NVL girls basketball tournament final
No. 1 Holy Cross (21-1) vs. No. 2 St. Paul Catholic (19-3)
Regular season meeting: Holy Cross 59, St. Paul 50 (more on that game including video here)
Previous title game meeting: 2014, Holy Cross 48, St. Paul 38 (more on that game, including video, here)
Worth noting
- Holy Cross will play for its 17th NVL girls basketball championship, and third in the last four seasons.
- St. Paul is in its second NVL final, and seeks its first league championship in girls basketball. … The Falcons won a Class S championship in their first season in the NVL (2010) and lost to Thomaston in a double OT thriller in 2014.
- Since the NVL went to a championship tournament format, Holy Cross has failed to reach the title game only twice (2013, 2009).
Holy Cross NVL titles: 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016.
[This post contains video, click to play]
NVL girls final stats | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Paul | |||
| Player | G | Pts. | Avg. |
| Janessa Gonzalez | 22 | 290 | 13.2 |
| Brigid Johndrow | 22 | 207 | 9.4 |
| Amelia Sanchez | 22 | 140 | 6.4 |
| Jade Udoh | 21 | 134 | 6.4 |
| Chantel Lopez | 22 | 105 | 4.8 |
| Molly Hooks | 22 | 90 | 4.1 |
| Alexandria Mourges | 21 | 77 | 3.7 |
| Holy Cross | |||
| Player | G | Pts. | Avg. |
| Idalis Miranda | 21 | 214 | 10.2 |
| Aiyana Ward | 22 | 198 | 9.0 |
| Meah Austin | 20 | 159 | 8.0 |
| Isabel Plant | 22 | 114 | 5.2 |
| Natalie Hodak | 20 | 100 | 5.0 |
| Julia Mecca | 22 | 77 | 3.5 |
| Allie Brown | 22 | 68 | 3.1 |
| Hannah Brown | 22 | 65 | 3.0 |
| Devan Eason | 22 | 61 | 2.8 |