Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Warriors open with big win over Blacksburg.


KISSIMMEE, Fla.-- Kailey Sullivan netted 30 points, just one off her career high, to lead the Foxboro High School girls' basketball team to a 74-37 win over Blacksburg, S.C., Wednesday in the opening round of the KSA Holiday Tournament.

Kailey Sullivan: 30 points.
Sullivan, a junior guard, now has 881 career points. She and the Warriors (4-0) will take on 5-1 Cathedral Prep of Erie, Pa., in the semifinal round of play at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Games are played at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center just outside Orlando.

Foxboro senior guard Cam Collins added 15 points to bring her career total to 855. Senior guard Shyrique Parker paced Blacksburg (3-6) with 23 points.

Foxboro started fast off Sullivan's red-hot shooting, taking a 23-15 lead at the first stop. She sank six baskets in the opening quarter (including four threes) for 16 points, offsetting Parker's 10-point effort. 

The Warriors spread the scoring around in the second quarter as Sullivan, Collins and Adrianna Porazzo combined for five treys, boosting the Warriors' lead to 41-25 at the half.

Foxboro took full command in the third quarter, limiting the Wildcats to just one basket and three points total. Foley, the senior co-captain, scored all nine of her points in the quarter as Foxboro increased the lead to 33 points entering the final eight minutes. Coach Lisa Downs was able to empty her bench in the final quarter and coast to the win, Foxboro's 24th in a row.

Ava Hill had seven rebounds and Collins and Izzy Chamberlin six apiece for Foxboro. Foley and freshman Alaysia Drummonds both added nine points to the winning effort.

Foxboro's next opponent, Cathedral Prep, subdued Wasilla (Alaska) High School and its 6-foot-5 center, Layla Hays, 50-45, in the other game on the Warriors' side of the tournament's Orange Bracket. In the other Wednesday games, Glen Rose (Texas) defeated Medina (Ohio), 64-37, and Corbin (Ky.) defeated Sequoyah High of Canton, Ga., 65-54.

The championship game will be played at 8:30 a.m. on Friday.

Box score:

FOXBORO (74)
Cam Collins 6 0-0 15, Izzy Chamberlin 0 0-0 0, Alaysia Drummonds 3 2-2 9, Kailey Sullivan 12 0-0 30, Brynn Allen 1 0-0 2, Erin Foley 4 0-0 9, Camilla Burton 0 1-2 1, Adrianna Porazzo 1 0-0 3, Reese Hassman 0 0-0 0, Keagan Maguire 0 0-0 0, Kylie Sampson 1 1-2 3, Ava Hill 1 0-0 2, totals 29 4-6 74.

BLACKSBURG (37)
KK Dawkins 1 0-2 2, Jess Ham 1 0-0 2, Annabella Foster 2 0-0 4, Danica Henderson 0 3-4 3, Saniya Rodgers 0 0-0 0, Paris Mayes 1 0-0 3, Shyrique Parker 6 7-8 23, Payton Vance 0 0-0 0, totals 11 10-14 37.

Foxboro           23   18   22   11-- 74
Blacksburg      15   10      3    9-- 37

3-point goals -- Foxboro 12 (Sullivan 6, Collins 3, Drummonds 1, Foley 1, Porazzo 1), Blacksburg 5 (Parker 4, Mayes 1).


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