The Guru Report: Byes Set But Not the Seeds As Heather Maroon/D2-USciences Grads, Red/D2-Chestnut Hill, Pink/D2-Kutztown Locked in First Place Tie in Philly Women’s Summer League
Red 58 Heather Maroon 49
In a battle between two of the three top teams in the league Red (Chestnut Hill College) rallied from a double-digit deficit to hand first place Heather Maroon (USciences Alumni +) a 58-49 loss to move into a three-way tie for first place.
Red and Heather Maroon are both 6-2 as the teams heading into the final night of the regular season next Tuesday.
Bri Hewlett led Red with ten points while Emily Chmiel added nine.
Jess Huber paced Maroon with 13 pints while Irisa Ye added 12.
Huber was on fire in the first five minutes of the game, connecting on her first three shot attempts and scoring eight points as her team jumped out to an 11-0 lead.
Red however turned up the defense as their offense started to gel as they rallied with a 13-3 run capped off by a half-court buzzer beater from Avery White to close out the quarter trailing by just one, 14-13.
Red used a 9-0 run in the second quarter to take the lead for good with Sara Tamoun’s three-point basket putting red in front 21-19.
White and Hewlett followed with baskets before Ye scored the final four points of the period to pull Maroon within two 25-23 at halftime.
Maroon pulled within one twice in the third quarter, the last on Ye’s three-point basket making the score 35-34. Red than went on a 9-3 run to close out the quarter up seven, 44-37.
Meanwhile, as the Red defense was holding Huber, one of the league’s top scorers, in check, thy expanded their lead to nine with an Abbey Spratt basket to open the fourth quarter and still led by nine 51-42, on a Kait Carter basket before Maroon made one last push.
Huber’s first points since the opening five minutes of the game brought Maroon back within four, 51-47 with around four minutes remaining. Red scored the next seven points (five from Hewlett) to seal the win.
Pink 62 Orange 47
Pink (Kutztown University) pulled into a three-way tie for first place Thursday night with a 62-47 win over Orange (Ursinus College).
Pink improved to 6-2 with the win while Orange dropped to 1-7.
Olivia Smelas led Pink with 17 points while Casey Remolde chipped in 11.
Erin Doherty led Orange with a game high 20 points while Natalie Mehl added 12.
Pink used a 6-2 run to close out the first quarter to take a seven-point lead, 15-8 and then exploded for 25 second quarter points to expand their lead to 19, 40-21. Smelas scored nine points in the quarter including a 5-for-6 effort from the free throw line. Noelle Baxter added six second quarter points.
Orange battled back in the third quarter, slowly chipping away at the lead to pull within nine, 49-40 heading into the final period. Mehl scored 11 points in the quarter while Doherty added five, including the basket that brought the lead into single digits.
Pink’s defense went to work in the fourth quarter, holding Orange without a field goal for the first eight minutes of the final quarter while their offense produced a 10-2 run to increase their lead to 17, 59-42.
Kelly Grant’s basket broke the run and brought Orange within 15, 59-44 with 1:26 remaining but that would be as close as the team would get.
Purple 83 Black 40
Purple (West Chester University) placed five players in double figures as they cruised to an easy 83-40 win over Black (Jefferson University) in the makeup game from earlier in the season.
The win upped Purple’s record to 4-3 while Black had their four-game win streak snapped and dropped to 4-3.
Both teams would play again against their regularly scheduled opponent in the second round of games on the evening.
Alexa Abbonizio led Purple with 15 points while Rachel Conran and Emily McAteer had 13 points apiece. Leah Johnson and Michelle Kozicki chipped in ten each to round out the double figure scorers for the victors.
Emily Keehfuss was the lone player from Black in double figures with 11 points.
Purple took command right from the opening tap, scoring the first 15 points of the game enroute to a 23-1 run before Keehfuss made Black’s first field goal with just 25 seconds left in the quarter. Abbonizio drained a long three pointer at the buzzer was sounding to end the quarter, giving Purple a 26-3 lead.
The offensive attack continued in the second quarter as Purple used a 15-6 run, capped by a traditional three-point play from Abbonizio to take a 41-9 lead before settling in to lead 46-11 at halftime.
Black got some offense going in the third quarter but Purple continued to have the hot hand, expanding their lead to 41, 67-26 on Johnson’s three-point buzzer beater.
Purple’s lead never got below 40 the rest of the way.
