{"id":7232,"date":"2025-02-13T11:13:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T11:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/?p=7232"},"modified":"2025-02-13T11:13:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T11:13:49","slug":"hall-princeton-girls-basketball-teams-win-pools-at-princeton-holiday-tournament-shaw-local-news-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/?p=7232","title":{"rendered":"Hall, Princeton girls basketball teams win pools at Princeton Holiday Tournament – Shaw Local News Network"},"content":{"rendered":"


Hall’s Caroline Morris eyes the hoop over Illinois Valley Central’s Alayah Nelton during the Princeton Holiday Girls Basketball Tournament on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024 at Princeton High School. <\/span>(Scott Anderson)
,PRINCETON \u2013 Two pool winners were determined Tuesday on the second night of the Princeton Holiday Tournament.
Hall<\/a> defeated IVC 51-41 to win the Gray Pool, while the host Tigresses pulled away from Putnam County<\/a> for a 52-21 victory to win the Blue Pool.
\u201cIt\u2019s where we were hoping we\u2019d be after the first two games,\u201d Hall coach TJ Orlandi said. \u201cWe knew it would be tough. This is probably the toughest pool of the three because we knew IVC was going to be really good. So we\u2019re just really happy to be 2-0. We\u2019re going to play two good teams in Midland and Princeton. You never know what\u2019s going to happen, but we\u2019re happy to give ourselves a shot.\u201d
Midland beat Mendota<\/a> 65-38 in the first game Tuesday and leads the White Pool.
Midland 65, Mendota 38: <\/b>Despite the final score, Mendota coach John Hansen was pleased with his team\u2019s effort.
The Trojans hung with the Timberwolves in the first quarter, trailing 14-8 after the first eight minutes. Midland led 28-14 at halftime before pulling away in the second half, eventually invoking the running clock with a 30-point lead in the fourth quarter.
\u201cWe said going into this game that we were going to have an identity of going hard and having high energy on offense and defense, and I thought that\u2019s exactly how we played,\u201d Hansen said. \u201cI thought we were 12 missed layups and some offensive rebounds by them of that being a way better game, so I\u2019m extremely happy with the effort in that regard. I\u2019d like us to finish more.
\u201cHopefully, this is second-game-of-the-year rust and we\u2019re going to start finishing a little better.\u201d
Ava Eddy led Mendota, which finishes 1-1 in the White Pool, with 17 points, including three 3-pointers in the third quarter.
\u201cShe got the game ball tonight,\u201d Hansen said. \u201cThe 17 points were great, but to me, it was the fact that she struggled to make layups and she did not let it affect her. She led us with eight steals, she was crashing the boards and continued to try to facilitate the offense. I thought the points in the fourth after her struggles were a testament to how dedicated she is and how strong of a leader she is for our team.\u201d
Hall’s Charlie Pellegrini eyes the hoop while scoring on a layup over Illinois Valley Central’s Kayt Miller during the Princeton Holiday Girls Basketball Tournament on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024 at Princeton High School. <\/span>(Scott Anderson)
Hall 51, IVC 41: <\/b>Orlandi said the Red Devils are better conditioned and have a deeper roster this season, which will help late in games.
It showed against IVC as the Red Devils led from the end of the first quarter on but never pulled away until a 10-0 run in the fourth quarter.
Kennedy Wozniak kicked off the run, Ella Sterling scored three straight buckets down low, and Charlie Pellegrini capped it off with a fast-break layup for a 48-35 lead with 3:01 left.
\u201cI thought we had more energy than we\u2019ve had before early in seasons,\u201d Orlandi said. \u201cIn that moment, I thought we were getting out and running. We were getting rebounds and getting steals, and we had girls running the floor. I thought we were pushing the tempo and controlling it and putting them on their heels a little bit and finishing at the rim. It was fun to watch.\u201d
The Red Devils scored 10 points in transition with Pellegrini scoring eight of her 12 points on fast breaks. To go along with the transition game, Hall had a strong presence in the paint with Sterling.
The senior post scored a game-high 22 points.
\u201cElla is so good down low,\u201d Orlandi said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to see double teams and stuff like that on her, so we\u2019re trying to emphasize being patient with it. Maybe that initial pass where the double is, you don\u2019t want to force it, but a lot of times on the ball swing or the weak side, as the defense rotates, we can hit her and she\u2019s so good at sealing and getting in the right position. We\u2019re trying to get her as many touches as we can. She\u2019s such a good passer too that she creates a lot of shots for people as well.\u201d
Orlandi was pleased with Hall\u2019s defensive effort as the Red Devils limited IVC to one shot or forced a turnover on 30 of 34 second half possessions.
\u201cI thought we won that game on the defensive end,\u201d Orlandi said. \u201cI thought we really locked in late in the third and into the fourth. We played good defense all game, but when we needed to, we really locked down and contested shots and held them to one shot. That was a big thing.\u201d
Princeton’s Keighley Davis tips the ball away from Putnam County’s Chloe Parcher during the Princeton Holiday Girls Basketball Tournament on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024 at Princeton High School. <\/span>(Scott Anderson)
Princeton 52, Putnam County 21:<\/b> Both teams had a slow start offensively as only one point was scored between them in the first 3:33.
But the Tigresses\u2019 defense was forcing turnovers and creating offensive opportunities Princeton<\/a> started to finish as it pulled away for a 30-10 halftime lead after holding a 12-5 advantage after the first eight minutes.
\u201cWe made some defensive adjustments and switches just to keep ourselves and the other team on their toes a little bit,\u201d Princeton coach Tiffany Gonigam said. \u201cIt was slow at times, but I felt like once we could play in the full court a little more, we were able to play a lot faster and that seems to be more our game, at least right now.\u201d
The Tigresses forced 41 turnovers.
\u201cI think we\u2019re just reading passes,\u201d Gonigam said. \u201cWe knew we wanted to get our first trap set in our defense, and from there we trusted the girls to make some reads and pressure their guards.\u201d
After falling behind 8-0, the Panthers pulled within 9-5 with 28.6 seconds left in the first quarter before Keighley Davis drained a 3-pointer with 5.8 seconds left.
\u201cThey\u2019re super athletic and get up and down the floor well and have two really good shooters in Davis and [Camryn] Driscoll,\u201d Putnam County coach Jared Sale said. \u201cNear the end of the first quarter, it was 9-5 then we lost Davis on the wing and she pushed it to 12-5. If you get a stop there, you\u2019re feeling pretty good after one. I thought there were a couple spots in the game where if we get a stop and we\u2019re able to go down and get a bucket, you might be in a different situation.\u201d
Princeton pushed its lead to double digits for the first time at 20-8 on a 3 by freshman Avaya Koning.
The Tigresses hit the offensive glass hard and were able to get multiple shots on 11 first-half possessions and 17 possessions in the game.
\u201cWe\u2019ve really been trying to encourage the girls to box out and rebound,\u201d Gonigam said. \u201cPutnam County had some height on us. They have some good post players. I was really proud of the effort rebounding and just flying in from all over the place.\u201d
Princeton extended its lead to 44-16 after three quarters. Davis and Driscoll each scored 16 points to lead the Tigresses.
Maggie Spratt led PC with eight points, while Eme Bouxsein added six.
\u201cWe\u2019re going to continue to work and hopefully trend in the right direction,\u201d Sale said.
Putnam County’s Maggie Spratt gets stuck in the lane as Princeton’s Reese Reviglio guards her during the Princeton Holiday Girls Basketball Tournament on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024 at Princeton High School. <\/span>(Scott Anderson)
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