Calallen Girls Basketball

CALALLEN GIRLS BASKETBALL

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Varsity Head Coach: BEVERLY BARKER

Junior Varsity Head Coach: Rene Truan

Freshman Head Coach: Sherry Holladay

Article Credit: Corpus Christi Caller-Times.

'Cats claw back Scary moment: Top scorer Haven passes out on court By Stuart Duncan (Contact) Calallen/T-M hoops The Calallen girls basketball team put so much into Tuesday night's game that senior forward Amanda Haven passed out at halfcourt after leading the Wildcats to a thrilling 62-55 overtime triumph over District 31-4A rival Tuloso-Midway. Haven was carried off by teammates into the locker room but eventually recovered after scoring a game-high 26 points for Calallen (12-14 overall, 2-2 district), facing a virtual must-win against the Cherokees (21-8, 3-1) after dropping its first two district home games of the season. Wildcats coach Beverly Barker said it wasn't the first time that Haven had passed out. She's had several medical tests done on her heart, but doctors haven't discovered the problem yet. Haven and her teammates simply wouldn't let Calallen -- which missed the playoffs last season -- fall out of the district playoff race. Haven scored seven points in overtime to help the Wildcats outscore T-M 11-4 in the extra frame. "They had more players step up and make plays tonight than we did, and that's what it takes to win a big game like this," Cherokees coach Matt Oden said. "We've just got to lick our wounds and put this game behind us, because we've got (defending 31-4A champion) Flour Bluff coming into our place on Friday." Calallen scored the first seven points of overtime to take a 58-51 lead with 1:48 remaining in the extra session. Haven scored five points during that key spurt by the Wildcats, while guard Stephanie Lewis added a key putback. T-M junior guard Kensi Terrell's layup stopped that run and pulled the Cherokees within five with 1:33 to play in the game. Guards Valerie Perez and Leslyn Felder then converted a free throw each to stake the Wildcats to a 62-53 lead and help put the game away. Perez finished with 14 points, while Lewis had a game-high 11 rebounds to go with nine points. Wildcats guard Dina Rodriquez -- who left the game after suffering an injury to her left arm in the closing minutes of overtime -- scored all of her 11 points in the final 20 minutes of play. "I think T-M is one of the top two teams in South Texas, and I was so proud our girls for stepping up and playing the way they did against them," Barker said. Cherokees 6-foot senior post Brandi Park scored 11 of her team-high 24 points in the first half and added nine rebounds and two big blocks. T-M junior guard Kensi Terrell also reached double figures with 15 points. The Cherokees scored the final four points of regulation -- on junior guard Kristin Alphin's pull-up jumper off the glass and a steal and fast-break layup by Terrell -- to send the game into overtime. "I was proud of how our girls came back to tie the game (in regulation), " said Oden, whose team had a chance to win the game at the end of regulation but missed a layup at the buzzer. "It seemed like we were on our heels and were playing from behind for (much) of the night."

Game Summary: CALALLEN 62, TULOSO-MIDWAY 55, (OT)

.................... Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT1 Tuloso-Midway (19-7) 10 16 08 17 04 55 FINAL Calallen (10-10)......09 14 16 12 11 62 January 15, 2008 - Calallen H.S. Tuloso-Midway Calallen Tuloso-Midway Scoring ...............PTS --3FG Brandi Park....24 Kensi Terrell..15 -- 2-2 100.0% Kelley Cerny... 6 Kristin Alphin. 6 Courtney Rhyne. 2 Katelyn Givens..1 ...............PTS --3FG Amanda Haven...26 ---2-2 100.0% Valerie Perez..13 ---1-1 100.0% Dina Rodriguez.11 Stephanie Lewis.9 Demi Holladay.. 2 Leslyn Felder.. 1 Records -- Calallen, Overall, 12-14, District, 2-2. T-M, 21-8, 3-1. JV -- T-M def. Calallen.