Chatham (38) at Cranford (41)

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Chatham (38) at Cranford (41), NJSIAA Tournament, Semifinal Round, North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 - Girls Basketball

Star-Ledger, March 02, 2013 8:15 p.m.

By Carolyn Freundlich
Cranford's Jenna Goeller was at the line with an opportunity to extend a one-point lead with 1:27 to go.
Neither Cranford nor Chatham had held anything more than a four-point lead all game and the gymnasium went silent as Goeller lined up her shot. The ball bounced off the back of the rim on the first attempt and Goeller's cry of frustration broke the silence.
The senior guard made sure that mistake did not happen again and connected on her following five free throws to help secure Cranford's 41-38 victory over Chatham in the semifinal round of the NJSIAA/ShopRite North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 tournament yesterday in Cranford.
"The one I missed I was really mad at myself, which is why I made sure to get the rest," said Goeller, who went 5-for-6 from the line over the final moments of regulation, hitting the last two free throws with 25.5 seconds showing to lift Cranford, 39-35.
Chatham's Grace Conroy then went to drive, was fouled while going up for a bucket and went to the line, where she was 1-of-2 to get the Morris County team within three. Cranford's Carly Maucione stretched the advantage to 41-36 with 19 ticks on the clock with a pair of free throws to give the team its biggest cushion of the game. Conroy closed the scoring with a basket, and Cranford prevailed to reach its third sectional final in the past four years.
"This is our senior season. It's sudden death in states, and that pumped us up," said Cranford's Jessisca McCoy, who had 10 points on the day. "It was a really tough game (against Chatham). We were off, not connecting from the outside, but we adjusted."
In the first half Chatham's pressure zone defense forced Cranford to attempt long range, lower percentage, shots. The team hit 31 percent from the field as Chatham took a 15-14 lead at halftime.
After the break Cranford improved its accuracy to almost 60 percent as it began making drives to the basket, finding the open lane off the pick and roll.
"It was just a game where none of us were on, but we all picked each other up," McCoy said.
McCoy recorded eight points and Maucione scored eight of her 11 points as Cranford outscored Chatham, 27-23, over the second half.
"I think everyone was frustrated on being forced outside and our shots just weren't falling," said Goeller, who had seven of her team-high 12 points in the final period. "In the fourth quarter, whenever I saw an open lane I just took it and hoped for the best. Either to get to the basket or to the line for two."
While Goeller's drives sparked Cranford offensive flow, Kaitlin McGovern keyed the defense with nine rebounds, five off of the defensive glass, and six blocks, three in the fourth quarter in helping to hold Chatham standout, Conroy, to 14 points.

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Chatham (36) at Cranford (41), NJSIAA Tournament, Semifinal Round, North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3
Final	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	F
Chatham	5	10	9	14	38
Cranford	7	7	12	15	41

 

Player Stats
Chatham - Game stats
Player	FG	3FG	FT	Reb	A	S	Blk	Pts
Grace Conroy	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	14
Kendall Davies	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	14
Colleen Mulvaney	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Hailey Myler	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	4
Natalie Washuta	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	4

Player Stats
Cranford - Game stats
Player	FG	3FG	FT	Reb	A	S	Blk	Pts
Jenna Goeller	1	1	7	4	1	1	0	12
Carly Maucione	4	0	3	4	0	0	0	11
Jessica McCoy	5	0	0	3	0	4	0	10
Kaitlin McGovern	3	0	0	9	2	2	6	6
Mairead McKeary	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0
Kerry Wischusen	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2