GRAHAMSVILLE--Down by only one point at halftime the Tri-Valley Lady Bears tightened their defense with a full-court press and outscored the Ellenville Blue Devils 21-7 in the third quarter as they coasted to a 48-27 home opener win.
The first two quarters of play for the Bears saw turnovers, poor passing and little offense as Tri-Valley outscored Ellenville 7-5 in the first quarter.
The Blue Devils took a one-point 14-13 halftime lead outscoring the Bears 9-6 in the second quarter.
Scoring didn't come easy for either team in the first eight minutes of play with Tri-Valley's Morgan Shamro breaking the scoreless trend notching a foul shot at 6:44.
Shamro added a three pointer at 4:13 to push the Bears lead to 4-0. It wasn't until the clock reached 3:33 that Ellenville scored their first two points on foul shots by Talyanna King.
Angie DiToro opened the scoring for Tri-Valley at the start of the third quarter with a two-pointer and the Bears were off and running with 21 points that saw Jaclyn Musa adding a two pointer and three foul shots, Jill Mungeer with a deuce and a trey and Shamro with a three-pointer, two two-pointers and two foul shots.
The pressure full-court press defense by Tri-Valley created turnovers by Ellenville who popped the nets for only seven points.
Defense and good scoring by the Bears continued in the fourth quarter with Tri-Valley outscoring the Blue Devils 14-6.
Fourth quarter scoring for Tri-Valley was led by Morgan McHugh and Anna Hendrickson with four points each, and two pointers by Taylor Cox, DiToro and Shauna Bellacicco. Ellenville scored six points in the final eight minutes of play.
Turnovers played a key role in this game with the Blue Devils committing 29 to Tri-Valley's 18.
Tri-Valley was strong both on the offensive and defensive boards.
Shamro saw limited action in the second quarter after obtaining her second foul.
Double figure scoring for Tri-Valley was led by Shamro with 13 points and Mungeer with 10.
Ellenville was led by Azela Rivera and Talyanna KIng each with 11 points.
Tri-Valley with the win evens its record at 1-1 while Ellenville is now 3-1.
The Bears lost their first non-league away game Dec. 6 against B league rival Burke Catholic and gained Friday night's victory against B league Ellenville who plays in the Mid-Hudson Athletic League (MHAL)
Bears coach John Tenbus in post game remarks noted "the first half was very sloppy and I think that this being our first home game we had a lot of emotion coming in and we played with too much emotion."
Tenbus added that "Morgan Shamro on the bench with two fouls early didn't help and when we settled down we ran our sets and they looked good and our defense was there throughout this game."
"The press and our ability to pick off Ellenville's passes and then score some quick points got us into our rhythm, Tenbus said.
Ellenville coach Samantha Ellis gave full credit to Tri-Valley calling them "a good team who worked the press very well the second half."
Ellis noted that one of her players "received a head injury and couldn't play and this took my best scorer out of the game and really hurt our scoring ability."
Tri-Valley continues non-league play at Roscoe Thursday night at 5 p.m.
Tri-Valley's Jill Mungeer (32) goes up for a three-pointer shooting over Ellenville's Daina Frasca (20) in the Bears 48-27 win Friday night at Grahamsville.
Lady Bears guard Jaclyn Musa (10) attempts to dribble past Ellenville's Naiya Briscoe (15) in Tri-Valley's 48-27 win Friday night at Grahamsville.
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