PIAA Girls' Basketball Capsule
CLASS AA
11-1 Minersville (26-1) vs. 12-1 Neumann-Goretti (26-0)
When/where: Today, 6 p.m. Bethlehem Freedom High School
About the Battlin' Miners
Head coach: Jared Homa (4th season)
How got here: Defeated District 4 runner-up Central Columbia 55-36 in the first round
Team stats: Offense (59.3 ppg), defense (32.7), free-throw percentage (.657)
Probable starters: G Reighly Melochick (sr., 5-foot-7, 19.8 ppg), G Alyse Ryan (sr., 5-5), G Abby Schoffstall (fr., 5-6, 10.2), F Leah Leshko (sr., 5-9), F Emily Mealey (fr., 5-10, 13.4)
Key reserves: G-F Adrienne Kroznuskie (fr., 5-8), G Meg Schwalm (soph., 5-3), F Allison Polinsky (fr., 5-6)
About the Saints
Head coach: Letty Santarelli
How got here: Defeated Camp Hill 74-36 in the first round
Team stats: Offense (65.0 ppg), defense (36.0 ppg)
Probable starters: G Sianni Martin (jr., 5-7, 12.7), G Ciani Cryor (jr., 5-4, 12.5), G-F A.J. Timbers (jr., 5-11, 10.0), G-F Tanesha Sutton (sr., 5-8), F Ella Awabajo (sr., 6-0)
Game notes
Minersville has won 21 straight games dating back to Dec. 28, including the Schuylkill League and District 11 Class AA championship games. ... The Battlin' Miners have won all but three of their games by double digits this season (Pine Grove, Shenandoah Valley and Pottsville). ... Minersville senior guard Melochick passed coach Jared Homa for second all-time on school scoring list in first-round win over Central Columbia. She has 1,984 career points. ... Philadelphia Inquirer ranks Neumann-Goretti first among southeastern Pennsylvania girls' basketball teams, ahead of AAAA North Penn and AAA Archbishop Wood. ... Saints junior guards Sianni Martin and Ciani Cryor combine for 25 points a game.
What's next: Winner faces either 4-3 St. John Neumann (18-8) or 1-2 Jenkintown (20-8) in Friday's quarterfinals.
Directions to Freedom HS: Take Route 61 South to Interstate 78 East to Route 22 East. Exit onto Route 191/Nazareth Pike. Turn left at red light off ramp, then left halfway up hill past Dunkin Donuts. Turn left at next stop sign and proceed to school, which will be on left.
- Compiled by Mike Wilson