No. 4 seed Hill-Murray pulled away in the second half from Annandale, and walked away with a 66-44 win in the Class 3A girls' basketball state quarterfinals.
3A quarterfinals: Hill-Murray defeats Annandale 66-44
A 21-5 run over nine minutes in the second half helped the Pioneers pull away.
March 17, 2010 at 6:42PM
This one was close for awhile, but then Hill-Murray went on a 21-5 run over a nine-minute span to open it up.
Both teams emptied their benches with 2:00 to go.
Junior center Bethany Doolittle had 18 points to lead the Pioneers, who will play top-seeded DeLaSalle at noon tomorrow in the state semifinals.
The “sticky” ball that coach Chris Finch so deplores showed up for the first game, after a preseason when offense happened smoothly. On defense, “resistance” was missing, the coach said.
