Wellesley, 65-44 (final)

division 2 girls' state championship
Wellesley 65, Millbury 44

Whatever offensive woes might have plagued the Wellesley girls' basketball team at the TD Banknorth Garden earlier this week during the Eastern Mass. finals were nowhere in sight in Worcester.

The Raiders put 10 players on the scoring ledger and received balanced output from its starting 5 to emerge with a convincing 65-44 triumph over Millbury in the Division 2 state championship at the DCU Center in Worcester.

Lindsay Sydyness scored a team-high 16 points, while Jesse Miller (15) and Mary Louise Dixon (10) joined her in double figures.

Millbury's Sydney Bloomstein scored a team-high 11 points, all of which came in the second half.

Wellesley led by just five midway through the third quarter, but embarked on a 12-1 run to close out the frame and never looked back.

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4th quarter

Wellesley is out front with a comfortable 17-point cushion and 3:27 to play.

The Raiders have enjoyed balanced output with nine different players on the scoring ledger so far.

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3rd quarter

Wellesley's Blake Dietrick hit a pair of 3-pointers as part of a 12-1 run the Raiders produced to punctuate the third quarter and stretch their lead to 48-32 moving to the fourth frame.

Not a pretty quarter of basketball in the early going.

Wellesley stretched its lead to double digits with a couple of early hoops, but Millbury heated up a bit and trimmed its deficit to 36-31 with 2:43 to play in the frame.

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2nd quarter

Wellesley dominated the early portion of the second quarter and an 8-0 run helped put the Raiders up by double digits, but Millbury responded with an 8-0 run of its own later in the half and trimmed its deficit to 31-26 at the intermission.

Jesse Miller chipped in a team-high nine points for Wellesley, Lindsay Sydness added eight points for the Raiders.

Millbury was paced by Julie Frankian with eight points, while Chelsea Perkins added seven more.

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1st quarter

Senior Lindsay Syndness fueled a brief 8-2 burst late in the first quarter to help Wellesley build a 19-14 advantage over Millbury after eight minutes.

Jesse Miller kicked in five points for the Raiders in the first quarter.

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Starting lineups

Here are the starting lineups for the Division 2 girls' title game:

WELLESLEY

10 - Mary Louise Dixon - 5-4 - Soph.
14 - Lindsay Sydness - 6-1 - Sr.
25 - Chelsea Sanders - 5-8 - Sr.
30 - Eleni Dixon - 5-8 - Sr.
33 - Jesse Miller - 6-0 - Jr.

Coach: Kristin Cieri

MILLBURY

11 - Julie Frankian - 5-9 - Fr.
14 - Sydney Bloomstein - 5-9 - Fr.
23 - Cailin Bullett - 5-9 - Jr.
33 - Chelsea Perkins - 5-9 - Soph.
42 - Kirsten Orrell - 6-0 - Jr.

Coach: Steve Reno