Summit vs Roselle Park 2/14/2000

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Summit 13 25 10 11 59
Roselle Park 14 2 8 12 36

Player FG 3PT FTA FTM POINTS
Stephanie Bruce 10 0 4 3 23
Katie Tully 3 0 5 4 10
Danielle Proper 3 0 0 0 6
Dana Proper 1 1 2 1 6
Karen Jann 3 0 0 0 6
Lian Price 0 1 0 0 3
Ashley Holmes 1 0 2 1 3
Sasha Orenzack 0 0 2 2 2
Shante Cofield 0 0 0 0 0
Lauren Ertz 0 0 0 0 0
Liz Sheridan 0 0 0 0 0
Game Totals 21 2 15 11 59
Summit advanced to the second round of the Union County Tournament with a lopsided victory over a seriously out staffed Roselle Park. In some ways it wasn't as easy as it looked. Roselle Park looked very good in the first quarter as they took a 14-13 lead and held Summit to only four field goals (although Summit took 19 shots in the quarter). The Summit defense really turned the tide in the 2nd quarter. It forced so many turnovers that Roselle Park's offense collapsed, producing only 2 points. Stephanie Bruce came on strong and dropped in 6 baskets to lead Summit to a 25-2 quarter. The ferocious defense and Summit's ability to play 11 players literally wore down Roselle Park who only had 2 players on their bench. The outcome of the game was really determined in the second period. The second half scoring was almost even, but Roselle Park didn't have the energy to mount any kind of serious rally.

It was a good thing that Summit's defense was so effective in producing turnovers because Summit needed 77 shots to generate its 23 field goals (30%). Summit will face Scotch Plains on Friday in the second round of the UCT. The regular season Parsippany game will be played on Wednesday, instead of Tuesday. The Thursday game against Morris Hills has been postponed because of NJSIAA's rules against playing 3 days in a row.