Blind Brook survives Hamilton, Lightbourne
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- February
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I don’t want to pat myself on the back (OK, OK, I do), but you can’t imagine the similarities between this game and Putnam Valley-Woodlands from a couple weeks ago. Blind Brook ultimately won 52-47, but the No. 2 seed needed a huge finish to survive ultra-talented sophomore Shereen Lightbourne, who scored 30 of her team’s points. She played just like Porsha Postell did vs. PValley, but this was another case of the better team putting it together and coming back to win.
Lightbourne hit a bunch of tough shots, including two late 3’s to keep her team in the game after she banged her head against the hardwood.
Still, Blind Brook didn’t quit, not even after it looked listless for much of the game, including when it entered the fourth quarter behind 33-25. The Trojans then proceeded to score 27 points in the fourth quarter, including 14 of 17 from the free throw line.
Karlyn Adler, Blind Brook’s leading scorer, was relieved after the game and rightly so. She had as difficult a time as anyone getting into the game, as Hamilton’s Meagan Rivera was draped all over her in a box-and-one defense. The senior showed great resolve late, hitting four straight free throws to ice the game – and prevent Lightbourne from being an even greater hero.
Two others to mention: Michelle Caley, who hit two free throws with 3:02 left to put her team up for good. She also had a couple key baskets in the fourth quarter. The other is Sabrina Stockel, another senior, who was slotted into Adler’s slot on offense to give the team a spark. Clearly, the move worked well and led to the comeback: Stockel scored 14 of her team-high 23 points in the fourth quarter.
As you may’ve already read earlier today, both teams had their problems at the start. Hamilton went 0 for 10 from the field in the first quarter, and Blind Brook 1 for 12 in the second quarter. It was pretty anemic, but it set up an exciting finish.
OK, I’ll save the rest for my story tomorrow. I’ll be back periodically throughout the day, then give you a bunch of updates tonight during Albertus Magnus-Irvington. Play nice…
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on Wednesday, February 28th, 2007 at 12:24 pm by Josh Thomson. 
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Josh Thomson has done some of everything since joining The Journal News in March 2003. He began working for the Gannett weeklies during the winter of 2002 as a freelance writer. He joined the daily staff soon after and has since covered various high school and pro sports. Away from sportswriting, Josh lives in Westchester and spends his free time either with his fiancee, Sarah, or expertly managing his various championship-winning fantasy sports teams. He's visited 21 major-league baseball stadiums and insists that Fenway Park and Wrigley Field are the best by far. Josh graduated from Carmel High School in 1998, then went to Boston University, where, in 2002, he received a degree in communications with a minor in history.
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