University’s girls won the Monrovia Holiday Classic with a dominating 55-34 over Sullivan Monday night.
Sullivan entered the championship game with a 12-3 record, but the Golden Arrows were no match for University’s defensive intensity and quickness as the Trailblazers scored the first 17 points of the game. University (11-2) dominated the boards pulling down 42 rebounds, including 15 on the offensive end. The Trailblazers’ passing game was crisp as they had 17 assists on 22 made field goals.
Payton Seay had a game high 20 points and added six rebounds, four steals and three assists. Patty Chikamba finished with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Kelsey DuBois had 11 points, 10 rebounds and a game-high five steals.
DuBois set the tone for the contest on the game’s first possession, scoring on an offensive rebound basket. Chikamba hit a three pointer on the wing, the found DuBois on the block for an easy basket and University led 7-0 just 90 seconds in to the game. Kamryn Washington assisted on a Payton Seay basket before DuBois scored for an 11-0 lead forcing a Sullivan timeout.
University kept the pressure on as Payton Seay scored off a steal before Jordan Patterson had a steal and pushed the ball to Payton Seay who found Chikamba wide open on the block on a 15-0 lead with 3:45 left in the quarter. Chikamba’s steal and layin made it 17-0 with 2:37 left in the first. Gracie Shorter’s three pointer with 1:40 on the clock ended the Sullivan drought and the quarter ended with University up 17-3.
The Trailblazers ended any doubt as to the final result by scoring the first four baskets of the second quarter for a 25-3 advantage. DuBois, Taylor Seay, Payton Seay and Chikamba had baskets in the 8-0 run. University led by at least 16 points the rest of the game.
Shorter led Sullivan with 16 points.
University opened the day with a 63-44 win over South Putnam in a rematch of last season’s Class 2A regional final.
The Trailblazers got off to a slow start and trailed 10-8 midway through the opening period, before scoring 8 straight points to take the lead for good. Payton Seay scored off a Washington steal to tie the game and Chikamba put University ahead 12-10 off a nice feed from DuBois. Seay scored and DuBois put in an offensive rebound for a 16-10 lead and University led 16-12 after the first.
South Putnam scored the first basket of the second period, but University scored the next 11 points to take control. DuBois scored before Taylor Seay made two straight baskets. Payton Seay hit a three pointer for a 25-14 lead before Alex Feeney found Seay alone for a lay-in and a 27-14 Blazers lead. University maintained a double-digit lead for the rest of the game.
Payton Seay was high scorer with 17 points and chipped in with four assists, four steals and three rebounds. Chikamba had another double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds. The senior also had a game-high six steals and handed out four assists. DuBois had 14 points, four rebounds and three steals. Taylor Seay had seven rebounds.
Brie Miller lead South Putnam (8-7) with 20 points.
UNIVERSITY 63, SOUTH PUTNAM 44
University FG FT TP PF
Kelsey DuBois 7-9 0-0 14 3
Patty Chikamba 7-17 1-1 16 3
Kamryn Washington 2-2 0-0 4 1
Payton Seay 8-13 0-0 17 2
Jordan Patterson 2-5 0-0 4 3
Taylor Seay 2-4 0-2 4 3
Arrion Sherrod 0-0 0-0 0 0
Anne Gibboney 0-0 0-0 0 0
Anyah Jordan 0-0 0-0 0 0
Reva Allam 0-0 0-0 0 1
Becky Williams 0-0 0-0 0 0
Alex Feeney 2-4 0-0 4 1
Totals 30-54 1-3 63 17
Score by Quarters
South Putnam 12 8 7 17 – 44
University 16 17 18 12 – 63
University 3-point shooting (2-9) Chikamba 1-6, P. Seay 1-2, DuBois 0-1.
University rebounds (28) Chikamba 11, T. Seay 7, DuBois 4, P. Seay 3, Patterson 3.
UNIVERSITY 55, SULLIVAN 34
University FG FT TP PF
Kelsey DuBois 5-8 1-1 11 4
Patty Chikamba 6-12 0-0 14 3
Kamryn Washington 0-2 0-0 0 3
Payton Seay 8-18 3-4 20 1
Jordan Patterson 1-8 0-0 3 4
Taylor Seay 1-4 3-6 5 1
Arrion Sherrod 0-0 0-0 0 0
Anne Gibboney 0-0 0-0 0 0
Anyah Jordan 1-1 0-0 2 0
Reva Allam 0-0 0-0 0 0
Becky Williams 0-0 0-0 0 0
Alex Feeney 0-3 0-0 0 1
Totals 22-56 7-11 55 17
Score by Quarters
University 17 12 12 14 – 55
Sullivan 3 10 7 14 – 34
University 3-point shooting (4-16) Chikamba 2-6, Patterson 1-5, P. Seay 1-4, DuBois 0-1.
University rebounds (42) DuBois 10, Chikamba 10, P. Seay 6, Patterson 6, T. Seay 5, Washington 3, Gibboney 1, Feeney 1.