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Girls State Tournament -- Day 2
AUSTIN -- The second day of the state tournament is under way at the Frank Erwin Center and Prep Ticket has the information on your favorite team.
Class 5A Semifinals
DeSoto 56, Naaman Forest 48: DeSoto rallied from a 12 point deficit to advance to the state title game behind a team high 17 points from Keandra Goodson.
Cy-Fair 60, Wagner 41: McDonald's All-American Nneka Ogwumike had 16 points, but her sister Chiney stole te show with 20 points as Cy-Fair rolled to an easy win this afternoon in the state semifinals.
Cy-Fair exploded for 28 points in the opening quarter and never looked back in the romp.
The Lady Bobcats finished the game shooting 46 percent, while holding Wagner to under 30 percent.
Cy-Fair roared out to a quick start and led by as many as 23 points late in the half and its pressure defense forced 18 turnovers in the game, resulting in 21 points. Cy-Fair also held the edge on the boards, outrebounding Wagner by a 35-28 margin.
Chiney Ogwumike finished with a double-double as she had 12 rebounds to go with her 20 points.
Sajoyia Griffin led Wagner with 11 points in the season-ending loss.
Cy-Fair advances to play the winner of tonight's DeSoto-Naaman Forest game.
For more photos of this game, click here.
Class 2A Semifinals 
Poth 54, Woodville 42: The Pirettes advanced to tomorrow's 2 p.m. state championship game against Jim Ned after overcoming a slow start to pull away from Woodville this morning in front of 4,126 fans.
Poth had pulled out to a 18-point lead early in the fourth quarter before allowing Woodville to make the final score respectable. Poth shot 38 percent from the field while holding Woodville to just 32 percent shooting.
Woodville did manage to outrebound Poth by a 38-37 margin.
Kasey Harlos had a game-high 14 points while Kelsey Titzman and M'Lis Kilgore each added 13 in the win. Tia Barlow had a team-high 10 points for Woodville in the loss.
To see more pictures from this game, click here.
Jim Ned 55, Winnsboro 46: The Lady Indians from West Texas advanced to Saturday's Class 2A Championship with a win in a game that went back-and-forth.
Cassi Wright had 14 points for Jim Ned and Sam Wilson chipped in 13 more. Brittany Carter led Winnsboro with 12 points.
Jim Ned, which is ranked fourth in the state and has a 32-5 record, will face the defending state champion -- and second-ranked -- Poth (26-7) at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Date of Article: Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:19 am
Scores/Schedules
- 12/4 - Middle Tenn. St. Blue Raiders 0 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin Cajuns 0
- 12/5 - Louisville Cardinals 0 Rutgers Scarlet Knights 0
- 12/6 - Buffalo Bulls 0 Ball St. Cardinals 0
- 12/6 - Richmond Spiders 0 Appalachian St. Mountaineers 0
- 12/6 - Navy Midshipmen 0 Army Black Knights 0
- 12/6 - Pittsburgh Panthers 0 Connecticut Huskies 0
- 12/6 - East Carolina Pirates 0 Tulsa Golden Hurricane 0
- 12/6 - Boston College Eagles 0 Virginia Tech Hokies 0
- 12/6 - Jacksonville Dolphins 0 Albany, N.Y. Great Danes 0
- 12/6 - Weber St. Wildcats 0 Montana Grizzlies 0
- 12/6 - Washington Huskies 0 California Golden Bears 0
- 12/6 - Villanova Wildcats 0 James Madison Dukes 0
- 12/6 - Alabama Crimson Tide 0 Florida Gators 0
- 12/6 - USC Trojans 0 UCLA Bruins 0
- 12/7 - Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 0 Fla. International Golden Panthers 0
- 12/7 - Arkansas St. Red Wolves 0 Troy Trojans 0
- 12/7 - New Hampshire Wildcats 0 Northern Iowa Panthers 0
- 12/7 - Arizona St. Sun Devils 0 Arizona Wildcats 0
- 12/7 - Missouri Tigers 0 Oklahoma Sooners 0
- 12/7 - South Florida Bulls 0 West Virginia Mountaineers 0
- 12/7 - Cincinnati Bearcats 0 Hawaii Warriors 0
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 Joe Craddock has completed 63.4 percent of his passes for 2,435 yards. |
The Blue Raiders have been mediocre at best offensively, racking up a pedestrian 343.1 total ypg, which has led to an average 22.4 ppg. The majority of the team's success has come from the pass, as MT is producing 241.6 ypg through the air, and out of the 29 touchdowns scored by this unit, 16 have come via the pass. Joe Craddock has done a commendable job under center for the Blue Raiders, completing 63.4 percent of his passes for 2,435 yards. The quarterback comes into this matchup with 13 touchdowns and only six interceptions. In the recent contest with North Texas, the Blue Raiders tallied 489 total yards, and it was good enough for MT to roll to a convincing victory. Craddock had a solid showing, throwing for 251 yards and one score on 19-of-31 passing. Phillip Tanner, who has been inconsistent throughout the season, was the main source of production, as the tailback rushed for 159 yards and five touchdowns. ... Continue
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