Girls Basketball Preview: [NASSAU AND SUFFOLK Edition]
Janet Paskin. STAFF WRITER. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 01 Jan 2003:
Smithtown (11-7) is the League I favorite, with four starters back. Senior guard Ashley Grzetic (11) is cleared from a lacrosse- season ACL tear and will play more minutes each game. Senior forward Nicole Revere is the go-to player, scoring 27 against Northport.
Longwood (16-5) returns senior shooting guard Teelah Grimes (13 ppg, 10 rpg) and 5-10 forward Vanessa Tobar (7 ppg). Guard Toni Horvath returns for Sachem (12-7), which has another Rakita – 5-11 junior forward Lauren – and 6-2 sophomore Jessica Merrihue.
Senior guard Erin Calkins (14 ppg) is back at Ward Melville (15- 4), as is leading rebounder Megan Loiacono (8).
With four starters back, Whitman (13-7) is the favorite in League II. Four-year starter Danielle Muller (14 ppg) is back on the wing, and senior Kim Wathey (10 ppg) returns at point guard. A very young Commack (9-9) had a good preseason win over Smithtown, thanks to five-year junior point guard
Kia-Less Copiague Still Gets ‘W’: [SUFFOLK Edition]
Janet Paskin. STAFF WRITER. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 13 Dec 2002:
Three-time All-Long Island. A prize UConn recruit. Leader of Copiague’s best girls basketball team ever. Is there anything in the world of high school hoops Kia Wright hasn’t done?
Not anymore.
Last night, for the first time in her high school career, Wright was announced with Copiague’s non-starters. Then she sat on the bench and watched as All-Long Island senior forward Angie Clark scored 33 points in the 65-45 non-league win over Longwood.
“It was exciting, but it hurt a little inside,” Wright said. “They played good. I’m proud of them.”
Copiague (1-0) and Longwood (0-2) have played a preseason game for three years, and Copiague has won them all, starting with a seven-point win in 2000. The margin was 17 last year. Both teams went on to win their league titles and meet in the Class A playoffs – one more win for Copiague.
“It’s nice to have something like this,” Longwood Mark Gordon said. “You want to call it a rivalry, but …you have to win to have a rivalry.”
Maybe next year. Wright is a senior, as is Clark, all-county forward Jasmine Walker and starting guard Sasha Grandison. Eighth- grade point guard Erica Morrow, who grew 2 inches and gained 12 pounds to reach 5-7 1/2, 122, also returned to the starting lineup. The four proved Copiague will win its fair share before Wright’s anticipated January return.
Longwood hung in through the first quarter, which ended tied at 11. Then Copiague applied its press – another first for the Eagles this season – and held Longwood to six points and a single field goal, by Vanessa Tobar, in the second quarter.
Under their own basket, Clark and Walker totaled 14 of Copiague’s 22 second-quarter points. Each logged two putbacks, in their traditional style of saving their teammates’ mistakes.
“I was nervous,” Clark said. “But I had Jasmine on the other side. Every time I missed, she put it back.”
Walker also sank two foul shots halfway through the second quarter, ending Copiague’s 0-for-8 free-throw shooting up to that point.
With a 33-17 lead at halftime, Copiague switched from its full- court press and zone defense into man-to-man. Longwood promptly outscored Copiague 15-4 in four minutes and cut the deficit to 39- 32.
The message in the defensive shift?
“To let them know it’s not working,” Copiague coach Carole Olsen said. “They don’t believe me in practice.”
With the zone back in place through the end of the third quarter, Clark’s jitters subsided and she added six in the last three minutes. “After the third quarter, the butterflies just disappeared,” she said.
Along with any doubts about a Kia-free Copiague.
