The second period started in much the same way but the ball began to fall for the lady Indians as Ceara Williams began to find her range. At the end of the period Liberty had outscored Fallsburg 13-10 but stilled trailed by eight points 25-17 going into the locker room.
In the third period Williams continued to hit for the Lady Indians scoring 10 of Liberty's 15 points. Erin Gilmore, Fallsburg's best player was held to just 2 points. The Lady Indians outscored the Lady Comets 15-8 in the period leaving Fallsburg just a 1 point lead!
Both teams stepped up the defense in the final period and had some shots that missed the mark. Williams was help to just 3 points but Angela Giacalone stepped up to sink some free throws when they counted. Gilmore came alive for Fallsburg netting 8 points. When all was said and done the teams were headed into a final 4 minute overtime with the score knotted at 43-43.
In the overtime Liberty looked fresher and simply DOMINATED the Fallsburg team. Williams scored 8 points and Giacalone hit 5 of 6 free throws as the Lady Indians put it to the Lady Comets 16-4.
The high scorer for Liberty and in the game was Ceara Williams who had 32 points. Angela Giacolone and Lissandra Vilma had each. Danielle Johnson added 5 and Heather Stewart 4. Fallsburg's top scorer was Erin Gilmore with 20, almost half of her team's points.
In the third period family began to pull away but the Liberty players hung in. At the end of that period the score was 36-29 in favor of the Lady Falcons. The fourth period was a different story. Some ball handling miscues and errant passes spelled the end of the Kady Indians' challenge. The Family School outscored Liberty 15 to 8 in the last period sealing their 51-37 victory
Liberty was led by Ceara Williams with a game-high 18 points. Angela Giacalone added 9, Heather Stewart scored 4, Lisandra Villalobos netted 4 and Kristen Sarno 2. The Family School high scorers were Mary Schmieder on the inside with 15 and Claire Meehan from the outside with 11. Meehan also was one of the primary ball handlers along with Betty Wagner.
Liberty is in action again against the powerful Burke Ladty Eagles on Wednesday.
Cera Williams paced ALL scorers with 22 point hitting 7 out of 8 from the free throw line. Six of these points came in the overtime period. Angela Giacolone score 12 points in the game hitting 5 of 8 from the charity stripe and scoring 4 points in OT. Lissandra Villalobos handled the ball well and hit 3 of 4 foul shots in overtime. Danielle Johnson scored 6 points and Heather Stewart netted 4. For the Lady Bears Pugh scored 12 points with McNamara adding 8.