The Guru Report: Undergrads Win the USciences Intra-Battle While Black (Jefferson) and Kelly (Kutztown) Also Stay Unbeaten in Philly/Suburban Summer League

By Bob Heller and Mel Greenberg (@womhoopsguru)

HATBORO, Pa. — The early season intra-program showdown Thursday night saw the Maroon undergrads of USciences top the Pink alumnae outfit in a game with few scoring fireworks 38-32 but a rally from a ten-point deficit for the winners in the second week of action in the Philadelphia/Suburban Women’s Summer Basketball League at Kelly Bolish Gym, home of the AAU Renegades.

However, considering the Devils have been known for their defense on the winter circuit out of the Division II Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) perhaps the low yield should not be a surprise.

The eight-team league was quickly reduced to three unbeaten squads as Black, the D2-Jefferson bunch, cruised over the Red D3-Arcadia group 78-44, while the D2-Kelly Kutztown outfit beat the D2-Sky Blue Holy Family team 60-50.

Holy Family won the 2019 summer crown and of course the coronavirus knocked everything out of play a year ago.

The other game of the night saw the D2 Orange Chestnut Hill team join Pink in a 1-1 tie for fourth by beating the Royal D3-Ursinus team 53-44.

Only one person hit the 20 or more points performance with 20 on the mark, an individual with a familiar last name in local men’s and women’s circles, Bridget Arcidiacono getting the job done for the winning Black D2 Jefferson squad.

Next week, which launches July action, the uneaten Maroon and Kelly teams meet at 6:30 p.m. on court 1, while the Sky Blue Holy Family (0-2) Tigers meet their winter CACC Orange Chestnut Hill rivals on Court 2.

The 7:45 p.m. nightcaps have Red Arcadia playing Royal Ursinus on Court 1 which will produce a first win for one of them while the Black Jefferson squad meets the Pink USciences alumna on Court 2.

Now here’s Bob with the details of how the night went down.

RECAPS

Maroon 38   Pink 32

Points were at a premium as two of the four undefeated teams from opening night faced each other in one of the two early games; Maroon (USciences) and Pink (USciences alumnae).  

When the final buzzer sounded, Maroon had overcome a ten-point second quarter deficit to defeat Pink 38-32 to improve to 2-0.

Pink held Maroon to just one field goal in the first quarter and opened the second stanza with a 6-3 spurt to take an 18-8 lead.  

Dayna Balasa brought Maroon back, scoring all nine of her points in the final few minutes of the period, all three-point baskets, cutting the gap to 20-17 at halftime.

A Taylor Hamm basket and a three-ball from Allison Waters opened the second half, giving Maroon their first lead of the game 22-20 and completed a 14-2 run that extended over the second and third quarters. 

 A Sarah Abbonizio jumper tied the game before a basket by Jess Huber and a pair of field goals from Kendall Keyes pushed Maroon’s lead to six 28-22.  

Pink closed within two via two baskets by Irisa Ye, the first to end the third quarter and the second to open the final stanza, making the score 30-28.  

 Four different Maroon players then added baskets to push their lead to its biggest margin, 38-28.  Pink’s Laura Trisch added a three-point basket and later a free throw to make the final score 38-32.

Balasa led all players with nine points while Hamm added six.   Trisch led Pink with eight points while Jen Cremp (A Dickinson College player) chipped in seven.  Ye had six.

 

Black 78  Red 44

The second early game saw Team Black (Jefferson University) improve to 2-0 with a dominating 78-45 win over Team Red (Arcadia University).

Bridget Arcidiacono and Maeve McCann provided much of the Black offense in the first quarter, combing for 20 of their team’s 26 points as they overcame a slow start to jump out to a 26-11 lead.

  Arcidiacono had 12 points while McCann had eight in the quarter. Kylie Meredith had six points for the Red squad in the period.

In the second quarter Black held Red to just one field goal, outscoring their opponent 17-5 to take a 43-16 lead at the half.

 Seven different Black players produced points in the quarter with Emma Kuczynski and Arcidiacono sinking two field goals apiece.

Black extended their lead to 62-27 after three quarters before cruising through the fourth quarter to produce the 33-point win. 

 Allie Warren scored seven of her ten points in the second half with Cassie Murphy also adding seven second half points (five in the fourth quarter).

Arcidiacono led all scorers with 20 points while Kuczynski and McCann finished with 14 points apiece.  Meredith was the lone player in double figures for the Red team (0-2) with 12 points.

 

 Kelly Green 60  Sky Blue 50

Kelly Green (Kutztown University) remained undefeated as they held off several Sky Blue (Holy Family University) runs en route to a 60-50 win.

