Craig Three Lifts Karns City to Win Over Moniteau; Lady Warriors Greaves Nets 1,000th Point

Chris Rossetti

Chris Rossetti

Published February 8, 2017 5:18 am
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KARNS CITY, Pa. (D9Sports) — Mackenzie Craig’s 3-pointer with six seconds to play lifted Karns City into a tie for first place in the KSAC South with a 47-44 win over visiting Moniteau on a night that saw Moniteau’s Alazia Greaves score her 1,000th career point.

(Photo: Alazia Greaves with her 1,000th-point ball)

Karns City trailed by two, 36-34, going into the fourth quarter but outscored the Lady Warriors 13-8 in the fourth thanks to five points from Emily Hegedus.

But it was two misses by Hegedus that set up the winning shot by Craig.

The junior point guard for the Lady Gremlins, who herself passed 1,000 points recently, had two in close looks at the hoops in the final 12 seconds but could get neither to fall. After grabbing the offensive rebound off her first miss, she saw teammate Haley Scherer get the loose ball after the second miss and kick it out to a wide-open Craig at the top of the circle, who drained the winning shot.

Moniteau called timeout with 1.4 seconds left but couldn’t tie the game.

Watch the game-winning shot via Karns City’s facebook page.

The ending ended an otherwise joyous night for Greaves, who scored 10 points and joined teammate Kristina DeMatteis in going over the 1,000-point mark this season. Greaves now has 1,002 career tallies. She reached the mark on her second free throw of the third quarter.

Moniteau, which was led by 11 points from DeMatteis while also getting nine from Emma Bair, trailed 10-5 after a quarter and 21-20 at halftime before taking the lead after three thanks in part to five points from Greaves in the third quarter. The Lady Warriors were 11 of 18 from the free-throw line.

Hegedus paced Karns City with 17 points with Craig adding 16. The Lady Gremlins were 21 of 33 from the line.

Despite the win, Karns City needs help to win the KSAC South because it lost to KSAC North champion North Clarion while Moniteau beat the She-Wolves thus giving the tiebreaker to Moniteau if the teams end up tied.

The only way Karns City can win the KSAC South is if it finishes with a better conference record than Moniteau. The Lady Gremlins finish the South season on the road against A-C Valley and Redbank Valley, while Moniteau hosts Redbank Valley and travels to Union.

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