The Lady Wolves fought off three visitors to the Wolf Den last week on their quest to become NCS basketball champions.
The 5th-seeded Lady Wolves beat 12th-seeded Newark Memorial 46-41 on Feb. 28 in the first round of the tournament. Jen Dreessen led the Wolves with 16 points.
In the quarterfinals on Wednesday, March 1, the Lady Wolves knocked off 4th-seeded San Leandro 51-43. The Wolves led 36-25 at halftime. Ashley Cheung opened the third quarter with a 3-point shot and the Wolves led the rest of the game. Cheung finished the game with 14 points and Meghan Yetman had 12 points to lead the Wolves to victory.
“The team executed a great defensive plan and hit big tosses when they had to,” said coach Hans DeLannoy.
The Wolves upset Deer Valley 58-53 last Friday. Trailing 29-25 at half-time, Dreessen opened the third quarter with a 3-point shot to set the tone for the second half. Jenny Cheung hit another 3-pointer to take the lead 44-42 with 5:51 left in the fourth quarter. The game changed leads until Meghan Yetman converted two key free throws with 14 seconds left to take the lead 56-53. Katie Falk sealed the victory making two more free throws with 4.2 seconds left to seal the victory for the Wolves 58-53.
After the game a tired and happy Yetman was asked if she was nervous when she went to the line to shoot the free throws. “No, not at all,” she said with a smile.
The next day, at the McAfee Coliseum in Oakland, the Lady Wolves won their eighth straight game upsetting No. 3-seeded Berkeley 50-49 to win the NCS Division I Championship. The Wolves erased a 14-point deficit in the third quarter to rally for the victory. With 1:06 in the game Devon Pierce made two free throws to take the lead 48-47. Cool and confident Yetman scored a final lay-up from a crisp Ashley Cheung pass to seal the victory for the Wolves with 1.5 seconds left in the game. Yetman led the Wolves with 13 points to an overall 23-7 record.
Besides winning the North Coast Section championship, the Lady Wolves received the top regional seed and were to host a first round game in the California Interscholastic Federation Northern California playoffs March 7. They will play the winner of Lowell-San Francisco and Oakland Tech at 7 p.m. The finals will be held Saturday, March 11, at Arco Arena in Sacramento.
The 6th-seeded lady Mustangs were eliminated in the first round of the tournament by 11th-seeded Liberty 53-50. Naveen Rasheed had 18 points for the Mustangs.
Boys basketballThe 5th-seeded Monte Vista boys beat 12th-seeded California in the first round of the NCS championship basketball tournament 61-46. Ryan Whalen led the Mustangs with 18 points. The victory set up a rematch with the 4th-seeded San Ramon Wolves on Wednesday, March 1.
The two Danville teams were crowned co-champions of the EBAL winning against each other at their home courts during regular season. In a typical hard fought battle, the Mustangs came out the winner this time 53-52. Corey Higgins made two key free throws for the Mustangs with 4.7 seconds in the game to take a 1-point lead. The Wolves got the ball back but a pass to Brandon Adams sailed out of his hands as the horn sounded. Higgins led the Mustangs with 17 points and Brandon Adams led the Wolves with 19 points.
In the semifinals March 3, the Mustangs were edged by No. 1-seeded De La Salle 36 28 at St. Mary’s College. In a hard fought defensive battle the Mustangs missed a 3-pointer for a chance to tie the game with two minutes left. De La Salle made six of nine free throws to seal the victory. Higgins led the Mustangs with 14 points and Luther Gunn scored 16 points for the Spartans.
De La Salle went on to win the NCS Division I Championship against 7th-seeded Deer Valley 44-28. De La Salle ended the season with a record of 28-1 and was ranked 20th in the nation by studentsports.com.
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