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By ADAM LYNN Daily News Sports Writer Ponce de Leon used its size and depth to win the championship game, and Choctawhatchee used a big third quarter to earn third place at the Coca-Cola Emerald Coast Classic girls basketball tour nament held Saturday night. Ponce de Leon beat Paxton 48-37, and Choctaw dominated Fort Walton Beach 69-53 at the FWB High School gym. PONCE DE LEON head coach Terry McClure said, ‘We're a little bit bigger and a little deeper than them,” after his team downed Paxton, Ponce de Leon center Jean Arm strong powered in 21 points from the post to lead all scorers, Arm strong averaged 28.6 points per game through three games to take tournament MVP honors. Ponce de Leon forward Debbie Brown added 11, seven in the fourth quarter “Lack of inside defense killed PREP BASKETBALL us,”’ said Paxton coach Ron Mollet. Armstrong and Brown scored almost at will as point guard Teresa Andrews, a first team all tournament selection, fed them pass after pass. And when Andrews wasn't feeding to the inside players, she ran a transition game that wore down Paxton, which went with its starting five for most of the game Paxton forward Lejeana Daughtry scored 12 points in the loss and Tracy Powell added 10. Daughtry and Bobcat guard Tonia Schofield were named to the all tournament first team. THE LADY INDIANS went on the warpath in the latter part of the third quarter, scoring 16 unanswered points to beat the Lady Vikings. ‘That's the problem — only one quarter was impressive,’’ Choctaw coach Chip High said. All-tournament selection Bella Rintala started the third-quarter run with a 3-point shot at the 2:56 mark. Maria Ortiz had six points during the sport. Ortiz was also an all-tournament pick ‘We feel we have a long way to go to get 32 minutes of outstanding play,’’ High said. “By late January or early February we should be devastating.’ Fort Walton Beach kept the game close until the Lady Indians took control behind the 15-point ef fort of senior forward Melissa Dor man. But with 4:34 left in the third, Dorman injured her knee and was taken out of the game. She tried to return two minutes later, but the knee wouldn't hold. The Lady Vikings seemed to falter without Dorman, and Choc taw gained momentum, ‘We're so inexperienced that we didn’t have anyone who was a doer to take over,’’ Lady Viking coach Please see EMERALD/4) ON LENTZ CHOCTAW’S DENA MARINI FIGHTS AND GETS POSSESSION OF THE BASKETBALL ‘Kaycee Hardy (11) and Suzie Jones (hidden) of Fort Walton Beach challenge Saturday night
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Northwest Florida Daily News
Fort Walton Beach, Florida, US
Sun, Nov 27, 1988
Page 33
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