HIGH
SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL: Perfection for Duxbury
By:Dan Ventura
By Richard Murray
WORCESTER — After a slow start, Duxbury’s Catherine Harrison came to play in
the second-half and led the Dragons past Medfield, 51-42, in the Division 2
Finals at the DCU Center on Saturday.
“(Catherine) was a little tired in the first-half,” Duxbury coach Robert
Sullivan said. “I challenged her at halftime. We have a term that is ‘earn your
spot’ (down low), and I tell the girls not to pass her the ball if she doesn’t
earn that spot. You saw her earn that spot in the second-half.”
Duxbury (26-0) completed the perfect season, and before Harrison got going
knocked down five 3-pointers in the first half, relying on its outside shot.
The Dragons finished with six buckets from behind the arc.
Jacqueline Sullivan was hot behind the arc for Duxbury knocking down three
3-pointers. The senior guard finished with 13 points.
“She’s a very special player, and a Division 1 athlete (Lacrosse),” Duxbury
Sullivan said. “She’s brilliant, and she played flawless down the stretch.
That’s what Division 1 athletes do, and (it) was a super effort by (her).”
Madeline Foote (11 points) also knocked down three 3-pointers in Duxbury’s
perimeter shooting.
“They came out in a 3-2 zone, and the shots were there,” Sullivan said. “We
have an inside-outside game, and we took what the (Medfield) defense gave us.
When it was man-to-man we pounded it inside.”
In the second half, Harrison was depended upon down low to keep the Dragons
offense moving. She scored 12-of-her-15 points in the second half as the
Dragons grabbed their first title since 1998.
“I didn’t play the game that I wanted to, and I was a little tense in the first
half,” Harrison said. “In the second-half, my teammates just told me to go out
there and play. That’s kind of when I let loose and put all my energy into (the
game).
Medfield (19-6) senior guard Payton Ouimette led all scorers with 22 points.
She also scored 8-of-10 Warrior points in the third quarter hitting her
stride.
“I was feeling it (in the third),” she said. “If I’m hot or they don’t know how
to defend me, I know to just keep shooting. I was excited because that doesn’t
happen every game.”
DUXBURY 51, MEDFIELD 42
(Division 2 state girls final)
Duxbury (26-0) – Catherine Harrison 7-1-15; Jacqueline Sullivan
4-2-13; Emma Gill 2-2-6; Madeline Foote 3-2-11; Molly Quilty 3-0-6.
TOTALS 19-7-51
Medfield (19-6) – Allison Petit 1-0-3; Lauren Casieri
3-3-9; Margaret McCarthy 3-2-8; Payton Ouimette 8-5-22. TOTALS 15-10-42
DUXBURY (26-0) 7 16 11 16 - 51
MEDFIELD (19-6) 7 13 10 12 - 42
TEAM STATS: 3-PT FG: DUX, 6 (Sullivan 3, Foote 3); MED 2 (Petit, Ouimette)
WORCESTER — After a slow start, Duxbury’s Catherine Harrison came to play in the second-half and led the Dragons past Medfield, 51-42, in the Division 2 Finals at the DCU Center on Saturday.
“(Catherine) was a little tired in the first-half,” Duxbury coach Robert Sullivan said. “I challenged her at halftime. We have a term that is ‘earn your spot’ (down low), and I tell the girls not to pass her the ball if she doesn’t earn that spot. You saw her earn that spot in the second-half.”
Duxbury (26-0) completed the perfect season, and before Harrison got going knocked down five 3-pointers in the first half, relying on its outside shot. The Dragons finished with six buckets from behind the arc.
Jacqueline Sullivan was hot behind the arc for Duxbury knocking down three 3-pointers. The senior guard finished with 13 points.
“She’s a very special player, and a Division 1 athlete (Lacrosse),” Duxbury Sullivan said. “She’s brilliant, and she played flawless down the stretch. That’s what Division 1 athletes do, and (it) was a super effort by (her).”
Madeline Foote (11 points) also knocked down three 3-pointers in Duxbury’s perimeter shooting.
“They came out in a 3-2 zone, and the shots were there,” Sullivan said. “We have an inside-outside game, and we took what the (Medfield) defense gave us. When it was man-to-man we pounded it inside.”
In the second half, Harrison was depended upon down low to keep the Dragons offense moving. She scored 12-of-her-15 points in the second half as the Dragons grabbed their first title since 1998.
“I didn’t play the game that I wanted to, and I was a little tense in the first half,” Harrison said. “In the second-half, my teammates just told me to go out there and play. That’s kind of when I let loose and put all my energy into (the game).
Medfield (19-6) senior guard Payton Ouimette led all scorers with 22 points. She also scored 8-of-10 Warrior points in the third quarter hitting her stride.
“I was feeling it (in the third),” she said. “If I’m hot or they don’t know how to defend me, I know to just keep shooting. I was excited because that doesn’t happen every game.”
DUXBURY 51, MEDFIELD 42
(Division 2 state girls final)
Duxbury (26-0) – Catherine Harrison 7-1-15; Jacqueline Sullivan 4-2-13; Emma Gill 2-2-6; Madeline Foote 3-2-11; Molly Quilty 3-0-6. TOTALS 19-7-51
Medfield (19-6) – Allison Petit 1-0-3; Lauren Casieri 3-3-9; Margaret McCarthy 3-2-8; Payton Ouimette 8-5-22. TOTALS 15-10-42
DUXBURY (26-0) 7 16 11 16 - 51
MEDFIELD (19-6) 7 13 10 12 - 42
TEAM STATS: 3-PT FG: DUX, 6 (Sullivan 3, Foote 3); MED 2 (Petit, Ouimette)
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