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Jones
64
Cecil College CECIL CO 20-5
81
Winner Harford Community College HARFORD 24-2
Cecil College CECIL CO
20-5
64
Final
81
Harford Community College HARFORD
24-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Cecil College CECIL CO 19 18 10 17 64
Harford Community College HARFORD 20 18 28 15 81

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Fighting Owls Soar Into Finals With Win Over Cecil

  • Tournament: Maryland Juco Conference Tournament Semifinals
  • Final Score: #1 seed Harford Fighting Owls 81 -  #4 seed Cecil Seahawks 64
  • Records: Harford 24-2 | Cecil 20-5
  • Location: Largo, Md. - Prince George's Community College
  • The Short Story: The Fighting Owls rode a huge third quarter to pull away from a Seahawks team that gave the favored Harford squad quite a scare. Harford led by just one at halftime, but a 17-0 run out of the break gave the Fighting Owls a big enough lead to hold onto as they advance to the conference tournament finals.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Fighting Owls worked through early turnovers and got some hot shooting from Tianna Swearinger, who made the first 10 points for Harford and scored 13 in the first quarter.
  • Harford went cold for a long stretch as Cecil went on a 10-2 run to take the lead before Adrienne Jones got it going with a three pointer and a fast break layup on back-to-back possessions.
  • With the ladies in blue taking a 20-19 lead after the first quarter, Swearinger continued her hot shooting with another three pointer out of the break making her first five shots from the field.
  • Ryan Holder showed off her defensive prowess with back-to-back steals that resulted in her first three points of the game to give Harford a 32-23 lead midway through the second quarter.
  • Cecil fought right back with an 8-0 run to cut the Harford lead down to one before a clutch three pointer by Janiece Loney stopped the bleeding.
  • Harford would onto the narrowest of leads at the break as they led 38-37 thanks to a good defensive showing that forced 15 turnovers and held Cecil to 30% shooting from the field in the first half.
  • Jones hit a corner three pointer right out of the break to set the tone out of intermission and get Harford on a 17-0 run with Jones accounting for nine of those points on her way to an 11 point third quarter.
  • Harford's dominant third quarter saw the Fighting Owls outscore the Seahawks 28-10 and increase their lead to 19 going into the final period.
  • While the offensive production slowed down for Harford, the fourth quarter was all about the defense as Holder continued to do an incredible job filling the stat sheet. Holder finished the game with 8 points, 15 rebounds, 7 blocks, 7 assists and 5 steals.
  • Swearinger led all scorers with 20 points with Jones close behind at 19; 13 of which came in the second half.
  • Alexis Moore scored eight points in the second half while Destinee McQueen came off the bench to add 8 points and 11 rebounds.
  • Cecil shot just 22% on field goals in the game but out-rebounded Harford 71-58 thanks to 35 offensive rebounds for the Seahawks.
UP NEXT
  • Harford will take on #2 seeded Baltimore City in the finals on Sunday, February 18 at 12 PM.
  • The Baltimore City Panthers are 21-5 on the season and advanced to the finals thanks to a dominant 83-55 win over #6 seeded Chesapeake in the semifinals.
  • Harford won at Baltimore City in the regular season 79-71 back on December 13 in Harford's closest conference contest of the regualar season.
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