Girls basketball: Bel Air falls to Notre Dame in overtime Monday

The Bel Air Bobcats girls basketball team took a break from the UCBAC schedule Monday night, playing host to Notre Dame Prep. The visitors outscored the Bobcats 10-4 in overtime to send the Bobcats to a 61-55 defeat.

Kim Harrell led Bel Air (2-11) with 11 points and Connor Hanley snagged 11 rebounds for the Bobcats.

Bel Air led at the half, 25-22, and the game was knotted at 51-51 through regulation.

Patriots win 10th straight

The John Carroll Patriots ran their record to 12-3 with a workman-like 41-22 win at Garrison Forest Monday night. The Patriots led 26-11 at the half and used a swarming defensive effort from all 11 players to win their 10th game in a row.

Emily Soller and Yemaya Johnson led the Patriots on the offensive end with 11 points each, while Miranda Ripken added eight to bring her career total to 985 points. Ripken is expected to top the 1,000 point mark this week during one of John Carroll's three other games. The Pats are on the road today (Wednesday) at IND, where the team expects Ripken to reach the milestone, then they return home Thursday for a 5:30 p.m. non-conference game versus Fallston in which John Carroll has planned a celebration to honor the senior captain before the game.

Mustangs top Huskies, stay atop division

With the division lead at stake, Patterson Mill and C. Milton Wright waged a battle Thursday night on the hardwood at the Fountain Green Road school in a girls basketball game in the UCBAC's Susquehanna Division.

The host Mustangs had all kinds of trouble offensively in the opening quarter, but rallied to overcome an ugly beginning to win, 55-49.

Patterson Mill (5-1, 6-5) jumped all over CMW (6-0, 9-3) in the first quarter, leading 15-3. The Mustangs, though, chiseled away a bit at the lead in the second quarter, despite a temporary blackout.

With 3:13 left in the half, every light in the gym went out. And stayed out for about 10 seconds before the emergency lights started to come back on. The delay lasted about six minutes.

The Mustangs cut the lead to single digits with 1:14 to play and went to the half trailing, 29-20.

In the second half, as the Huskies shooting cooled, the Mustangs, specifically Allie Appleby, started to heat up.

Appleby's first of three second half three-pointers cut the Huskies lead to 37-33 late in the third quarter.

Her second three tied the game at 40 and 40 seconds later, a short jumper by Appleby gave the Mustangs their first lead, 42-41.

Minutes later, Appleby tossed in her third three-point shot for a 46-42 lead. A driving layup by Katie Burgee pushed CMW to its largest lead, 49-42.

The Huskies made a late run, but the Mustangs made enough free throws to clinch the victory.

Appleby scored 17 points to lead the winners and Abby Smucker had 13. Burgee came off the bench to contribute seven key points.

Patterson Mill freshman Qalea Ismail led all scorers with 18 points and Morgan Golec scored 13. The Huskies were playing without freshman point guard Sam Herman, who was on the bench in a walking boot.

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