On the strength of a huge fourth quarter, Mt. Hebron beat Centennial, 50-38, Wednesday night. The visiting Vikings outscored Centennial, 23-8, overcoming a three-point deficit entering the final period.

“I was never worried. I always knew that we would come back,” said Mt. Hebron coach Tony Bell. “It’s our style.”

Centennial was up, 32-27, early in the fourth quarter and then went into a lull, which Mt. Hebron was happy to fill with three pointers (two for Kelly Jones and one for Kathleen Stafford) that helped spring the Vikings in front. Diandra Parker scored all six of her points in the final three minutes of the game as Mt. Hebron continued to pull away.

“They are our rival team, but any win is a big win, especially now that it’s coming down to the playoffs. We want to get a high seed,” Parker said.

The loss knocked Centennial out of a three-way tie for second place in the county.

“It’s good to knock off someone in the playoff hunt,” Bell said.

“We did not play for 32 minutes; we were not focused. You can get away like that with some teams but not with a team that is playing for a top four seed” like Mt. Hebron, Centennial coach Rob Slopek said.

The game was Centennial’s annual White Out Cancer fund raiser. The Eagles wore special white uniforms with pink trim and Mt. Hebron’s players wore pink socks.

 

MH: Jones 11, Bilney 10, Stafford 7, Schaaf 7, Arens 7, E. Vogan 2, Parker 6. FT: 12-20.

C: Downing 1, Pino 5, Klima 5, Kelly 6, Alston 10, Benjamin 7, Miller 4. FT: 11-15. Halftime: tied, 18-18.

 

 

Atholton 54, Long Reach 29

 

Bridgette Snyder led Atholton with 17 points and seven rebounds, and Amber Cook had 12 rebounds to go with six points as the Raiders beat Long Reach, 54-29. Jackie Palmer contributed 10 points and eight rebounds to the Raiders’ cause.

Brianna Taylor (10) and Alexis Briscoe added eight for Long Reach, which was in the game until halftime.

 

A: Tinkle 2, Makar 4, Scott 2, Snyder 17, Cook 6, Palmer 10, Weinberg 9, Fodel 2, Keating 2. FT: 4-7.

LR: Taylor 10, Norsworthy 4, Callan 3, Pacheco 4, Briscoe 8. FT: 7-12. Halftime: Atholton 22-13.

 
 

Glenelg  53, Wilde Lake 19

Everyone played and everyone scored for Glenelg in its 53-19 win over Wilde Lake. Annalee Eash came off the bench to lead all Glenelg scorers with nine points. Kiana Richards was tops for Wilde Lake with five points.

G: Hinkle 4, Parker 5, Burris 3, Smith 6, Eash 9, Gaw 5, Ebeling 6, Devlin 4, Kittleman 7, Russo 4, Heisig 1. FT: 4-7.

WL: Mills 3, Smith 2, Richards 5, Harrison 4, Quade 3, O’Rourke 2. FT: 3-6. Halftime: Glenelg, 28-7.

 

 

Howard  55,  Hammond 47

 

Howard jumped out to a 15-point lead over Hammond, then had to withstand a 10-0 run that drew the Golden Bears to within seven points by the half. Howard maintained its advantage after the intermission.

“It was a good game. I’m happy with the way we played; we played like a team,” said Howard coach Kim Kennedy. “It looks like we have our desire back,” she added.

Brandone Roberts led all scorers with 20 points and Ellen Johnson added 14, but Hammond scoring dropped off after that.

Joycelyn Daniels (13) and Brittany Butler (10) were Howard’s top scorers.

 

Ho: Calhoun 8, Ciniero 2, Benz 2, Butler 10, Neff 8, Jackson 8, Daniels 13. FT: 12-26.

Ha: Johnson 14, Albano 2, Hitesman 7, Gross 4, Roberts 20. FT: 7-11. Halftime: Howard, 24-17.

 

Marriotts Ridge 54, Reservoir 48

Molly Fleming had her best game of the season, scoring 16 points, as Marriotts Ridge beat Reservoir, 54-48.

“Molly Fleming had a great game,” said Marriotts Ridge coach Darryl Thompson.

Rakia Bryant and Megan Fowler each had 13 points for Reservoir.

 

Re:  Fowler 13, Bryant 13, Smoot 7, Foreman 7, Bresson 4, Tuttle 2. FT: 22-31.

MR: Fleming 16, Han 8, Fath 6, Catalano 6, Kokes 5, Fuller 4, Klein 4, Maskell 3, Zabel 2. FT: 13-31. Halftime: Marriotts Ridge, 33-23.

 

River Hill 37, Oakland Mills 35

Oakland Mills knows it had the makings of an upset: hold River Hill to 37 points, don’t let Alex Vega score anything, and make Shantrel Oliver, the Hawks’ other to scorer, work hard for each of her 14 points.

But it takes more than that to beat River Hill. The Hawks, led by Nikki Piper’s 18 points, hit nine of 14 free throws in the fourth quarter to escape with a 37-35 victory.

“We had a great practice yesterday but the execution was a little ‘different’ today,” said River Hill coach Teresa Waters.

“We had our chances,” said Oakland Mills coach Seth Willingham. He pointed out too many missed free throws in the fourth quarter.

On the positive side, Willingham said that Nicole Hill did an “awesome” job guarding Oliver, River Hill’s leading scorer.

“We’ve lost three games in a row to three pretty good teams,

“We’ve lost three games by six points to three pretty good teams,” Willingham said. Oakland Mills and River Hill meet again Feb. 16.

“We have just got to get better,” Waters said. “We have a long, long way to go to get where we want to be.”

 

RH: Oliver 14, Piper 18, Aresmeier 3, Bramhall, 2. FT: 10-15.

OM: N. Hill 2, Twardowicz 6, J. Hill 10, Kiely 1, Jones 7, Hight 9. FT: 6-16. Halftime: River Hill, 26-23.

 

 

 

Notre Dame Prep 56, Chapelgate 23

Standings (as of Feb. 3):

River Hill 13-1 county (14-2 overall)

Glenelg 11-3 (13-4)

Atholton 11-3 (12-5)

Centennial 10-4 (12-4)

Howard 9-5 (11-6)

Mt. Hebron 9-5 (11-6)

Oakland Mills 7-7 (8-9)

Hammond 6-9 (9-9)

Marriotts Ridge 4-10 (6-11)

Reservoir 4-11 (4-14)

Long Reach 1-13 (3-15)

Wilde Lake 0-14 (1-16)

Chapelgate 0-15 IAAM B (4-19)

Glenelg Country 4-10 IAAM C (6-14)

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