Congrats, Marauders

Mt. Vernon outscores Hamilton Heights 25-9 in the fourth quarter to post a 77-69 victory over the Huskies.

MV trailed for much of the middle two quarters before a 3 from Jessica Brown and a back-to-back baskets by Erica Moore put MV up 71-69. Brown then hit six free throws in the final 90 seconds to seal the outcome.

Moore had 19 points, Brown had 17 -- including 13 after halftime -- Rachel Houck 15 and Kayla Negley 14 points. Hamilton Heights was led by Diane Silberberg's 21 points, while the Marauders held HH's Div. I duo of Jessica Carr and Libby Ogden to 14 and 10 points, respectively.

The Marauders, now 20-1, move on to regional play next Saturday at home.

MV will play Lebanon (20-3) in the 11:30 semifinal. Chris Lambert & Andrew Smith will be with you 20 minutes before tipoff for LIVE play-by-play.

Should the Marauders make the final, we will be broadcasting it, too, airtime 7:40 p.m.

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3A Mt. Vernon regional (Feb. 19)
10 a.m.: Madison (14-9) vs. Roncalli (17-5)
11:30 a.m.: Mt. Vernon (20-1) vs. Lebanon (20-3)
8 p.m.: championship

Also, two other HHC teams will be playing in the regional. Pendleton Heights (20-4) beat Anderson 54-44 tonight and will play Homestead (21-2) in the second semifinal next week at Huntington North. Yorktown (16-7) beat Blackford 59-44 tonight. The Tigers will face Norwell (20-2) in next week's 10 a.m. semifinal at Peru.