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Hoops at the Garden: Durfee vs. Mansfield

Posted by Staff  March 5, 2010 01:23 PM
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End of game: Mansfield 60, Durfee 50

Mansfield sticks it out, knocking down its free throws down the stretch to beat Durfee 60-50.

They're now the Division 1 South girls champions.

Durfee's Lauren Fiola led all scorers with 19 points — 12 of which came in the second half.

But again, it was the free throws that made a difference down the stretch. Mansfield's Michaela Bowes hits 8-of-8 free throws in the fourth quarter to put the game to rest. She finished with 17 points on the night. Teammates Jessica Eason had 16 and Colleen Hooper had 15 to pace the team through each of the halves.


Fourth quarter: Mansfield 60, Durfee 48

Looks like Lauren Fiola lost her cool, going after a Mansfield player. She was assessed a technical and sent to the bench. Mansfield up 8.

Michaela Bowes hits both free throws off the foul and and then both technical foul shots to put Mansfield up by 12 with 31 ticks to go.

Fourth quarter: Mansfield 51, Durfee 47

Michaela Bowes just hit two big foul shots for Mansfield that killed a run by Durfee that spanned three minutes.

Fourth quarter: Mansfield 49, Durfee 44

Durfee's Lauren Fiola just drained a three to bring the game within five. They've gotten buckets from Denisha Parks and Rachael Camara to spur what appears to be a comeback in the works.

Fourth quarter: Mansfield 46, Durfee 37

Durfee's Denisha Parks just hit 1-of-2 free throws. An off day for her. She has only three points with 3:35 left in the fourth quarter. All of her points have come in this quarter.

Fourth quarter: Mansfield 44, Durfee 33

A sweet backdoor pass to Colleen Hooper for two followed by a bucket by Jessica Eason for a 46-33 Mansfield lead.

Fourth quarter: Mansfield 39, Durfee 30

Durfee's Rachel Camara just drained a three.

Also, Mansfield appears to have trouble following the shot clock. Just had their second violation of the game. That's their second shot-clock violation without an attempt, to be precise.

End of third quarter: Mansfield 39, Durfee 27

Michaela Bowes hit another 3-pointer for her team and finished the quarter strong against Durfee.

Right now, Durfee needs to find a rhythm.

Third quarter: Mansfield 33, Durfee 26

Lauren Fiola at the free throw line drains both of her attempts. She's got 16 points on the day.

Third quarter: Mansfield 33, Durfee 24

Mansfield's Jessica Eason just scored an and-1. It's her second bucket down the court in the paint. She's outworking Durfee's Denisha Parks.

Lauren Fiola scored another bucket for Durfee. She's got 14 points on the game.

Third quarter: Mansfield 27, Durfee 22

Back-to-back 3-pointers by Mansfield's Michaela Bowes and Durfee's Lauren Fiola. Mansfield 27, Durfee 22.

Fiola is appearing to heat up. She's scored five of her team's seven points in this quarter.

End of second quarter: Mansfield 22, Durfee 15

Victoria Shannon went cross court for Mansfield to score a final deuce as Mansfield went up 22-15 over Durfee going into the half.

So far, so good for Mansfield from behind the arc. Three 3-pointers by Colleen Hooper. She leads all scorers with nine points.

Durfee's Lauren Fiola has seven points to lead her team.

Second quarter: Mansfield 20, Durfee 15

As soon as Durfee started getting some buckets, Mansfield got another 3-pointer by Colleen Hooper.

Second quarter: Mansfield 17, Durfee 11

Jessica Eason gets an offensive rebound and putback for Mansfield. 17-11, Mansfield.

Second quarter: Mansfield 15, Durfee 9

Danielle Gauvin ends the drop for Durfee with a 15-foot jumper.

End of first quarter: Mansfield 13, Durfee 7:

First quarter ends with Mansfield up 13-7 over Durfee. Three 3-pointers helped the team take the lead.

Michaela Bowes hit one and Colleen Hooper had two.

First quarter: Mansfield 10, Durfee 7

Quick timeout by Durfee coach Tony Martin after Mansfield scores again. Mansfield up 10-7, on a 8-0 run.

First quarter: Mansfield 8, Durfee 7

Colleen Hooper hits two back-to-back 3-pointers to put Mansfield up.

First quarter: Durfee 7, Mansfield 2

Durfee's Rachael Camara just scored an and-1, converting the free throw. Durfee has jumped all over Mansfield, 7-2.

First quarter: Durfee 3, Mansfield 0

Durfee wins the tip-off and gets an opening 3-pointer from Lauren Fiola.

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First up in today's slate of four games at the Garden is the Durfee Hilltoppers versus the Mansfield Hornets in the Division 1 South girls final.

Tip-off is at 2:30 p.m.

This game will determine who will come back to the Garden on Tuesday for a chance to call themselves EMass champions and the added bonus of a shot at the state title March 13 at the DCU Center in Worcester.

Here's the rundown on each of the teams:

Durfee (17-6)

The Hilltoppers had a rough patch to end the regular season, losing four games before ending the season on a high note with a win against New Bedford.

The team is led in part by forward Denisha Parks, a junior who has come up big for the team time and time again. They also have senior forward Lauren Fiola to depend on, who eclipsed 1,000 points in her career earlier this season while center Toni Fenn is always down for a double-double.

Durfee is 5-5 in the team's last 10 games.

Mansfield (17-7)

Mansfield upset top-seeded Wellesley 54-47 the other day, and it proves they're one of the hottest teams in the tournament right now.

Sophomore guard Michaela Bowes has shown that she is a player to watch, dropping 16 points against Wellesley including three 3-pointers in the first half. Senior center Jessica Eason is the option down low for the Hornets who are 6-4 in their last 10 games.

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