Summit @ Elizabeth 2/27/99

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	1	2	3	4	TOTAL
SUMMIT	6	6	6	8	26
Elizabeth	4	10	8	1	23

If you only got to see one game this season this one should have been the one. The Elizbeth defense was highly touted, but they didn't reckon with an even better Summit defense. A very hard fought first half ended with Elizabeth ahead by 2, 12-14. In the 3rd quarter Elizabeth made an 8-2 run that gave them an 8 point lead at 14-22 with just a few minutes left in the quarter. Someone in the stands was heard to say "if we can cut it to four by the end of the quarter we have a chance". That is exactly what Marissa Kellogg and Danielle Proper did.

Elizabeth hit one of two free throws early in the 4th quarter, but that would prove to be the last point they would extract from Summit's defense. In fact over the final 10 minutes of the game Summit held Elizabeth to that single point. Field Goals by Kellogg and Bita Yektashenas got Summit to within a single point. Then, with 1:45 left, Danielle Proper scored to put Summit ahead by a point. Their first lead since early in the 2nd quarter. The final 105 seconds were unbelievably tense. Elizabeth was forced to foul a number of times in order to get over the 6 foul limit and force Summit to the foul line. The final two points of the game came on an "intentional" foul by Elizabeth with just 5 seconds left. Proper sank them both and Summit got the ball back. They ran out the clock to take home the Union County Trophy. I believe this is the first time a Summit team has ever won a Union County Basketball Championship.

Summit's women showed, yet again, that they have what it takes to come from behind and win the close games. The coaches and players can be very proud of their gutty performances. The Summit scoring was led by Danielle Proper and Marissa Kellogg with 12 and 10 points respectively. Summit hit 6 of 7 free throws while Elizabeth made only 3 of 8.

Player	FG	3PT	FTA	FTM	POINTS
Danielle Proper	4	0	5	4	12
Marissa Kellogg	4	0	2	2	10
Bita Yektashenas	2	0	0	0	4
Liz Bomgaars	0	0	0	0	0
Odette Nemes	0	0	0	0	0
Lauren McNemany	0	0	0	0	0
Game Totals	10	0	7	6	26