GRAHAMSVILLE--Pine Plains pressure aggressiveness in the passing lanes created crucial Tri-Valley turnovers which led to a three-point 59-56 Section IX Class C victory for the visiting Bombers Wednesday at Grahamsville.
Tri-Valley had their pressure full-court press working to perfection in the first quarter as the Lady Bears took a 7-1 lead at the 4:53 mark and closed the quarter leading 21-13 off the 10-point scoring effort of senior point guard Caroline Martin.
Pine Plains chipped away at the Bears lead in the second quarter behind three trays by senior forward Brooke Hapeman and four two-pointers by 6'2 sophomore center Ashley Starzyk that saw the Bombers outscore Tri-Valley 20-11 to take a one-point 33-32 halftime lead.
Tri-Valley outscored Pine Plains in tbe third quarter 13-10 behind Martin's five and Sandra Alemany's six points to lead the Bombers by two, 45-43, entering the final eight minutes of play.
Pine Plains behind the nine point scoring of sophomore guard Tia Fumasoli and a three-pointer by Bombers co-captain Hapeman outscored the Bears 16-11 in the fourth quarter.
Martin led Tri-Valley in the fourth quarter with 5 points followed by Alemany with a tray.
Pine Plains Starzyk presented a big mis-match for the Bears Sara Dertinger who was giving up 10 inches in height and 10 inches in reach but Sara scrapped her way through and pulled down a number of rebounds and steals from Starzyk.
Leading the Bears in scoring with Martin with 23 points off of three trays followed by Alemany with nine and Danielle Shafarsky with seven.
Starzyk led Pine Plains with 18 points followed by Hapeman with 15 and Fumasoli with 12.
Tri-Valley committed 36 turnovers to Pine Plains's 30.
Following an emotional closed door meeting between coach Jason Closs and his players Closs noted in post-game remarks that "at times we were playing very well but we had issues with turnovers."
Closs noted Pine Plains "agressiveness in the passing lanes which put prsssure on us creating turnovers and this gave us some trouble."
"I like the way our team battled through even with the foul trouble we had in the first half and at the end the ball just didn't bounce for us," Closs concluded.
Pine Plains coach Les Funk noted,"Tri-Valley has a great basketball program tradition for a lot of years and you know they are going to bring the game to you."
Funk said his team "had to come in here and play with a lot of intensity especially playing in this gym where they have an awesome basketball atmosphere.
The Pine Plains coach acknowledged that his team is very young with three sophomores and an eighth grader "and we are looking forward to good things in the future."
Tri-Valley finishes their season with an overall record of 10-8 while Pine Plains moves up their overall record a 12-7. They were 7-3 in MHAL league play and Tri-Valley was 6-2 in OCIAA Division V.
PHOTOS FROM WEDNESDAY'S GAME
Tri-Valley's Sandra Alemany (25) pressures Pine Plains Frances Snyder in the Bears 59-56 sectional league loss Wednesday night.
Tri-Valleys senior point guard and leading scorer Caroline Martin, (32) shoots over Pine Plains Brooke Hapeman (22) in the Bears 59-56 sectional loss Wednesday night.
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