Sky Blue tied the game twice in the first quarter before Kelly Green took control with an 10-2 run to close out the period.  

Leah Johnson started the run with a pair of free throws, before Kelly followed with three baskets to lead 18-10.  Both teams exchanged baskets in the final minutes as Kelly Green opened a 20-12 lead.

Sky Blue outscored Kelly Green 15-12 in the second, eating into Kelly’s nine-point lead to close within five 32-27 at halftime.

 Five different Sky Blue players had at least one field goal in the second quarter with Kyleigh Singletary’s second basket of the quarter pulled sky Blue within five.

Anjelai Hayes opened the third quarter to pull Sky blue within three 32-39, a deficit they closed within four times in the quarter before two baskets by Kelly’s Annie Whelan scored the final two baskets of the period to push Kelly Green’s lead back to seven 44-37.

Sky Blue produced a 10-5 run to open the fourth quarter to pull within two 49-47 before a 9-1 run by Kelly Green increased their lead to its biggest margin 58-48 with just under three minutes remaining.  

Both teams later added a field goal to round out the scoring.

Kelly Green placed four players in double figures with Johnson leading the way with 13 points.  Whelan added 12 points while Kelly Kowalik and Casey Remolde chipped in ten apiece. Singletary led Sky Blue with 11 points while Monee Moore chipped in ten.

 

Orange   53  Royal Blue 44

Team Orange (Chestnut Hill College) and Team royal Blue (Ursinus College) battled for three quarters before Orange started to pull away to earn their first victory of this year’s summer league, 53-44.

Royal blue held an early lead before Orange scored 11 straight points in the first quarter to lead 17-7.  Royal countered with a 9-0 run to close within one 17-16 as the first quarter came to a close.

Royal added to their run as the second quarter opened outscoring Orange 7-2 to retake the lead 23-19.  

Sydney Blum’s three-point field goal put royal in the lead and Dana Bandurik added a basket to make it a four-point advantage.  

 Orange baskets from Emily Chmiel and Lindsay Lane tied the game at 23-23. 

 Two more ties ensued before Cassie Sebold made the first of two free throws to give Orange a 28-27 lead at the half.

Six lead changes highlighted the third quarter with neither team leading by more than three points over the ten-minute stretch.  

Charlotte DiLello’s basket gave Royal a 37-34 lead before Orange scored the final six points of the quarter to retake the lead 40-37 heading into the final quarter.  Chmiel had four of those six points.

Baskets by Sebold, Trinity Brittingham and Lane pushed the Orange lead to nine 46-37 early in the fourth quarter.

 Bandurik’s traditional three-point play pulled Royal back within four 46-42 with four minutes remaining before Orange scored seven straight points to take their biggest lead 53-42 with under a minute remaining.  

 DiLello added a basket for Royal with around five seconds left to round out the scoring.

Chmiel led all scorers with 15 points as Orange (1-1) placed three players in double figures with Sebold adding 14 points and Lane 10.  Blum scored 13 points to lead Royal (0-2) while Bandurik added ten.

Standings

 

(Thru Week 2 Games Played Thursday, June 24)

 

Team        W  L  PCT.   GB    PF  PA

 

Black  2  0  1.000  —  151  93

Kelly  2  0  1.000  — 140  92

Maroon 2  0 1.000 — 118 64

Pink  1  1  .500 1.0 96 93

Orange  1  1   .500 1.0 95 124

Royal  0  2  .000 2.0 99 117

Sky Blue 0  2   .000 2.0  99 133

Red  0  2  .000  2.0  76 151

 

Players Scoring 20 or More Points

 

22-Dana Bandurick, Royal, L, vs. Pink, June 17

20-Bridget Arcidiacono, Black, W, vs. Red, June 24

20-Taylor Hamm, Maroon, W, vs. Red, June 17

Phila/Suburban Women’s Summer Basketball League Daily Skeds

 

Thursday, June 17

 

Results

 

Black (D2-Jefferson) 73, Sky Blue (D2-Holy Family)  49

Pink (D2 – USciences Alumnae) 64, Royal (D3-Ursinus) 55

Maroon (D2-USciences) 73, Red (D3-Arcadia) 32

Kelly (D2-Kutztown) 80, Orange (D2-Chestnut Hill) 42

 

Thursday, June 24

 

Early Games (6:30 p.m.)

 

 Maroon 38, Pink 32

Black 78, Red 44

Orange 53, Royal 44

 Kelly 60, Sky Blue 50

 

Thursday, July 1

 

Early Games (6:30 p.m.)

