Historic Season Ends in Double OT

     For the first time in the history of HHS Girls Basketball our Lady Ducks became Class 1A Sectional Tournament Champions and joined the Illinois Elite 8. The Supersectional game against Brimfield was held in Monmouth on Monday, February 23rd. In what was described as "The game of the Year", our girls took Brimfield to the mat many times throughout the 6 periods of play. It was a very physical game and of course Havana's devastating full court press was applied from the opening of the game.

   "Facing a determined Havana squad Monday night at the Class 1A Monmouth Supersectional, the second-ranked Indians earned their first-ever trip to the state finals after coming away with a hard-fought 69-62 double-overtime victory in front of a packed crowd at Glennie Gymnasium on the Monmouth College campus." writes Josh Wessler of the GateHouse News Service. I was not able to be present for the game due to family health issues but David Roos and Susan Ellsworth were kind enough to make sure we had photographs of the game to share with all of you. Thank you both very much.

   Rachel Noll scored 18 points to lead Havana. “We kept thinking that the longer the game went, the better off we’d be,’’ Havana coach Jerry Wilson said. “It felt like maybe we had a little bit more depth than they did, but give them credit. They hung in there.’’

Brimfield    13    12    15    10    6    13    –    69
Havana       12    14    18      6    6      6    –    62

Brimfield (69) –  Paige Spietz 12-20 4-5 28; Kelsey Herridge 5-14 8-8 23; Brycie Courter 1-6 6-6 9; Nicole Clevenger 1-2 6-6 8; Jacki Mckown 0-3 1-6 1; Mckenzie Kelly 0-0 0-0 0; Micalena Shipley 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 19-46 25-31 69.
3-point goals: 6-15 (Kelsey Herridge 5-11, Brycie Courter 1-4). Rebounds: 39 (Nicole Clevenger 11, Paige Spietz 8, Jacki Mckown 5, Kelsey Herridge 3, Micalena Shipley 3, Brycie Courter 1, team  8). Fouls: 14 (Paige Spietz fouled out). Turnovers: 22.

Havana (62) –  Rachel Noll 8-21 2-2 18; Macy Brown 5-15 2-2 12; Jill Friedrich 4-8 1-2 9; Kelcie Eakle 1-10 6-8 8; Emily Eakle 3-4 0-0 6; Brittany Parker 2-4 0-0 5; Samantha Ellsworth 2-3 0-0 4; McKayla Ellsworth 0-2 0-0 0; Alli Heye 0-1 0-0 0; Abby Kachanuk 0-0 0-0. Totals: 25-68 11-14 62.
3-point goals: 1-13 (Brittany Parker 1-1, Samantha Ellsworth 0-1, Macy Brown 0-1, McKayla Ellsworth 0-1, Rachel Noll 0-3, Kelcie Eakle 0-6). Rebounds: 37 (Macy Brown 6, Kelcie Eakle 6, Jill Friedrich 5, Rachel Noll 5, McKayla Ellsworth 2, Samantha Ellsworth 2, Brittany Parker 2, Abby Kachanuk 1, team  8). Fouls: 25 (Jill Friedrich fouled out). Turnovers: 12.
Records: Brimfield, 33-1. Havana, 28-6.

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