Fellow senior Lauren Strong, left, rushes to join in with
Casey
Taylor and Donita Adams to congratulate Rachel Redick for
breaking the WVIAC all-time scoring record. The game was briefly
stopped in honor of Redick's historic achievement.
Rachel Redick during a post-game interview with
WDTV Channel 5 weekend sports anchor, Jeff Halliday.
Article and photos by Drew Moody
With just over six minutes remaining in first half play All-American
Lady Pioneer Rachel Redick hit a left side 3-pointer and broke the WVIAC women's scoring record. Her point total is 2,261, and her 16 points for the game was 'just' what she needed to accomplish the feat. University of Charleston's Lisa Lee previously held the record at 2.260.
Game play stopped briefly to honor Redick's achievement.
Head coach Steve Harold opted to let his starters sit out the rest of
the game. Four of the five had 18 minutes of play or less.
"It worked out perfect," Harold said afterward. He wanted the entire
team to get plenty of court time before the upcoming WVIAC tournaments, and avoid risking injury to key players.
Six of eleven Lady Pioneers scored in double-figures, and everyone had points on the board. Glenville easily over-powered Davis and Elkins 95-56.
The team's 2007 regular season officially concluded Saturday. It marked the first time since 2004 any WVIAC team remained undefeated in conference play. The Lady Pioneers finished the regular season (27-2) (18-0), and are the WVIAC Regular Season Champions.
As top seed in next week's WVIAC Tournament, the Lady Pioneers enter
quarterfinal play Wednesday. The brackets and game times haven't been
announced as yet.
GAME BRIEFS: Senior Casey Taylor scored seven of the first 13 Lady
Pioneer points Saturday afternoon in Elkins. Six minutes had ticked off the clock before D&E found the basket again, and the score stood at 19-4.
(L) Casey Heller and the rest of the Lady Pioneers bench showed
fans they can old their own during the Saturday afternoon
95-56 victory over D&E. Here Heller makes a one-handed
lateral bounce pass to a teammate.
(R) Melanie Oliver displayed her court prowess netting
double-doubles Saturday afternoon. She goes high over
defenders to score on this jumpshot
Glenville had stretched that lead to 23 (33-10) with just under nine
minutes of first half play remaining. The Lady Pioneers increased D&E
deficit to 30 with just over five minutes left (44-14). Freshman Donita Adams had an active first half, scoring five, Casey Heller nabbed four.
At half-time they hit the dressing rooms with a 34 point lead, 58-24.
Freshman Melanie Oliver dominated second half play for Glenville. Even with their starters benched the Lady Pioneers continued to extend the lead. At the bell, the score stood at 95-56.
Rachel Redick (22) led all scorers with 16. Casey Taylor (32) followed, hitting 6 of 8 from the field and finishing with 14, Melanie Oliver (40) earned a double-double scoring 12 and grabbing 11 rebounds. Christine DiSabato and Mallory Menendez both had 11 points, Donita Adams missed her first double-double by one - scoring 10 and getting 9 rebounds.
Glenville shot 59.4 percent from the floor during first half play,
dropping to 37.5 the second.
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