 

Court 1: Maroon (2-0) vs. Kelly (2-0)

Court 2: Sky Blue (0-2) vs. Orange (1-1)

 

Late Games (7:45 p.m.)

 

Court 1: Royal (0-2) vs. Red (0-2)

Court 2: Pink (1-1) vs. Black (2-0)

 

Thursday, July 8

 

Early Games (6:30 p.m.)

 

Court 1: Kelly vs. Royal

Court 2: Black vs. Maroon

 

Late Games (7:45 p.m.)

 

Court 1: Sky Blue vs. Pink

Court 2: Red vs. Orange

 

Thursday, July 15

 

Early Games (6:30 p.m.)

 

Court 1: Sky Blue vs. Red

Court 2: Kelly vs. Pink

Late Games (7:45 p.m.)

 

Court 1: Black vs. Orange

Court 2: Royal vs. Maroon

 

Thursday, July 22

 

Early Games (6:30 p.m.)

 

Court 1: Sky Blue vs. Royal

Court 2: Orange vs. Maroon

 

Late Games (7:45 p.m.)

 

Court 1: Kelly vs. Black

Court 2: Pink vs. Red

 

Thursday, July 29

 

Regular Season Ends

 

Early Games (6:30 p.m.)

 

Court 1: Pink vs. Orange

Court 2: Red vs. Kelly

 

Late Games (7:45 p.m.)

 

Court 1: Sky Blue vs. Maroon

Court 2: Royal vs. Black

 

Tuesday, August 3

 

Playoffs Quarterfinals

 

Early Games (6:30 p.m.)

 

Court 1: 8th seed vs. 1st seed

Court 2: 6th seed vs. 3rd seed

 

Late Games (7:45 p.m.)Court 1: 7th seed vs. 2nd seed

Court 2: 5th seed vs. 4th seed

 

Thursday, August 5

 

Playoffs Semifinals

 

Early Game (6:30 p.m.)

 

Court 1: Highest Quarterfinal Survivor vs. Lowest Quarterfinal Survivor

 

Late Game (7:45 p.m.)

 

Court 1: Remaining Surviving Seeds

 

Thursday, August 12

 

Playoff Championship

 

Tipoff: 6:30 p.m.

 

Court 1 : Semifinal Winners

 

Playoff Seed Tracker (Alphabetical Tie-Breaks Till Midseason)

 

Black (2-0) vs. SB-W; vs. Rd-W; vs. Pk; vs. vs. M; vs. O; vs. Ky; vs. Ry

 

Kelly (2-0) vs. O-W; vs. SB-W; vs. M; vs. Ry; vs. Pk; vs. Bl; vs. Rd

 

Maroon (2-0) vs. Rd-W; vs. PW; vs. Ky; vs. Bl; vs. Ry; vs. O;  vs. SB

 

Pink (1-1) vs. Ry; vs. M-L; vs. Bl; vs. SB; vs. Ky; vs. Rd; vs. O

 

Orange (1-1) vs. Ky-L; vs. Ry-L; vs. SB; vs. Rd; vs. Bl; vs. M; vs. Pk

 

Red (0-2) vs. M-L; vs. Bl-L; vs. Ry; vs. O; vs. SB; vs, Pk; vs, Ky

 

Royal (0-2) vs. Pk-L; vs. O-L; vs. Rd; vs .Ky; vs.  M; vs. SB; vs. Bl

 

Sky Blue (0-2)  vs. Bl-L; vs. Ky-L: vs. O; vs. Pk; vs. Rd; vs, Ry; vs. M

 

Codes: BL-Black; Ky-Kelly; M-Maroon; O-Orange; Pk-Pink; Rd-Red; Ry-Royal; SB-Sky Blue

 

 Team By Team Regular Season Schedules/Results

 

Red (D3-Arcadia) 0-2

 

June 17: vs. Maroon (D2-USciences Undergrads) L 32-73

June 24: vs. Black (D2-Jefferson 1-0), L 44-78

July 1: vs. Royal (D3-Ursinus 0-2), 7:45 p.m., Court 1

July 8: vs. Orange (D2-Chestnut Hill), 7:45 p.m., Court 2

July 15: vs. Sky Blue (D2-Holy Family), 6:30 p.m., Court 1

July 22: vs. Pink (D2-USciences Alumnae), 7:45 p.m., Court 2

July 29: vs. Kelly (D2-Kutztown), 6:30 p.m., Court 2

 

Orange (D2-Chestnut Hill) 1-1

 

