"Basketball, Girls, and The Game: Allderdice  AS  K  E T B A LL P L A Y OFF s  goes inside  Girls roundu  to beat Mt. Lebanon  overt  for w  Jaguars do  Wait, how many 3s did  28 they take?"" Allderdice coach  y Buddy Valinsky said in dis-  belief when told of the shoot-  n extra p  52  ing statistics. ""With their big  From local d  kid out, that eliminated a  shot blocker. Once we found  out he wasn't going to play  we had to make sure we  were going to the hoop and  we tried not to shoot as  many 3-pointers. Once we  beat their press, we wanted  clutch shooting  fense to beat  66-57, in ove  first round of t  5A playoffs a  to drive to the hoop.""  scored the R  Allderdice, meanwhile,  the extra peri  19 steals.  her free thro  took only nine 3-pointers  and made two, both by ju-  nior guard Jackson  Blaufeld and they helped  Allderdice come back from  Jaguars with  a fourpoint second-quarter  deficit to grab a 3529 half  Marina Petru  time lead. Allderdice shot 72  percent (13 of 18) in the first  half and 55 percent (24 of 44)  for the game.  made 21 of  Blaufeld, a 6 foot-3 junior  guard who averages 15  points, played a key role in  The Planet  halftime b  the win, making 7 of 11  shots and scoring 22 points.  Shaun Morris, a 6-5 senior  center, scored 13 points and  junior guard Bobby Clifford  added 11. Morris and Clif-  ford scored all of their  points on the inside or on  at Allderdi  the charge  high 21  ""The most important  hing [without Hinckley  as defense,"" Mt. Lebanon  ach Joe David said. ""We  in't have anyone in there  contest shots. He's a 'dou  double' guy. He blocks  ts and changes a lot of  s. They got inside the  halfand the issue for us  16 point  Harbo  Valley 5  an  defense. We just  dn't get a stop.""  ut when Valinsky was  e locker room at half-  , he was concerned, de-  ter at Ec  said, wait a minute  e only up a couple and  ot 72 percent?"" Valin-  id. ""That was a little  bing to me that we  upmore, ""  Allderdice eased  's concerms, open-  nine-point lead in  quarter. Mt. Leba-  e back, though.  iller, who led Mt  ith 15 points, and  Garofoli, who  hit 3-pointers in  o minutes of the  Cla  Vall  on  nev  Car  net  for  Bla  s within 50-47 Guess which team won. #WhiteBballPains https://t.co/2cv7c1eQtd"
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