Purple 66 Kelly Green 59
Purple rallied to overcome a six-point halftime deficit as they earned their second win of the night, defeating Kelly Green 66-59.
With the win, Purple moved into a three-way tie for fourth place with a 5-3 record. Kelly Green dropped into a tie for seventh place with the loss, sporting a 3-5 record.
Rachel Conran and Leah Johnson led Purple with 14 and 12 points respectively. Courtney Warley also scored 12 points while Michelle Kozicki chipped in ten.
Kelly green placed three players in double figures led by Kelly McGrath’s 19 points. Annie Aspesi chipped in 11 points while Anna Hansson added ten.
The first two quarters belonged to Green as they led throughout the 20 minutes of action with McGrath’s second quarter basket giving her team their biggest lead at 29-17.
Purple slowly chipped away at the deficit, closing the second quarter with an 8-2 run to trail by six 31-25 at halftime.
Purple continued to chip away at the lead with Conran’s three-point basket providing Purple’s first lead of the game at 40-37.
She added another basket minutes later to cap a 19-6 run and give Purple a seven-point lead at 44-37.
McGrath’s two free throws pulled Green within three at 44-41 before Purple closed out the quarter with a 9-2 spurt to lead by ten 53-43 heading into the final ten minutes of action.
Green closed within seven, 57-50 on Tamia Wessels three-point basket but Purple soon added another three-point basket to go back up by ten 60-50 with four minutes remaining.
Green would come no closer than seven the rest of the way.
Black struggled from their early game blowout but recovered enough to pull out a 53-45 win over Sun to earn a split of their two-game set on Thursday.
With the win Black now moves into a three-way tie for fourth place at 5-3. Sun falls into a tie for seventh place at 3-5.
Cassie Murphy led Black with 16 points while Tori Nigro chipped in ten.
Emily Violante led Sun with 14 points while Samantha Brusha scored 11.
Black held the early lead in the opening quarter before Sun produced a 10-5 run to closed out the period and take a small 14-11 lead.
Black scored the first four points of the second quarter to retake the lead 15-14.
Both teams struggled on offense in the quarter, combining for just 15 total points. Sun retook the lead and led by four before Black scored the final four points of the quarter to tie the game at 20-20 at the half.
Six lead changes highlighted the third quarter with neither team pulling away as Sun clung to a one-point lead 40-39 heading into the final ten minutes of action.
Black opened the fourth quarter with a 10-2 run to lead 49-41 at the midway point.
Murphy provided the spark scoring six of her 16 points in the final period.
Black’s defense kept Sun at arm’s length with Sun coming no closer than six at 49-43 before settling in for the eight-point win
In what was one of the biggest blowouts of the summer league season, Columbia Blue (Holy Family University) handed winless Royal Blue (Arcadia University) an 80-29 loss as their offense came alive after lying dormant in their last game (a 40-36 loss to Red).
Columbia is now 5-3 and is tied for fourth place heading into the final game of the season next week. Royal is locked in tenth place at 0-8.
Four players reached double figures for Columbia, led by Linsey Tretter’s 18 points. Ava Morrow added 17 while Taylor Hinkle and Claire Dougherty had 11 and 10 points respectively.
Olivia Wyckoff led Royal with ten points.
Columbia led wire-to-wire, jumping out to a 17-10 lead after one period. They gradually pulled away in the second quarter, outscoring royal 17-4 in the period as Jessica Riepe’s three-point basket gave Columbia a twenty-point lead 34-14 at the half.
The lead increased to thirty by the end of the third quarter as seven different players on the Columbia squad put points on the board, led by Hinkle’s five points and four apiece from Riepe and Dougherty,
Morrow scored nine of her 17 points in the fourth quarter as Columbia continued to pour on the offense while holding Royal to just one field goal in the quarter with a 23-2 effort over the final ten minutes of action.
