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Girls Basketball

Mayo, McCollough lead No. 1 Notre Dame-Fairfield over Pomperaug

Scott Ericson | January 17, 2020

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Pomperaug's Molly Flanagan (5) drives to the basket between Notre Dame-Fairfield teammates Kayla Tilus (11) and Ciara Brown (15) in the girls basketball game on Friday night at Pomberaug High School in Southbury.
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Pomperaug’s Molly Flanagan (5) drives to the basket between Notre Dame-Fairfield teammates Kayla Tilus (11) and Ciara Brown (15) in the girls basketball game on Friday night at Pomberaug High School in Southbury.

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Notre Dame-Fairfield's Yamani McCollough (1) and Pomperaug's Madison Villa (35) dive for a loose ball in the girls basketball game on Friday night at Pomperaug High School in Southbury.
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Notre Dame-Fairfield’s Yamani McCollough (1) and Pomperaug’s Madison Villa (35) dive for a loose ball in the girls basketball game on Friday night at Pomperaug High School in Southbury.

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Pomperaug's Cara McGettigan (2) reaches out to try to block Notre Dame-Fairfield's Ciara Brown (15) in the girls basketball game between Notre Dame-Fairfield and Pomperaug high schools, Friday night, January 17, 2020, at Pomberaug High School, Southbury, Conn.
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Pomperaug's Cara McGettigan (2) reaches out to try to block Notre Dame-Fairfield's Ciara Brown (15) in the girls basketball game between Notre Dame-Fairfield and Pomperaug high schools, Friday night, January 17, 2020, at Pomberaug High School, Southbury, Conn.

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Notre Dame-Fairfield's Yamani McCollough (1) shoots over Pomperaug team mates Alexandra Rafferty (33) and Maria Lambiase (1) in the girls basketball game between Notre Dame-Fairfield and Pomperaug high schools, Friday night, January 17, 2020, at Pomberaug High School, Southbury, Conn.
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Notre Dame-Fairfield's Yamani McCollough (1) shoots over Pomperaug team mates Alexandra Rafferty (33) and Maria Lambiase (1) in the girls basketball game between Notre Dame-Fairfield and Pomperaug high schools, Friday night, January 17, 2020, at Pomberaug High School, Southbury, Conn.

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Notre Dame-Fairfield's Ciara Brown (15) drives through Pomperaug's Cara McGettigan (2) and Jada Stietzel (21) in the girls basketball game between Notre Dame-Fairfield and Pomperaug high schools, Friday night, January 17, 2020, at Pomberaug High School, Southbury, Conn.
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Notre Dame-Fairfield's Ciara Brown (15) drives through Pomperaug's Cara McGettigan (2) and Jada Stietzel (21) in the girls basketball game between Notre Dame-Fairfield and Pomperaug high schools, Friday night, January 17, 2020, at Pomberaug High School, Southbury, Conn.

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Notre Dame-Fairfield's Yamani McCollough (1) goes around Pomperaug's Madison Villa (35) in the girls basketball game between Notre Dame-Fairfield and Pomperaug high schools, Friday night, January 17, 2020, at Pomberaug High School, Southbury, Conn.
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Notre Dame-Fairfield's Yamani McCollough (1) goes around Pomperaug's Madison Villa (35) in the girls basketball game between Notre Dame-Fairfield and Pomperaug high schools, Friday night, January 17, 2020, at Pomberaug High School, Southbury, Conn.

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Notre Dame-Fairfield's Aizhanique Mayo (2) shoots over Pomperaug's Alexandra Rafferty (33) in the girls basketball game between Notre Dame-Fairfield and Pomperaug high schools, Friday night, January 17, 2020, at Pomberaug High School, Southbury, Conn.
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Notre Dame-Fairfield's Aizhanique Mayo (2) shoots over Pomperaug's Alexandra Rafferty (33) in the girls basketball game between Notre Dame-Fairfield and Pomperaug high schools, Friday night, January 17, 2020, at Pomberaug High School, Southbury, Conn.

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Notre Dame-Fairfield's MacQuarrie Stone-Folman (21) is defended by Pomperaug's Jada Stietzel (21) in the girls basketball game between Notre Dame-Fairfield and Pomperaug high schools, Friday night, January 17, 2020, at Pomberaug High School, Southbury, Conn.
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Notre Dame-Fairfield's MacQuarrie Stone-Folman (21) is defended by Pomperaug's Jada Stietzel (21) in the girls basketball game between Notre Dame-Fairfield and Pomperaug high schools, Friday night, January 17, 2020, at Pomberaug High School, Southbury, Conn.

