Belchertown vs. Palmer girls basketball Division 2 semifinal

FOURTH QUARTER</strong
Game over. Palmer wins 43-38 and will face Wahconah on Saturday at 2:15 p.m.
Good night from here and we will see you on Saturday at 2:15 p.m.

Karrasch fouls in the action with 4.3 left (7th team). Welch hits the front end of the one-and-one. 42-38 Palmer. 4.3 left. Hits the second 43-38 Palmer.
Palmer has trouble getting the ball inbounds. Loose ball held ball to Palmer. 5.6 left.

Stockwell gets it to Leblanc and she misses. Offensive rebound Del Valle. No good. Palmer gets the rebound Del Valle fouls (4th, 6th) on team . 11.5 left Timeout Palmer.

Palmer turns the ball over and Belchertown pushes up the floor and calls timeout with 30.7 left. Quaboagl eads 37-33 1:50 left at Clark.

Jillian Lund clutch baseline jumper. 41-36 Palmer. Panthers called for traveling. 1:12 left. Del Valle misses inside and scores on the putback 413-8 50.0 left.

Welsh on the drive with the runner and the Orioles calls timeout. 41-34 Palmer with 1:38 left. The freshman with a clutch little tough runner in the lane.

Darling fouled on drive to the hoop. 2:02 left. Stockwell (2nd, 5th).
Belchertown turns ball over as Palmer using a 3-2 zone or box-and-1.

Update from Clark: West Boylston 30, Quaboag 30 middle of fourth.

Orioles rebound. Shot no good. Held ball to Belchertown. 2:55 left. Palmer calls time.
Del Valle scores on an offensive rebound. 39-34 3:18 left.
Ingram foul line jumper. 39-32 Palmer. 3:40 left.

Orioles take over on out of bounds. Stockwell 3 no good. Browning call on foul. Her 4th team's 4th. 4:00 left. 37-32 Palmer.

Stockwell drives to the basket. Shot no good. Foul on Heilman (4th, team 6th). Stockwell misses free throw. Del Valle scores on putback. 37-32 Palmer 4:30 left.

Darling on the drive kisses off the glass. 37-30 Palmer. 5:00 left.
Belchertown called for a travel. Panthers on an 8-0 run right now. 5:20 left.

Laviolette loose ball to Darling to Ingram for the layup and the Palmer fans explode. Timeout Orioles 35-30 Palmer with 5:40 left.

Belchertown turns ball as Del Valle dribbles out of bounds. Palmer jumper no good. Ingram hits a jumper from the block. 33-30 Palmer 6:00 left.

Belchertown misses a shot. Scramble on the floor and the held ball goes to Palmer. Ingram's jumper no good and the bal goes out to Belchertown. 6:46 left.

Goodale looks to be holding her left elbow as she helped off the floor.

Darling scores on a layup to give Palmer a 31-30 lead but the crowd is quiet as Goodale lays on the floor at the other end. 7:28 left.

Del Valle answers back and is fouled by Cavanaugh (3rd, 5th). Misses first and 2nd. 7:40 left.
Belchertown ball to start. Lavilette picks off the pass and goes in for the layup 30-29 Orioles. 7:37 left.

THIRD QUARTER
Laviolette for three at the buzzer is no good. 30-27 Belchertown after 3.
Palmer Laviolette dribbles foul on Burke (1st, team 3rd). 4.0 left.
Out of bounds to Palmer. Called changed to Belchertown. 25.2 left. Stockwell called for double dribble 14.1 left.
Darling called for double dribble. 45.0 left.
Burke misses the 3. Foul on Karrasch in rebounding action (3rd, 2nd). 53.9 left.
Heilman called for an offensive foul (3rd, 4th). 1:10.
Stockwell misses jumper. Orioles get the rebound. No good. Karrasch does score 30-27 Orioles 1:20 left.
Ingram inside for two. 28-27 2:00 left Belchertown.
Palmer turns ball over to Del Valle. Belchertown returns the favor.

Browning to Goodale jumper no good. Del Valle with the putback. 28-25 Orioles. Palmer calls timeout 2:50 left.
Darling 3 from corner no good.
Laviolette loses control of the ball and held ball goes to Palmer. 3;22 left.
Darling fouled by Del Valle (3rd, 1st). 3:38 left.
Goodale baseline jumper from Browning. 26-25 Orioles 3:50 left.
Stockwell grabs loose ball. Laviolette with the steal and layup. 25-24 Palmer 4:10 left.

