division 3 girls' state championship
Archbishop Williams 69, Quaboag 47

Archbishop Williams repeats as Division 3 state champions with a 69-47 triumph over Quaboag at the DCU Center in Worcester.

Bishops fans are chanting "back to back." Team members just carried the trophy over to the student cheering section to celebrate with their fans.

Casey Capello finished with a team-high 19 points for the Bishops, while Valerie Driscoll kicked in 18 more. Christine Duffy joined them in double figures with 11, but ran the show splendidly from her point guard position.

Quaboag got 13 points apiece from Macey Gaumond and Meaghan O'Keefe.

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4th quarter

Quaboag tried to hang around, but Williams kept coming up with big baskets to prevent any sort of charge.

Alex Knowles needed three attempts, but got a putback and, next trip down the floor, Casey Capello splashed a 3-pointer as the Bishops lead expanded to 65-44 with 3:10 to play.

Capello and Duffy came out to a big hand with less than a minute to play.

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3rd quarter

Quaboag embarked on a little 9-0 run late in the third quarter to cut its deficit as low as 14, but Archbishop Williams holds a comfortable 54-38 advantage moving to the fourth frame.

Archbishop Williams' offense fired on all cylinders early and the Bishops opened a 50-29 advantage over Quaboag with 3:20 to play in the third quarter.

The Bishops hit from all over the court and Casey Capello and Christine Duffy produced back-to-back trifectas on consecutive trips down the court to really help WIlliams open some space.

Meaghan O'Keefe -- Quaboag's big post presence -- has been forced to step outside and try to hit the perimeter shot to keep her team close. She had two trifectas in the quarter and 11 points overall.

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2nd quarter

Archbishop Williams scored the first 20 points of the second quarter and held Quaboag without a basket until Macey Gaumond splashed a 3-pointer from the wing at the buzzer as the Bishops lead 32-19 at the intermission.

Williams quickly erased a four-point, first-quarter deficit with its big run. It looked like a potential shutout until Gaumond got off the last-second heave.

The Bishops were paced by Valerie Driscoll with 11 first-half points, while Casey Capello kicked in eight more.

Gaumond had a team-high nine points for the Cougars.

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1st quarter

Whistles dominated the early portion of the first quarter, but the game opened up a bit more in the late going.

Quaboag got a pair of late trifectas from Macey Gaumond and Olivia Jankins and boasts a 16-12 advantage after eight minutes.

Gaumond paced her team with six points, while Casey Capello has a team-high five points.

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Starting lineups

Here are the starting lineups for the Division 3 girls' title game:

ARCHBISHOP WILLIAMS

20 - Courtney McNamara - 5-7 - Sr.
21 - Casey Capello - 5- 8 - Sr.
24 - Christine Duffy - 5-6 - Sr.
25 - Alex Knowles - 6- 0 - Sr.
33 - Valerie Driscoll - 6-3 - Soph.

Coach: Jim Bancroft

QUABOAG

10 - Meghan Burns - 5-8 - Soph.
13 - Macey Gaumond - 5-9 - Sr.
14 - Meaghan O'Keefe - 6-2 - Jr.
15 - Olivia Jankins - 5-7 - Soph.
32 - Samantha McCann - 5-11 - Fr.

Coach: John Vayda