COPIAGUE 65
LONGWOOD 45
Girls Basketball
| Comsewogue 11171712-57 |
| Longwood 571113-36 |
C: Rubino 4-3-12, Hodell 5-5-15, Vanacore 8-2-18, Kelly 1-0-2, Richardson 3-0-6, Robison 1-0-2, Lamb 1-0-2. Totals: 23-10-57. L: Holmes 5-1-11, Marsala 2-0-6, Tobar 1-0-2, Grimes 4-3-11, Lee 0-3- 3, Oleksig 0-1-1, Rivera 1-0-2. Totals: 13-8-36. Three-point goals: C 1 (Rubino); L 2 (Marsala 2). Dec. 11
| Copiague 11221715-65 |
| Longwood 1161711-45 |
C: Ferriso 3-0-6, Morrow 2-0-5, Walker 3-4-10, Clark 16-1-33, Grandison 2-1-5, Bettis 2-0-4, Stone 1-0-2. Totals: 29-6-65. L: Jenkins 1-2-4, Grimes 6-3-16, Tobar 7-1-15, Lee 1-6-8, Holmes 1-0- 2. Totals: 16-12-45. Three-point goals: C 1 (Morrow); L 1 (Grimes). Dec. 13
| Longwood 482117- 50 |
| East Islip 1117127- 47 |
L: Holmes 2-0-5, Tobar 4-3-11, Grimes 2-6-10, Lee 2-3-7, Jenkins 6-4-17. Totals: 16-16-50. EI: Jackson 2-3-8, Lekoski 3-0-6, Davis 1- 2-4, Propper 5-5-16, Caen 2-0-4, Salvo 2-1-5, Giangregorio 1-2-4. Totals: 16-13-47. Three-pointers: L 2 (Holmes, Jenkins); EI 2 (Jackson, Propper). Dec. 16
| Amityville 491611-40 |
| Longwood 16232410-73 |
A: Seymour 2-1-5, Brown 7-0-18, James 4-2-10, Hayes 0-1-1, Deloney 0-2-2, Tolliber 1-0-2, Marshall 1-0-2. Totals: 15-6-40. L: Smith 0-2-2, Marsala 4-0-12, Tobar 4-0-8, Grimes 6-4-16, Dell’Olio 1- 0-2, Mannino 1-0-2, Lee 1-0-2, Oleksiej 3-2-8, Jenkins 7-0-15, Rivers 1-0-2, Short 2-0-4. Totals: 30-8-73. Three-point goals: A 4 (Brown); L 5 (Marsala 4, Jenkins).Dec. 22
Suffolk Shootout – Second Round
| Miller Place 17111211-51 |
| Longwood 12151514-56 |
M: Dunn 3-0-6, Benesh 2-1-5, Leonard 4-1-11, Hazen 5-3-14, Fairbanks 5-5-15. Totals: 19-10-51. L: Holmes 3-1-7, Marsala 1-0-3, Tobar 6-0-12, Grimes 7-6-20, Lee 1-5-7, Oleksiej 3-1-7. Totals: 21- 13-56. Three-pointers: M 3 (Leonard 2, Hazen); L 1 (Marsala). Dec.28
Longwood 56, Miller Place 51: Teelah Grimes’ layup with 1:30 left gave Longwood a 53-49 lead in the Suffolk Shootout. She had 20 points, 13 rebounds, 5 steals, 5 assists and 4 blocks. Longwood plays Smithtown, a 64-25 winner over Glenn, in the fifth-place game at 4 p.m. Saturday. The seventh-place game is at 2 p.m. Dec 28. 2002
Smithtown 51, Longwood 36: Erica Rossi converted a three-point play and Deanna Scorzelli followed with a layup to extend Smithtown’s one-point lead to 30-24 with 2:30 left in the third quarter of the fifth-place game. Deanna Petrucci led the Bulls with 11 points, all in the fourth quarter, as Smithtown outscored Longwood 15-8. Scorzelli, Rossi and Nicole Revere each finished with 10 points for Smithtown, and Revere added 10 rebounds for her third double-double. Guard Ashley Grzetic played limited minutes in her second game back from a lacrosse-season ACL tear suffered during the lacrosse season.
