Lady Celtics Lose by Eight After Leading by Seven

The Archbishop O'Hara High School girls basketball team lost to Savannah 45-37 on January 11. _______ They fell behind 7-0 at the start of the game but managed to fight back to a seven point advantage early in the third quarter at 29-22. ______ At the end of the first quarter the Celtics were down 15-11 but pulled ahead 26-22 by the half. _____ Up to this time, 13 of O'Hara's 26 points were scored by Amanda Hull and 9 of Savannah's 22 points were three-pointers. _____ Unfortunately the Celtics were held to just one basket in the third quarter and three baskets in the final quarter. _____ Amanda Hull ended the game with a total of 15 points and the second top scorer was Alexa Williams with eight points._____ ______ The junior varsity team fared better. _____ Trailing by a single point 22-21 at the begining of the fourth quarter Peyton Podschwit scored seven points and Rachel Ryan added two while the defense held the visitors to a harmless basket to finish the game in the win column for O'Hara 30-22. _____ For the Celtics, Podschwit had 13 and Rachel Ryan had 11.