk (L); vs. EG (W); vs. SB (L); vs. Pu (W); vs. Pk (W); vs. FG (L); vs. RB (W-F); 

vs. Wh (L); vs. Red (W); vs. Or (L); vs. M (L)

Red (2-9): vs. Or (L); vs. M (L); vs. FG (L); vs. EG (L); vs. SB (W); vs. Pur (L-F); vs. Pk (W); vs. RB (L-F); vs. Sun (L); vs. Wh (L); vs. Blk (L)

Pink (1-10): vs. Pu (W); vs. Blk (L); vs. Or (L); vs. RB (L); vs. Sun (L); vs. Wh (L); vs. Red (L); vs. M (L); 

vs. FG (L); vs. EG (L); vs. SB (L)

#Purple (1-10): vs. Pk (L); vs. Or (L); vs. M (L); vs. Sun (L); vs. EG (L); Red (#W-F); vs. Blk (L); vs. FG (L); vs. RB (L); vs. SB (L); vs. Wh (L)