Teelah Grimes led defending League I champion Longwood with 16 points. Dec. 29
Fifth Place
| Longwood 71388-36 |
| Smithtown 1291515-51 |
L: Grimes 6-3-16, Tobar 4-0-8, Holmes 3-0-6, Lee 1-0-2, Oleksiej 1-0-2, Jenkins 1-0-2. Totals: 16-3-36. S: Petrucci 4-3-11, Revere 5- 0-10, Scorzelli 4-2-10, Rossi 3-4-10, Salt 2-0-4, Baldwin 1-1-3, Ewing 1-1-3. Totals: 20-11-51. Three-pointers: L 1 (Grimes). Dec. 29
| Smithtown 10101310-43 |
| Longwood 89612-35 |
S: Grzetic 2-0-4, Petrucci 2-1-5, Rossi 1-0-2, Revere 5-13-23, Ewing 4-1-9. Totals: 14-15-43. L: Holmes 1-0-2, Grimes 6-4-17, Lee 3- 3-9, Oleksiej 0-2-2, Jenkins 2-0-5. Totals: 12-9-35. Three- pointers: L 2 (Grimes, Jenkins). Jan. 8
| Longwood 8101421-53 |
| Patchogue-Medford 412107-33 |
L: Holmes 1-2-4, Marsala 2-0-6, Grimes 6-4-17, Lee 3-3-10, Olekshiej 2-3-7, Jenkins 3-1-8, Rivers 0-1-1. Totals: 17-14-53. PM: Cioffi 3-0-6, Regan 4-2-10, Seubert 3-0-6, Nash 1-0-2, Palazzo 1-0- 2, McMahort 2-0-4, Weber 1-0-3. Totals: 15-2-33. Three-pointers: L 5 (Marsala 2, Jenkins, Lee, Grimes); PM 1 (Weber). Jan. 11
Longwood 53, Patchogue-Medford 33: Longwood junior Amy Olekshiej had seven points and a career-high 16 rebounds. Jan. 11
| Floyd 61038-27 |
| Longwood 3101518-46 |
Senior Teelah Grimes went 14-for-17 from the free-throw line and scored a career-high 25 points for Longwood (2-1). Floyd is 0-3. F: Capello 0-1-1, Raysor 2-0-5, Scanlon 1-0-2, Jackorski 2-0-4, D’Amico 6-1-13, Hodgson 1-0-2. Totals: 12-2-27. L: Holmes 2-0-5, Grimes 5-14-25, Lee 1-3-5, Oleksiej 2-0-4, Jenkins 2-3-7. Totals: 12- 20-46. Three-pointers: F 1 (Raysor); L 2 (Holmes, Grimes). Jan. 15
| Longwood 99813-39 |
| Brentwood 67712-32 |
China Lee scored eight of her 13 points in the fourth quarter, including two free throws with two minutes left, to give Longwood (3-1) a 34-28 lead. Teelah Grimes had 13 rebounds and 10 steals. Brentwood is 0-3. L: Holmes 1-0-3, Marsala 2-0-5, Grimes 3-2-8, Lee 4-5-13, Oleksiej 0-1-1, Jenkins 3-3-9. Totals: 13-11-39. B: Fuentes 1-0-3, Auguste 1-3-6, Meteo 3-0-7, Batton 2-0-4, Long 1-0-2, English 3-4- 10. Totals: 11-7-32. Three-pointers: L 2 (Holmes, Marsala); B 3 (Fuentes, Auguste, Meteo). Jan. 17
| Sachem 17101315-55 |
| Longwood 541216-37 |
Lauren Rakita had 16 points and 16 rebounds for Sachem (6-0), including six points in Sachem’s 17-5 first quarter. Toni Horvath (13) and Megan Caskin totaled 24 points. Teelah Grimes led Longwood (3-2) with 14 points and 14 rebounds. S: Horvath 5-0-13, Gandley 1-1-4, Higgins 0-1-1, Viscardi 2-0-4, Rakita 6-4-16, Merrihue 2-2-6, Caskin 5-1-11. Totals: 21-9-55. L: Holmes 4-0-8, Marsala 1-0-3, Grimes 6-2-14, Lee 2-0-4, Oleksiej 0-1- 1, Jenkins 3-0-6, Rivers 0-1-1. Totals: 16-4-37. Three-pointers: S 4 (Horvath 3, Gandley); L 1 (Marsala). Jan. 23
| Longwood 15131310-51 |
| Ward Melville 1213413-42 |
Teelah Grimes had 26 points, 8 rebounds and 4 steals for Longwood (4-2 Suffolk League I). Kristin Giordano’s 16 points led Ward Melville (2-3). L: Holmes 3-0-6, Grimes 10-6-26, Lee 0-4-4, Oleksiej 4-0-8, Rivers 3-1-7. Totals: 20-11-51. WM: Green 2-4-8, Atai 2-0-4, Treder 1-0-2, Giordano 7-1-16, Loiacano 3-0-6, Wang 2-2-6. Totals: 17-7- 42. Three-pointers: WM 1 (Giordano). Jan. 28
Grimes Spurs Longwood in OT: [NASSAU AND SUFFOLK Edition]
Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 29 Jan 2003
Teelah Grimes scored all eight of Longwood‘s points in overtime as the Lions defeated Patchogue-Medford, 52-47, yesterday in a Suffolk League I girls basketball game. Grimes hit a jumper just inside the free-throw line with 27 seconds left to tie it at 44 for Longwood (5-2). Grimes had 33 points, 11 rebounds and 10 steals. Tricia McMahon had 13 points and 11 rebounds for Patchogue-Medford (3-4), which missed two long jumpers in the final moments of regulation.