Standings
(Thru Monday July 18th)
Team W L PCT. GB PF PA
Q-Pink 6 2 .750 — 413 366
Q-Red 6 2 .750 — 479 395
Q-Heather Maroon 6 2 .750 — 465 424
Q-Columbia Blue 5 3 .625 1 488 406
Q-Purple 5 3 .625 1 549 482
Q-Black 5 3 .625 1 461 428
Kelly Green 3 5 .375. 3 426 443
Sun 3 5 .375 3 426 427
$-Orange 1 7 .125 5 409 539
%-Royal Blue 0 8 .000 6 380 597
Q-Clinched quarterfinal round; $-9th Seed; %-10th seed
Players Scoring 20 or More Points
24-Jess Huber, Heather Maroon, W, vs. Orange, June 28
24-Jess Huber, Heather Maroon, W, vs. Kelly Green, June 23
24-Annie Whalen, Pink, W, vs. Red, June 21
24-Natalie Mehl, Orange, L, vs. Sun, June 21
22-Jess Huber, Heather Maroon, L, vs. Pink, June 30
21-Siobhan Boylan, Red, W, vs. Purple, June 21
20-Erin Dougherty, Orange, L, vs. Pink, July 14
20-Leah Johnson, Purple, W, vs. Royal Blue, June 23
20 -Jess Huber, Heather Maroon, W, vs. Sun, June 14
Phila/Suburban Women’s Summer Basketball League
Running Results/Advance Schedule
Thursday, July 14
Pink 62, Orange 47
Columbia Blue 80, Royal Blue 29
Purple 83, Black 40, makeup from June 16
Black 53, Sun 45
Purple 66, Kelly Green 59
Red 58, Heather Maroon 49
Tuesday, July 12
Heather Maroon 72, Purple 65
Black 61, Orange 53
Pink 44, Kelly Green 33
Red 40, Columbia Blue 36
Sun 67, Royal Blue 35
Tuesday, July 5
No Games - Holiday Break
Thursday, July 7
No Games - Holiday Break
Thursday, June 30
Red 61, Sun 54
Black 79, Royal Blue 46
Columbia Blue 74, Purple 69
Pink 71, Heather Maroon 49
Kelly Green 57, Orange 48
Tuesday, June 28
Purple 74, Sun 53
Heather Maroon 68, Orange 42
Pink 55, Columbia Blue 53
Red 83, Royal Blue 60
Black 82, Kelly Green 50
Thursday, June 23
Columbia Blue 76, Orange 51
Heather Maroon 69, Kelly Green 51
Sun 56, Pink 47
Purple 87, Royal Blue 67
Black 48, Red 39
Tuesday, June 21
Heather Maroon 53, Black 45
Pink 63, Royal Blue 50
Red 71, Purple 51
Columbia Blue 51, Kelly Green 48
Sun 75, Orange 62
Thursday, June 16
Kelly Green 51, Sun 50
Pink 52, Red 51
Orange 61, Royal Blue 50
Heather Maroon 61, Columbia Blue 59 ovt.
Purple vs. Black, postponed to July 14
Tuesday, June 14
Columbia Blue 59, Black 53
Kelly Green 77, Royal Blue 33
Red 76, Orange 45
Heather Maroon 44, Sun 36
Purple 56, Pink 45
Looking Ahead
Tuesday, July 19
Regular Season Almost Ends (Seed Pink vs. Black)
Early Games (6:30 p.m.)
Court 1: Red (6-2) vs. Kelly Green (3-5)
Court 2: Pink (6-2) vs. Black (5-3), ppd., to Thurs., July 21
Late Games (7:45 p.m.)
Court 1: Royal Blue (0-8) vs. Heather Maroon (6-2)
Court 2: Purple (5-3) vs. Orange (1-7)
Court 3: Columbia Blue (5-3) vs. Sun (3-5)
Regular Schedule
Thursday, July 21
Early Game (6:30 p.m.)
Court 3
Black (5-3) vs. Pink (6-2)
Playoffs
Round 1 Play-In
Court 1
6:30 p.m. 7th seed vs. 10th Seed
7:45 p.m. 8th seed vs. 9th seed
Tuesday, July 26th
Playoffs Quarterfinals
Early Games (6:30 p.m.)
Court 1: Lowest seed survivor vs. 1st seed
Court 2: 6th seed vs. 3rd seed
Late Games (7:45 p.m.)
Court 1: Highest seed survivor vs. 2nd seed
Court 2: 5th seed vs. 4th seed
Thursday, July 28th
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
Tuesday, August 2
Playoff Championship
Tipoff: 7 p.m.
