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17th annual Bishop Walsh
Girls Invitational Tournament
Schedule of Events
Event website
Thursday, March 10
Game 1 - Holy Cross 80, Bishop Walsh 9
Game 2 - St. John's College HS 75, Seton Keough 53
Game 3 - Archbishop Spalding 47, Elizabeth Seton 40
Game 4 - Good Counsel 60, Georgetown Visitation 50
Friday, March 11
Game 5 - Seton Keough 68, Bishop Walsh 19
Game 6 - Georgetown Visitation 59, Elizabeth Seton 53
Game 7 - St. John's 54, Holy Cross 53
Game 8 - Good Counsel 72, Archbishop Spalding 69
Saturday, March 12
Game 9 - Elizabeth Seton 73, Bishop Walsh 21
Game 10 - Seton Keough 69, Georgetown Visitation 50
Game 11 - Holy Cross 56, Archbishop Spalding 55
Game 12 - Championship game
St. John's 62, Good Counsel 50
Annual Sportsmanship Award was given to Bishop Walsh center Ashley Turnbull.
Tartans toast Spartans
in tourney opener, 80-9
* Four Holy Cross players in double figures
* Tartans led 32-2 after first quarter
By Kevin Spradlin
PhDispatch.com
CUMBERLAND, March 10 -- The Academy of Holy Cross girls basketball team couldn't seem to hit a free throw to save its collective life.
Fortunately, the Tartans didn't need to. They shot over, under and right through host Bishop Walsh Spartans on Thursday in the first game of the 17th annual Bishop Walsh Girls Invitational Tournament in Cumberland towards an 80-9 Game 1 win.
Pandora Wilson led four Holy Cross players in double figure with 15 points. Akilah Bethel scored 14 points while Taylor McCarley had 12 points and Lanay Montgomery had 10 points.
The Tartans dominated offensively and defensively, overwhelming Bishop Walsh from the tip-off to the final buzzer. Several Spartans players laughed not in disgust but apparently in awe of a squad that might be only third best in the eight-team tournament field.
The Tartans led 32-2 after the first period and 54-6 at halftime. In the second half, Holy Cross eased up offensively. They scored just 16 points in the third quarter and only 10 in the final period.
Bishop Walsh, meanwhile, never did fire an uncontested shot. The Spartans missed on seven of eight first-period shots - making only one field goal by junior Becca Winner with two minutes and 50 seconds left that made the score 24-2.
Nearly six minutes later, Spartans senior Abbie Mathews made the team's second basket as they trailed 41-4 with 5:04 left before halftime.
Bishop Walsh scored only three points in the third quarter and were held scoreless in the fourth.