Inbound to Kopacz. Foul on Cavanaugh (2nd, 3rd). Misses first and second 24-23 Orioles 4:52 left.
Inbound. Cavanaugh foul (1st, 2nd).
Stockwell steal to Del Valle. Kopacz no good twice. Del Valle no good. Foul in rebound ing action on Ingram (3rd, 1st), 5;02 left.

Orioles four chances at the basket. Kopacz scores 24-23 Orioles 5:40 left.
Ingram with the rebound for Palmer. Jumper down other end no good. 645 left. 23-22 Palmer.
Belchertown turns ball over. Held ball to Belchertown.

Darling 3 no good. Second half underway.

SECOND QUARTER</strong
Halftime Palmer leads 23-22. Will be back in about 10 minutes.
Update from Central Massachusetts Girls Division 3: West Boylston 18, Quaboag 16. Thanks to friend Sean Sweeney for the update.

Welsh for three top of the key to give Palmer a 23-22 lead with 5 seconds left.

Stockwell on the drive to the basket and Laviolette called for blocking foul (1st. team 7th). Stockwell shooting one and one. Makes first and second. 22-20 Orioles 15.8 left.

Belchertown turns ball over. Palmer jumper misses everything. Btown ball 25.0 left.

Darling fouled on drive by Karrasch (2nd, team 8th). One and one. First is good and second is as well. 20-20 tie. 36.2 left.
Burke inside for two for Orioles. 20-18 Btown.

Goodale jumper no good. Del Valle called for foul in rebounding action (3nd, team 7th). Darling at line for one-and-one. Makes first and second. 18-18 tie 1:00 left.

Darling 3 no. Jasak offensive rebound yes. 18-16 Orioles 1:20 left.
Offensive foul on Del Valle (1st, team 6th). 1:40 left.
Del Valle on the drove. Foul on Heilman (2nd, team 6th). Del Valle makes both. 18-14 Orioles 2:04 left.
Laviolette short on 3. Orioles rebound. Goodale no good. Down the other end. Del Valle dives for a loose ball and coach calls timeout to save the possession. 16-14 Orioles 2:16 left.

Turnovers by both sides. Sloppy play last minute. 3:03 left 16-14 Orioles.

Browning just picked up her third foul (5th on team). She goes to the bench with 3:40 left.
Darling no. Welsh shot blocked. Out of bounds to Orioles.
Welch jumper no good. Stockwell rebounds. Stockwell to Goodale on the cut for the 16-14 lead. 4:15 left.
Darling gets rebound and races down floor. Foul on Stockerll (1st, team 4th). 4:52 left.

Heilman rebound to Laviolette to Darling for the layup on the fast break. Orioles call timeout. 14-14 5:31 left.

Laviolette races down for layup 14-12 Orioles 6:00 left
Del Valle with steal in low post. Jessica Burke no good.
Darling misses on drive. Del Valle jumper kisses in off glass and rim. 14-10 Orioles,
Palmer shot blocked. Kopacz misses a jumper. Del Valle rebound no good, but fouled by Ingram (2nd, 5th). One of two at line 12-10 Belchertown 7:15.

FIRST QUARTER</strong
Darling 3 just before the buzzer no good. After 1st quarter 11-10 Belchertown.
Belchertown misses jumper.
Darling to Ingram save by Darling. Throws to Jask — goes out of bounds.
Stockwell fouled while shooting by Welsh (1st, team 4th). Makes both. 11-10 Btown 53.1 left.
Darling to Alyssa Jask for a corner 3. 10-9 Palmer 1:15 to go.
Darling drives and foul on Browning (2nd, team 3rd) 1:29 left. 9-7 Belchertown
Goodale inside for two more. She has six points. 9-7 Belchertown 1:40 left.
Plamer misses jumper. 7-7 2:00 left.
Karyce Welsh for Palmer gets ball inside and is fouled by Browning (1st, team 2nd) 2:10 left.
Belchertown foul on Jessica Karrasch in rebounding action off missed shot (1st, 1st). 2:20 left 7-7.
Goodale misses free throw. Orioles grab rebound off floor. Heilman called for foul (1st, team 3rd).

