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2003 Houhens Industries/KHSAA Girls’ Sweet 16® Basketball Tournament

E.A. Diddle Arena Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

March 29, 2003

Sacred Heart Academy (36-1) vs. Lexington Catholic (32-4) (Championship)

Sacred Heart Academy coach Donna Moir started the following lineup: 5-10 So. Taylor Kopple, 5-11 Sr. Becca Kopple, 6-3 Jr. Crystal Kelly,5-6 Jr. Connie Ferch, and 5-7 So. Carly Ormerod.  Lexington Catholic coach Greg Todd countered with 6-0 Sr. Chelsea Chowning, 6-0 Fr. Anaris Sickles, 6-2 So. Shannon Novosel, 5-8 Jr. Megan Mendenhall, and 5-11 Sr. Sarah Schell.

Sacred Heart’s Carly Ormerod intercepted a pass and was fouled on the drive with eight seconds remaining on the clock.  Ormerod calmly canned two free throws to give Sacred Heart a 42-40 lead, then deflected a Lexington Catholic pass to her teammate Kristina Kleinert with two seconds remaining to preserve the victory.  Sacred Heart led by 14 in the third quarter before Lexington Catholic rallied to actually take the lead before Ormerod’s late heroics.  Sacred Heart held a 57.7%-29.8% edge in field goal shooting.  Sacred Heart scored 17 points off 19 Lexington Catholic turnovers, while Lexington Catholic scored 19 points off 26 Sacred Heart turnovers.

The victors were led by tourney MVP Crystal Kelly with 14 points and 10 rebounds.  Carly Ormerod added 13 points.  Lexington Catholic was led by Chelsea Chowning with 13 points, five rebounds, and four steals.  Shannon Novosel added 12 points and nine rebounds.

Sacred Heart Academy,12,6,13,11,42

Lexington Catholic,5,6,13,16,40

Sacred Heart Academy (42) – T. Kopple 5, B. Kopple 2, Kelly 14, Ferch 6, Ormerod 13, Kleinert 2.

Lexington Catholic (40) – Chowning 13, Sickles 5, Novosel 12, Mendenhall 0, Schell 2, Server 6, Davis 2.

All Tournament Team – Arnika Brown (Christian County), Corkey Stiger (Christian County), Paige Guffey (Clinton County), Sarah Elliott (Jackson County), Chelsea Chowning (Lexington Catholic), Sarah Schell (Lexington Catholic), Shannon Novosel (Lexington Catholic), Jade Perry (Muhlenberg North), Polly Sebastian (Perry County Central), Crystal Kelly (Sacred Heart Academy) (MVP), Carly Ormerod (Sacred Heart Academy), Connie Ferch (Sacred Heart Academy), Toni Slaughter (Shelby County), Charlotte Marshall (Shelby County), and Brittany Edelen (Washington County).

A special thanks to WL Stats and the KHSAA for providing the statistics and updates for this event.