June 17: vs. Kelly (D2-Kutztown), L 42-80

June 24: vs. Royal (D3-Ursinus 0-1), W 53-44

July 1: vs. Sky Blue (D2-Holy Family 0-2), 6:30 p.m., Court 2

July 8: vs. Red (D3-Arcadia), 7:45 p.m., Court 2

July 15: vs. Black (D2-Jefferson), 7:45 p.m., Court 1

July 22: vs. Maroon (D2-USciences Undergrads), 6:30 p.m., Court 2

July 29: vs. Pink (D2-USciences Alumnae), 6:30 p.m., Court 1

 

Sky Blue (D2-Holy Family) 0-2

 

June 17: vs. Black (D2-Jefferson), L 49-73

June 24: vs. Kelly (D2-Kutztown 1-0), L 50-60

July 1: vs. Orange (D2-Chestnut Hill 1-1), 6:30 p.m., Court 2

July 8: vs. Pink (D2-USciences Alumnae), 7:45 p.m., Court 1

July 15: vs. Red (D3-Arcadia), 6;30 p.m., Court 1

July 22: vs. Royal (D3-Ursinus), 6:30 p.m., Court 1

July 29: vs. Maroon (D2-USciences Undergrads), 7:45 p.m., Court 1

 

Black (D2-Jefferson) 2-0

 

June 17: vs. Sky Blue (D2-Holy Family), W 73-49

June 24: vs. Red (D3-Arcadia 0-1), W 78-44

July 1: vs. Pink (D2-USciences Alumnae 1-1), 7:45 p.m., Court 2

July 8: vs. Maroon (D2-USciences Undergrads), 6:30 p.m., Court 2

July 15: vs. Orange (D2-Chestnut Hill),  7:45 p.m., Court 1

July 22: vs. Kelly (D2-Kutztown), 7:45 p.m., Court 1

July 29: vs. Royal (D3-Ursinus, 7:45 p.m., Court 2

 

Kelly (D2-Kutztown) 2-0

 

June 17: vs. Orange (D2-Chestnut Hill), W 80-42

June 24: vs. Sky Blue (D2-Holy Family 0-1), W 60-50

July 1: vs. Maroon (D2-USciences Undergrads 2-0), 6:30 p.m., Court 1

July 8: vs. Royal (D3-Ursinus), 6:30 p.m., Court 1

July 15: vs. Pink (D2-USciences Alumnae), 6:30 p.m., Court 2

July 22: vs. Black (D2-Jefferson), 7:45 p.m., Court 1

July 29: vs. Red (D3-Arcadia), 6:30 p.m., Court 2

 

Royal (D3-Ursinus) 0-2

 

June. 17: vs. Pink (D2-USciences Alumnae)m L 55-64

June 24: vs. Orange (D2-Chestnut Hill 1-0), L 44-53

July 1: vs. Red (D3-Arcadia 0-2), 7:45 p.m., Court 1

July 8: vs. Kelly (D2-Kutztown), 6:30 p.m., Court 1

July 15: vs. Maroon (D2-USciences Undergrads), 7:45 p.m., Court 2

July 22: vs. Sky Blue  (D2-Holy Family), 6:30 p.m., Court 1

July 29: vs. Black (Jefferson), 8:15 p.m., Court 2

 

Maroon (D2-USciences Undergrads) 2-0

 

June 17: vs. Red (D3-Arcadia), W 73-32

June 24: vs. Pink (USciences Alumnae 1-0 ), W 38-32

July 1: vs. Kelly (D2-Kutztown 2-0), 6:30 p.m., Court 1

July 8: vs. Black (D2-Jefferson), 6:30 p.m., Court 2

July 15: vs. Royal (D3-Ursinus), 7:45 p.m., Court 2

July 22: vs. Orange (D2-Chestnut Hill), 6:30 p.m., Court 2

July 29: vs. Sky Blue (D2-Holy Family), 7:45 p.m., Court 1

 

Pink (D2-USciences Alumnae) 1-1

 

June 17: vs. Royal (D3-Ursinus), W 64-55

June 24: vs. Maroon (D2-UScien L 32-38

July 1: vs. Black (D2-Jefferson 2-0), 7:45 p.m., Court 2

July 8: vs. Sky Blue (D2-Holy Family), 7:45 p.m., Court 1

July 15: vs. Kelly (D2-Kutztown), 6:30 p.m., Court 2

July 22: vs. Red (D3-Arcadia), 7:45 p.m. Court 2

July 29: vs. Orange (D2-Chestnut Hill), 6:30 p.m., Court 1