PM: McMahon 5-3-13, Cioffi 1-2-4, Regan 5-1-11, Seubert 3-1-7, Nash 2-0-6, Curtin 2-0-4, Palazzo 1-0-2. Totals: 19-7-47. L: Holmes 2-0-5, Marsala 3-0-9, Grimes 12-8-33, Lee 1-2-4, Oleksiej 0-1-1. Totals: 18-11-52. Three-pointers: PM 2 (Nash 2); L 5 (Marsala 3, Holmes, Grimes).
| Longwood 78215-32 |
| Smithtown 11121414-51 |
Ashley Grzetic had eight of her 14 points in the third quarter as Smithtown (7-1) took a 20-point lead. Teelah Grimes led Longwood(5-3) with 20 points. L: Holmes 1-1-4, Grimes 8-3-20, Lee 1-0-2, Oleksiej 0-2-2, Jenkins 2-0-4. Totals: 12-6-32. S: Grzetic 7-0-14, Petrucci 2-4-8, Rossi 1-1-3, Gerien 1-0-2, Scorzelli 2-0-4, Revere 5-0-10, Ewing 5- 0-10. Totals: 23-5-51. Three-pointers: L(Grimes, Holmes). Jan. 31
| Longwood 891014-41 |
| Floyd 19151116-61 |
L: Marsala 1-0-3, Grimes 9-6-27, Jenkins 2-1-7, Rivers 0-2-2, Tobar 1-0-2, Smith 1-0-3. Totals: 13-9-41. F: Cappello 2-2-6, Raysor 8-2-19, Scanlon 1-0-2, Hodgson 1-0-2, Jackolski 3-2-8, Kobasiuk 1-0- 2, D’Amico 5-8-18, Johnson 2-0-4. Totals: 23-14-61. Three-pointers: L 6 (Grimes 3, Jenkins 2, Smith); F 1 (Raysor). Feb. 4
| Longwood 128418-42 |
| Brentwood 13789-37 |
L: Holmes 0-2-2, Marsala 1-0-3, Grimes 3-6-13, Lee 6-4-16, Oleksiej 0-2-2, Jenkins 3-0-6. Totals: 13-14-42. B: Fuentes 1-2-4, Augueste 1-2-5, Delgado 2-1-5, Mateo 5-2-14, Long 1-2-4, English 2- 1-5. Totals: 12-9-37. Three-pointers: L 2 (Grimes, Marsala); B2 (Mateo). Teelah Grimes scored 11 of her 13 points in the fourth as Longwood (6-4) rallied from a four-point deficit. Brentwood is 0-10. Feb. 7
Longwood 66, Ward Melville 63: Senior Teelah Grimes scored 10 points in the second overtime for Longwood (7-4) in Suffolk League I. Grimes hit a three-pointer with one second left in regulation, forcing the first overtime. Grimes scored a career-high 40 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. Amy Oleksiej grabbed nine rebounds. Michelle Green led Ward Melville (5-4) with 22 points. L: Holmes 3-0-6, Grimes 12-14-40, Mannino 0-2-2, Lee 1-1-3, Oleksiej 1-3-5, Jenkins 1-0-2, Tobar 4-0-8. Totals: 22-20-66. WM: Green 5-12-22, Casey 2-0-4, Treder 3-5-9, Giordano 4-1-9, Calkins 4- 3-14, Liocano 2-1-5. Totals: 20-22-63. Three-pointers: L 2 (Grimes 2); WM 1 (Calkins). Feb. 10
| Sachem 10131211-46 |
| Longwood 621919-55 |
Teelah Grimes stole the ball and hit a layup to give Longwood (8-4) a 50-44 lead. Danielle Jenkins and Grimes each scored six in a 21-13 second quarter. Grimes had 20 points, 16 rebounds and 7 steals. Lauren Rikita (18) and Toni Horvath totaled 28 points for Sachem (11-1). S: Horvath 3-3-10, Gandley 1-0-2, Viscardi 6-1-13, Rikita 6-6- 18, Merrihue 1-1-3. Totals: 17-11-46. L: Holmes 3-0-7, Grimes 7-6- 20, Lee 1-1-3, Oleksiej 3-1-7, Jenkins 7-0-17, Rivers 0-1-1. Totals: 21-9-55. Three-pointers: S 1 (Horvath); L 4 (Jenkins 3, Holmes). Feb. 11
Rose Graham knocked the ball loose and Davitra Goode grabbed it under the basket for a layup with six seconds left in overtime as No. 10 Central Islip upset No. 7 Longwood, 49-47, in the first round of the Suffolk Class A girls basketball tournament last night. Longwood (11-8) missed a three-pointer at the buzzer. Teelah Grimes hit a three with six seconds left in regulation to tie it at 41 and blocked CI’s final shot. Grimes scored all six of Longwood‘s points in overtime and finished with 25. Goode had 23 and Danielle Saddler 15 for CI (14-5). Feb. 20