The state girls basketball tournament kicked off Friday with 27 opening round matches involving Baltimore area teams. Arguably the best game was in Howard County as Reservoir rallied for a 48-46 victory over Arundel in a Class 4A East Region I quarterfinal.
Trailing 43-34 with 7 minutes, 12 seconds left in regulation, the Gators (7-13 overall) went on an 11-0 run, capped by Alissa Young’s drive for a basket, for a 45-43 lead with 2 minutes remaining. Young, a sophomore guard, buried a 3-pointer, extending Reservoir’s advantage to 48-43 with 1:19 to play.
Fifth-seeded Arundel (3-19) stopped the Gators’ surge as Janiyah Small’s 3-pointer got the visitors to within 48-46 with 1 minute left in regulation. Small, a sophomore, stole the ball with 45 seconds left, but, with 20 seconds remaining, missed a jumper.
Kourtnie Borns was fouled with 5.8 seconds left, but missed the front end of an one-and-one free throw. After a tie up, Arundel kept possession on the alternating jump ball with 2.6 seconds to play. Gabrielle Burian’s desperation shot from near half court fell short as the fourth-seed Gators (7-13) advanced to Monday’s region semifinal at 7th-ranked and top seed Glen Burnie.
MPSSAA GIRLS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
Friday
First round
CLASS 1A
East
Region I
No. 4 Perryville 67, No. 5 Kent County 33
No. 3 Patterson Mill 50, No. 6 Joppatowne 23
North
Region I
No. 5 Green Street Academy 29, No. 4 Douglass 4
CLASS 2A
East
Region I
No. 4 Fallston 58, No. 5 North East 44
No. 3 Harford Tech 62, No. 6 Elkton 22
North
Region I
No. 4 Owings Mills 43, No. 5 Lansdowne 29
Region II
No. 4 Dunbar 57, No. 5 Overlea 55
No. 6 Chesapeake-Baltimore County 38, No. 3 Sparrows Point 37
West
Region I
No. 4 South Carroll 51, No. 5 Winters Mill 31
Region II
No. 3 Middletown 32, No. 6 Glenelg 28
CLASS 3A
East
Region I
No. 4 Mount Hebron 37, No. 5 Marriotts Ridge 32
No. 3 Westminster 49, No. 6 Centennial 11
Region II
No. 4 Long Reach 22, No. 5 Wilde Lake 20
North
Region I
No. 4 Patterson 62, No. 5 Milford Mill 4
No. 6 Woodlawn 50, No. 3 Digital Harbor 46
No. 2 City 55, No. 7 Franklin 22
Region II
No. 4 Edgewood 52, No. 5 Kenwood 24
No. 3 Aberdeen 43, No. 6 C. Milton Wright 24
No. 2 Bel Air, 53, No. 7 Patapsco 22
South
Region II
No. 4 Chesapeake-Anne Arundel 59, No. 5 James M. Bennett 20
No. 3 Crofton 35, No. 6 Northeast 27
CLASS 4A
East
Region I
No. 4 Reservoir 48, No. 5 Arundel 46
No. 3 Meade 66, No. 6 North County 29
Region II
No. 6 Broadneck 52, No. 3 Annapolis 46
North
Region I
No. 4 Perry Hall 54, No. 5 Mervo 16
No. 3 Catonsville 55, No. 6 Dundalk 23
No. 2 Dulaney 57, No. 7 Parkville 13
Monday
Region semifinals
CLASS 1A
East
Region I
Perryville at No. 1 Havre de Grace
Patterson Mill at No. 2 Colonel Richardson
North
Region I
Green Street at No. 1 Forest Park
No. 3 ACCE at No. 2 Edmondson
Region II
No. 4 Reginald Lewis at No. 1 Coppin Academy
No. 3 Benjamin Franklin at No. 2 Lake Clifton
South
Region I
No. 4 Western Tech at No. 1 Loch Raven
No. 3 Pikesville at No. 2 Francis Scott Key
CLASS 2A
East
Region I
Fallston at No. 1 North Harford
Harford Tech at No. 2 Rising Sun
North
Owings Mills at No. 1 Hereford
No. 3 Carver A&T at No. 2 New Town
Region II
Dunbar at No. 1 Eastern Tech
Chesapeake-Baltimore County at No. 2 Carver Vo-Tech
West
Region I
South Carroll at No. 1 Liberty
No. 3 Southern at No. 2 Century
Region II
Middletown at No. 2 Hammond
CLASS 3A
East
Region I
Mount Hebron at No. 1 Howard
Westminster at No. 2 Manchester Valley
Region II
Long Reach at No. 1 River Hill
No. 3 Atholton at No. 2 Oakland Mills
North
Region I
Patterson at No. 1 Poly
Woodlawn at City
Region II
Edgewood at No. 1 Towson
Aberdeen at Bel Air
South
Region II
Chesapeake-Anne Arundel at No. 1 Oxon Hill
Crofton at No. 2 Stephen Decatur
CLASS 4A
East
Region I
Reservoir at No. 1 Glen Burnie
Meade at No. 2 Old Mill
Region II
No. 4 North Point at No. 1 Severna Park
Broadneck at No. 2 South River
North
Region I
Perry Hall at No. 1 Western
Catonsville at Dulaney
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