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Notre Dame-Fairfield head coach Maria Conlon talks to Macquarrie Stone-Folman (21) on the sideline during the girls basketball game between Notre Dame-Fairfield and Pomperaug high schools, Friday night, January 17, 2020, at Pomberaug High School, Southbury, Conn.
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Notre Dame-Fairfield head coach Maria Conlon talks to Macquarrie Stone-Folman (21) on the sideline during the girls basketball game between Notre Dame-Fairfield and Pomperaug high schools, Friday night, January 17, 2020, at Pomberaug High School, Southbury, Conn.

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Pomperaug head coach Joe Fortier encourages his team during the girls basketball game against Notre Dame-Fairfield on Friday night.
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Pomperaug head coach Joe Fortier encourages his team during the girls basketball game against Notre Dame-Fairfield on Friday night.

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SOUTHBURY — The Notre Dame-Fairfield girls basketball team comes at opponents in waves with so many scoring threats, teams do not know which way to turn, at times.

The No. 1 team in the GametimeCT Girls Basketball Poll used a couple big runs, moved the ball well and got double-digit points from multiple players en route to a 69-60 win on the road at Pomperaug.

“We did a really good job of (moving the ball) tonight. We are getting better at that every single game,” Notre Dame coach Maria Conlon said. “I thought we did a good job of being patient tonight and being composed. The cool part about this team is that every night, somebody steps up and does something a little bit different. Yamani (McCollough) didn’t score 30 points tonight but she locked up number 35 (Madison Villa) in the second half on defense which was exactly what we needed.”

No. 1 Notre Dame-Fairfield rolled past Pomperaug 69-60 to remain unbeaten #ctgb pic.twitter.com/A4w1J7UHqz

— Will Aldam (@AldamWill) January 18, 2020

McCollough finished with 17 points with Aizhanique Mayo putting in a game-high 19 and Ciara Brown adding 10 points for the Lancers (8-0).

Pomperaug (6-3) hung with the top team in the state, trailing by just one point late in the second quarter before a leg injury knocked out senior guard Alex Rafferty.

The injury, which left Rafferty on the court for several minutes before being helped off, silenced the crowd and took the wind out of Pomperaug’s sails for a stretch.

Over the end of the second and beginning of the third, Notre Dame went on a 8-0 run, opening the lead to nine.

“You could hear a pin drop. Those type of injuries are horrible in sports,” Pomperaug coach Joe Fortier said. “I thought we played well and we hung with the No. 1 team in the state into the fourth quarter. I liked the way we fought. I was proud of them. We don’t have a big scorer but we play as one heart. We put up 60 points against the No. 1 team. Hopefully we will get good news (on Rafferty).”

Pomperaug was able to cut the Notre Dame lead to 54-48 midway through the fourth.

McCollough made sure it would get no closer, knocking down a corner 3-pointer on the next possession then getting a steal and layup, pushing the lead back to 11 very quickly.

Cara McGettigan had 17 points for the Panthers with Madison Villa adding 13 and Molly Flanagan scoring 11.

Halftime Highlights:
NDF 30, Pomperaug 27 #ctgb pic.twitter.com/Zl1dDLdtJb

— Will Aldam (@AldamWill) January 18, 2020

PLAYER OF THE GAME

Aizhanique Mayo, Notre Dame. The sophomore guard was running the lanes in transition all night, getting layups and also doing damage with mid-range jumpers.

QUOTABLE

“We communicated, a lot and we were able to move on defense,” Mayo said. “We are able to move the ball around and get good looks.”

NOTRE DAME FAIRFIELD 69, POMPERAUG 60

NOTRE DAME   17 13 16 23–69
POMPERAUG     13 14 10 23– 60
NOTRE DAME (8-0): Kayla Tilus 4 0-0 8; Yamani McCollough 8 0-0 17; Aizhanique Mayo 6 6-6- 19; Mac Stone-Folmar 2 1-1 6; Taylor Gibbs 3 3-4 9; Ciara Brown 4 1-2 10. Totals: 27 11-13 69
Pomperaug (6-3): Madison Villa 4 2-4 13; Jada Stietzel 1 0-0 2; Molly Flanagan 5 1-2 11; Cara McGettigan 6 4-6 17; Marina Lambiase 3 0-0 8; Alex Rafferty 0 0-0 0; Sydney Lounsbury 3 1-2 7; Jessica Evans 1 0-0 2. Totals: 23 9-15 60
3-point field goals: NDF—Mayo, McCollough, Stone-Folmar, Brown. P—Villa 3, Lambiase 2
Fouled out: None

About Scott Ericson

Scott Ericson is a sports reporter for GameTimeCT based in Stamford. Email him at Sericson@stamfordadvocate.com. You can follow him on Twitter at @ericsonsports.

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