THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, January 18, 1995 TAG: 9501180569
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C5 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY BILL LEFFLER, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE LENGTH: Medium: 90 lines
Deep Creek served notice that it's premature to write off the Hornets as a Southeastern District girls basketball title hopeful.
The defending champion Hornets (10-3, 5-2) ended a two-game losing streak and knocked Churchland out of a share of the district lead with Great Bridge, downing the Truckers, 60-51, Tuesday night at Deep Creek.
``It was a game we had to win,'' said Deep Creek coach Otis Etheridge, whose teams have never lost three in a row in his coaching tenure.
Tamara Sivels and newcomer Anecia Braithwaite shouldered the scoring burden for Deep Creek in a contest that had all the intensity of a playoff game.
Sivels, a 5-foot-9 senior forward, had a game-high 19 points.
Braithwaite, a 5-7 sophomore guard who was playing on the Princess Anne junior varsity at this time last year, chipped in 16 points. Braithwaite, whose family moved to the Deep Creek area in June, notched 12 of her points in the closing quarter, six at the foul line.
``That was the most points I've had in a varsity game,'' said Braithwaite. ``I think I had 17 once in a junior varsity game.''
Churchland coach Duke Conrad was left scratching his head over Braithwaite's effort in the clutch.
``We had to start fouling in that last period and we picked this newcomer. Obviously that was wrong,'' Conrad said.
``There's no doubt that we ended up losing at the foul line. We had three more field goals. And look at the free throws. Deep Creek made 22 and we made only 6 of 19.''
The Truckers missed the front end of five one-and-ones in the fourth quarter.
The score was tied on 10 occasions and Churchland carried a one-point lead into the closing quarter.
With 4:47 left, Braithwaite dropped in a field goal and free throw for a 46-44 Deep Creek lead and the Hornets stayed in front the rest of the way.
Center Michele Jarman paced Churchland with 14 points. Forward Kim Elliot had 13 and guard Kizzy Butler scored 12.
Churchland (9-4, 5-2) was hampered by the loss of playmaker Summer Speidell, who injured her back with 1:58 to play in the third quarter and was unable to return.
Elsewhere:
Green Run 66, Bayside 55: The Stallions outscored the No. 5 Marlins, 26-13, in the fourth quarter. Leeanna Lillefloren and Dalchon Brown combined to score 17 of the Stallions' 26 points as they erased a two-point deficit.
Green Run's Erika Adams scored a game-high 22 points and Lillefloren added 21. Kristy Bryant and Carolyn Zanelli each scored 21 points for Bayside.
Cox 49, Kellam 47: D'Erica Taylor scored 15 points, including four key throws in the fourth quarter.
Shannon Drury had 12 points for Cox (4-10, 3-7 Beach), which outscored the Knights, 16-8, in the final period. Anne Marie Bowdoin scored 23 for Kellam (2-10, 2-8).
Tallwood 49, First Colonial 42: Tamara Valentine scored 20 points and grabbed 15 rebounds as the host Lions upended No. 7 First Colonial.
Valentine had nine points as Tallwood (6-5, 5-5) jumped to an 18-7 first-quarter lead.
Heather Kinstler had 15 points and April Green had 10 rebounds for the Lions. Jamie Kollar scored 10 points for the Patriots (5-5, 5-5).
Kempsville 70, Ocean Lakes 30: Charlette Fayton scored 14 of her 15 points in the first quarter as the top-ranked Chiefs raced to a 30-6 advantage. Carrie Johnson had 14 points for Kempsville (13-0, 10-0). Mimi Smith had 11 points for the Dolphins (2-10, 2-8).
Salem 66, Princess Anne 49: The Sun Devils (11-3, 8-2) broke to a 17-4 lead behind a full-court press and nine points from Misty Colebank. She finished with a game-high 19 points, eight steals, and six assists.
Oscar Smith 56, Wilson 43: Starr Parker scored eight in a 22-6 second-quarter run for the No. 9 Tigers.
Parker finished with 16 points and four steals, Kizzy Dunbar had 13 points and five assists and Tonya Swain had 10 points and 10 rebounds for Oscar Smith (9-5, 6-2). Lavonya Blowe had 10 points for the Presidents.
Great Bridge 62, Norcom 38: Carey Stafford scored 12 points and Lashelle Griffin added 11 for the No. 4 Wildcats. Selicia Brown had 23 for the Greyhounds.
Indian River 55, Western Branch 50: Deshawn Whitley scored seven of her 13 points in the fourth quarter to help the Braves (5-5, 3-4) pull away. Samantha Johnson came off the bench to hit a clutch jump shot with 1:23 remaining to seal the victory.
Granby 39, Norview 22: Nicole Jackson hit three 3-pointers and scored 16 points as the Comets improved to 2-0 in the Eastern District. ILLUSTRATION: Photo
L. TODD SPENCER
Michelle Jarman of Churchland, center, gets double-teamed by Deep
Creek's Michelle Boyd, left, and Stacie Watson.
by CNB