Flintridge Prep and Pasadena Poly begin battle for first in Prep League. Photo by Anne Cypress.
(La Canada, Ca) – Pasadena Poly used a 15-0 run in the second quarter to take control of Prep League rival Flintridge Prep and stay undefeated in league play with a 64-41 win.
Panthers (12-2, 4-0) guard Michelle Miller scored 15 of her game high 30 points in the second quarter to help lead Poly to a victory.
“In that second quarter Michelle got on track,” said Rebels coach Todd Frost. “She is an amazing player; you can only hold her down for so long.”
Miller put on a clinic and showed why she is the third leading scorer in the nation with pop-and-stop 15-footers and a killer cross–over dribble that had the Rebel defenders completely beaten.
Pasadena Poly's Michelle Miller is all smiles as Panthers make debut in Top 20. Photo by Anne Cypress.
Flintridge Prep (15-5, 5-1) was in the ball game after the first quarter as they held Miller to just two points and was only looking at a three-point deficit.
The Rebels then were hit with a double-dose of trouble as they went cold from outside and Miller scored at will in the second quarter.
“Our game from the start was to stop Megan Musashi and Deanna Watson,” said Poly head coach Kim Weber. “We tightened up on Prep in the second quarter.”
Flintridge Prep's Kelsey Merchant was deadly from outside. Photo by Anne Cypress.
After Watson made a three-pointer for Flintridge Prep, it was another five minutes before Kelsey Merchant made a three to stop the 15-0 run right before the half.
The second half saw both teams exchange baskets in the third quarter as the Panthers continued to hold a 20-point lead heading into the fourth quarter.
The Rebels made a small run near the end of the game as they outscored Poly 8-2. The 14-point deficit was as close as Flintridge Prep would get as the Panthers scored the final nine points of the game.
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PASADENA POLY 15 25 9 15 64
FLINTRIDGE PREP 12 8 11 10 41
SCORING:
PP – Michelle Miller 30, Julia Brown 13, Jade Richard Craver 8, Courtney Foster 4, Tessa Loera 4
FP – Deanna Watson 12, Megan Musashi 9, Kelsey Merchant 8, Kristin Shum 4, Courtney Takeda 4, Shelly Kim 2, Frances McCroskey 2
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