Greene To Face Afton In Oxford Tourney Final
Published: December 30th, 2014
By: Patrick Newell

Girls' Basketball

Greene 49, Unatego 33

OXFORD – Greene's suffocating defense led it to an 18-point halftime lead in Monday's Oxford Tournament victory.

"We really limited their shot opportunities in the first half, we got a lot of steals, and we rebounded well," said Greene coach Dave Gorton.

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Audrey Platta ignited the Trojans offense early scoring nine of her season-high 13 points in the first quarter as Greene assembled a 14-6 lead. "She took charge for us and got us off to a good start," Gorton said of Platta.

Katie Carey led Greene with 14 points, and Kristie Haskell matched Platta's 13-point outing.

The Trojans play Afton in the tournament's title game tonight at 6:15 p.m.

Unatego: Cassidy Frazier, 0; Allyson Butler, 0; Beth Carey, 1 0-0-2 Bailey Faulkner, 0; Jenna Bullis, 0; Megan Faulkner, 0; Samantha Pikaard, 4 0-0-9; Emily Slawson, 1 0-0-2; Cassidy Newman, 1 2-8-4; Hezel Haehnel, 4 2-4-10; Korrin Barber, 0; Mariah Sullivan, 2 2-4-6. Totals: 13 6-16-33.

Greene: Kathleen Hanrahan, 0 1-2-1; Kristie Haskell, 6 1-1-13; Alyssa Sands, 2 0-0-4; Emily Montelione, 0 2-2-2; Maria Brown, 0; Nicole Flohr, 0; Margo McDermott, 1 0-0-2; Audrey Platta, 6 1-1-13; Katie Carey, 5 4-4-14; Laura Montelione, 0. Totals: 20 9-10-49.

Unat 6 2 10 15–33

Gr. 14 10 12 13–49

Fouled out: none. Three-point goals: (U) Pikaard. JV: Unatego won.

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