Goodale on the inside for the hoop and the foul on Farris (1st, team 2nd). 7-7 2:50 left in 1st. Palmer calls timeout.
Goodale is fouled by Tara Ingram (1st, team 1st) 3:00 left. 7-5 Palmer.
Heilman on the cut to Darling, who lays the ball off to Ingram for a layup 7-5 Palmer.
Del Valle misses inside. Goodale on the rebound to tie the score at 5-5 3:20 left.
Darling drives and misses.Stockwell with the rebound. Loses ball down the other end. 5-3 Palmer 4:10 left

Another tie up on the floor. Fourth held ball. Goes to Belchertown. 5-3 Palmer 4:43 left.
Stockwell 3 top of the key 5-3 Palmer 5:20 left.
Darling on the drive — dishes off to Laviolette to Heilman for layup 5-0 Palmer.

Belchertown wins tip. Traveling violation 7:32 left 0-0.
Darling misses jumper for Palmer. Held ball to Palmer. 7:10.
Laviolette three from the top of the key 3-0 Palmer 6:48 left.
Palmer steals ball. Darling to Farris. scramble on the floor. Held ball to Belchertown.

Good evening and welcome from the Curry Hicks Cage on the campus of University of Massachusetts at Amherst for this Western Massachusetts Girls Basketball Division 2 semifinal between Bi-County rivals Palmer and Belchertown.
This is the third meeting of the season between the ninth-seeded Lady Panthers (14-8) and the fourth-seeded Lady Orioles (15-6).
The winner of this game will move on to the finals to face third-seeded Wahconah at 2:15 p.m. on Saturday, which we will also provide a live blog of.
For Palmer, this is their fourth straight trip to the Cage, winning the Western Mass title in 2008 and 2010. The Lady Orioles are making their third straight appearance in the semifinals, but have not advanced past this round.
The last time these two teams met in the postseason, Palmer won a 57-53 quarterfinal round game in 2008.
Each side won the road this season. In the first meeting, Belchertown snapped Palmer's 45-game regular season winning streak with a 51-49 win in Palmer on Jan. 11. In that contest, Belchertown senior Brianna Del Valle (10 points, 10 rebounds) was saddled with early foul trouble and the Lady Orioles trailed by double digits in the first half. Belchertown took its first lead of the contest with 2:25 left when senior Katherine Goodale made two free throws to put the Lady Orioles on top 49-47. Goodale then made two more free throws in the final 20 seconds to break a 49-49 tie.
The loss sent the Lady Panthers on a downward spiral as they would go on to lose five more games in a row after that one to fall to 5-6. The Lady Panthers have since righted their ship and have won nine out of their last 11, including a 36-32 win at Belchertown on Feb. 22.
In the second meeting, Alyssa Daring finished with a team-high 11 points and Tara Ingram had eight.
Palmer reached this point in the postseason with wins at eighth-seeded Mahar, 58-37, and top-seeded Frontier, 39-37.
In Palmer's 14 wins this season, they are averaging 52.5 points on offense and 32.9 on defense. In their eight losses, the scoring average dips to 42.75 and the defense goes up to 49.1 per game.
Palmer is 8-0 when they score at least 50 points and 11-2 when they score at least 46.
The Lady Orioles, who got off to an 8-1 start this season, sputtered through the second half of the season. They are 7-5 in their last 12 games and never winning or losing more than two games in a row during this stretch.
In Palmer's 15 wins this season, they are averaging 50.8 points on offense and 35.1 on defense. In their six losses, the scoring average dips to 40.5 and the defense goes up to 50.5 per game.
Belchertown is 10-0 this season when they score more than 50, but 0-5 when they give up more than 50 points.
We will have the starting lineup and the opening tip in just a couple of minutes.

PALMER STARTERS
2 Junior guard Halie Laviolette
12 Sophomore guard Alyssa Darling
13 Senior guard Bev Farris
15 Tara Ingram senior center
42 Junior forward Morrissa Heilman

BELCHERTOWN STARTERS
2 Senior guard Alexus Stockwell
14 Brittany Browning senior guard
11 Marissa Kopacz sophomore forward
22 Senior forward Katherine Goodale
12 Senior center Brianna Del Valle

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