Court 1 : Semifinal Winners
Playoff Seed Tracker (Setting the Spots)
Q-Pink/D2-Kutztown (6-2) vs. Pur-L; vs. Red-W; vs. RB-W; vs. Sun-L; vs. CB-W; vs. HM-W; vs. KG-W; vs. Or-W; vs. Blk-G9
Q-Red/D2-Chestnut Hill (6-2) vs. Or-W; vs. Pk-L; vs. Pur-W; vs. Blk-L; vs. RB-W; vs. Sun-W; vs. CB-W; vs; HM-W; vs. KG-G9
Q-Heather Maroon/D2-USciences Grads (6-2) vs. Sun-W; vs. CB-W; vs. Blk-W vs. KG-W; vs. Or-W; vs. Pk-L vs. Pur-W; vs. Red-L vs. RB-G9
Columbia Blue/D2-Holy Family (5-3) vs. Blk-W; vs. HM-L; vs. KG-W; vs. Or-W; vs. Pk-L; vs. Pur-W; vs. Red-G7; vs. RB-W; vs. Sun-G9
Purple/D2-West Chester (5-3) vs. Pk-W; vs. Blk-Ppd; vs. Red-L; vs. RB-W; vs. Sun-W; vs. CB-L; vs. HM-L; vs. Blk-W-M; KG-W; vs. Or-G9
Black/D2-Jefferson (5-3) vs. CB-L; vs. Pur-Ppd.; vs. HM-L; vs. Red-W; vs. KG-W; vs. RB-W; vs. Or-G7; vs. Pur-L-M; vs. Sun-W#; vs. Pk-G9
Kelly Green/Draft-1 (3-5) vs. RB-W: vs. Sun-W; vs. CB-L; vs. H.M.-L; vs. Blk-L; vs. Or-W; vs. Pk-G7; vs. Pur-L; vs. Red-G9
Sun/Draft-2 (3-5) vs. HM-L; vs. KG-L; vs. Or-W; vs. Pk-W; vs. Pur-L; vs. Red-L; vs. RB-W; vs. Blk-L; vs. CB-G9
$-Orange/D3-Ursinus (1-7) vs. Red-L; vs. RB-W; vs. Sun-L; vs CB-L; vs. HM-L; vs. KG-L; vs. Blk-L; vs. Pk-L; vs. Pur-G9
%-Royal Blue/D3-Arcadia (0-8) vs. KG-L; Or-L; vs. Pk-L; vs. Pur-L; vs. Red-L; vs. Blk-L; vs. Sun-L; vs. CB-L; vs. HM-G9
Codes: Blk-Black; CB-Columbia Blue; HM-Heather Maroon; KG-Kelly Green; Or-Orange; Pk-Pink; Pur-Purple; Red-Red; RB-Royal Blue; Sun-Sun; D2-NCAA II; D3-NCAA III
G1 G2 etc. Game numbers which after played will switch to a W-win or L-loss for quick who-beat-who calculation in tie-breaks.
Q-Clinched quarterfinals; $-Clinched 9th seed; %-10th seed.
Team By Team Regular Season Schedules/Results
Site/Time Codes:EC1- Early 6:30 p.m. Court 1; LC1 - Late 7:45 p.m. Court 1; and thus EC2, LC2; LC3
Dates: Week 1 - G1-June 14; G2- June 16
Week 2 - G3-June 21; G4 - June 23
Week 3 - G5-June 28; G6 - June 30
Week 4 - G7-July 12; G8-July 14
Week 5 -G9- July 19
Black/D2-Jefferson (5-3)
June 14: vs. Columbia Blue, L - 53-59
June 16: vs. Purple, ppd. to July 14, EC3
Jun 21: vs. Heather Maroon, L - 45-53
June 23: vs. Red, W - 48-39
June 28: vs. Kelly Green, W - 82-50
June 30: vs. Royal Blue, W - 79-46
July 5: Dark:
July 7: Dark:
July 12: vs. Orange, W - 61-53)
July 14: vs. Purple, EC3, ppd., from June 16, L-40-83
July 14: vs. Sun, W-53-45
July 19: vs. Pink, EC2
Columbia Blue/D2-Holy Family (5-3)
June 14: vs. Black, W - 59-53
June 16: vs. Heather Maroon, L - 59-61 ovt.
Jun 21: vs. Kelly Green, W - 51-48
June 23: vs. Orange, W - 76-51
June 28: vs. Pink, L - 53-55
June 30: vs. Purple, W - 74-69
July 5: Dark:
July 7: Dark:
July 12: vs. Red, L-36-40
July 14: vs. Royal Blue, W-80-29
July 19: vs. Sun, LC3
Heather Maroon/USciences Grads (6-2)
June 14: vs. Sun, W - 44-36
June 16: vs. Columbia Blue, W - 61-59, ovt.
