Girls Result: Montclair Prep 69, Pasadena Poly 45
February 27, 2010
Jack Pollon
Sometimes when a team might have the best, most talented player on the floor it doesn't necessarily mean that team will win.
Case in point: Saturday at St. Genevieve of Panorama City when Montclair Prep of Panorama City took on Pasadena Poly in a Div. 5-A semifinal girls' basketball game.
Sophomore Michelle Miller scored 35 points but Montclair Prep received balanced contributions from Lindsay Anderson, Chantel Dooley, Kim Scamman and Alex Taylor in an easy 69-45 victory.
The Mounties (21-6) advance to their first championship game next week since back-to-back appearances in 2001 and 2002.
Miller scored 15 of the Parrots (23-4) 18 points by halftime and then added an incredible 18 in the third quarter but it didn't help Poly make uop any ground on a 36-18 halftime deficit.
Anderson scored 20 points, Dooley had 18, Scamman had 16 and Alex Taylor made all seven her shots for 14 points.
"I knew one player could not beat us by herself," Montclair Prep coach Bob Webb said. "She might score a lot of points but we had four girls to their one."
The Mounties saw it's big lead trimmed to 13 points late in the third quarter but Dooley came up with a big steal of Miller and raced downcourt for a layup and Anderson made two more baskets and the lead was back to 19.