Jun 21: vs. Black, W - 53-45
June 23: vs. Kelly Green, W - 69-51
June 28: vs. Orange, W - 68-42
June 30: vs. Pink, L - 49-71
July 5: Dark:
July 7: Dark:
July 12: vs. Purple, W - 72-65
July 14: vs. Red, L-58-49
July 19: vs. Royal Blue, LC1
Kelly Green/Draft Team-1 (3-5)
June 14: vs. Royal Blue, W - 77-33
June 16: vs. Sun, W - 51-50
Jun 21: vs. Columbia Blue, L - 48-51
June 23: vs. Heather Maroon, L - 51-69
June 28: vs. Black, L - 50-82
June 30: vs. Orange, W - 57-48
July 5: Dark:
July 7: Dark:
July 12: vs. Pink, L - 33-44
July 14: vs. Purple, LC2 - L - 59-66
July 19: vs. Red, EC1
Orange/D3 - Ursinus (1-6)
June 14: vs. Red, L - 45-76
June 16: vs. Royal Blue, W - 61-60
Jun 21: vs. Sun, L - 62-75
June 23: vs. Columbia Blue, L - 51-76
June 28: vs. Heather Maroon, L - 42-68
June 30: vs. Kelly Green, L - 48-57
July 5: Dark:
July 7: Dark:
July 12: vs. Black, L - 53-61
July 14: vs. Pink, L - 47-62
July 19: vs. Purple, LC2
Pink/D2-Kutztown (6-2)
June 14: vs. Purple, L - 46-57
June 16: vs. Red, W - 52-51
Jun 21: vs. Royal Blue, W - 63-50
June 23: vs. Sun, L - 47-56
June 28: vs. Columbia Blue, W - 55-53
June 30: vs. Heather Maroon, W - 71-49
July 5: Dark:
July 7: Dark:
July 12: vs. Kelly Green, W - 44-33
July 14: vs. Orange, W - 67-42
July 19: vs. Black, EC2
Purple/D2-West Chester (5-3)
June 14: vs. Pink, W - 57-46
June 16: vs. Black, LC1, ppd. to July 14, EC3
Jun 21: vs. Red, L - 51-71
June 23: vs. Royal Blue, W - 87-67
June 28: vs. Sun, W - 74-53
June 30: vs. Columbia Blue, L - 69-74
July 5: Dark:
July 7: Dark:
July 12: vs. Heather Maroon, L - 65-72
July 14: vs. Black, EC3, ppd., from June 16, W-83-40
July 14: vs. Kelly Green, W-66-59
July 19: vs. Orange, LC2
Red/D2-Chestnut Hill (6-2)
June 14: vs. Orange, W - 76-45
June 16: vs. Pink, L - 51-52
Jun 21: vs. Purple, W - 71-51
June 23: vs. Black, L - 39-48
June 28: vs. Royal Blue, W - 83-60
June 30: vs. Sun, W - 61-54
July 5: Dark:
July 7: Dark:
July 12: vs. Columbia Blue, W - 40-36
July 14: vs. Heather Maroon, W-58-49
July 19: vs. Kelly Green, EC1
Royal Blue/D3-Arcadia (0-8)
June 14: vs. Kelly Green, L - 33-77
June 16: vs. Orange, L - 60-61
Jun 21: vs. Pink, L - 50-63
June 23: vs. Purple, L - 67-87
June 28: vs. Red, L - 60-83
June 30: vs. Black, L - 46-79
July 5: Dark:
July 7: Dark:
July 12: vs. Sun, L - 35-67
July 14: vs. Columbia Blue, L-29-80
July 19: vs. Heather Maroon, LC1
Sun/Draft Team-2 (3-5)
June 14: vs. Heather Maroon, L - 36-44
June 16: vs. Kelly Green, L 50-51
Jun 21: vs. Orange, W - 75-62
June 23: vs. Pink, W - 56-47
June 28: vs. Purple, L - 53-74
June 30: vs. Red, L - 54-61
July 5: Dark:
July 7: Dark:
July 12: vs. Royal Blue, W - 67-35
July 14: vs. Black, L-45-53
July 19: vs. Columbia Blue, LC3
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