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Dobbs Ferry Girls Fall In Section 1 Basketball Final

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Imani Tilford scored the last two of her game-high 26 points with 16 seconds remaining Saturday to give the Woodlands girls basketball team its first Section 1 Class B championship in a thrilling 49-48 victory over Dobbs Ferry at the County Center

Imani Tilford scores the winning basket for Woodlands in a 49-48 victory over Dobbs Ferry.

Photo Credit: Danny LoPriore
The Woodlands High School girls celebrate their first Section 1 Class B championship Saturday at the County Center.

The Woodlands High School girls celebrate their first Section 1 Class B championship Saturday at the County Center.

Photo Credit: Danny LoPriore

Dobbs Ferry led most of the game before losing to Woodlands in the Section 1 Class B playoffs at the County Center.

Photo Credit: Danny LoPriore

Down 48-47 after a mounting a second-half comeback, Tilford took an in-bounds pass and drove to the basket for a layup and a 49-48 lead. Dobbs Ferry had several shots underneath their own basket but failed to connect in the final 10 seconds.

Woodlands, which began the tournament as a seventh-seeded underdog, advanced to next week's Class B state regional playoffs.

Seventh-grader Teisha Hyman, who scored all 12 of her points in the second half to help lead the comeback, said the win gave her school some pride.

"I know I didn't play well enough in the first half and wanted to contribute more," Hyman said following an emotional victory celebration. "The boys have won here before but never the girls. We had to do our best to make the comeback. It is so great to be representing the school in the states."

Alyssa Chipelo, who scored 17 points and made the All-Tournament team, scored 11 points in the first half to lift No. 4 seed Dobbs Ferry to a 24-13 lead.

Tilford kept pace with Chipelo, scoring all 13 of the Falcons points in the first half. The Falcons defense stiffened in the third quarter and Dobbs Ferry's lead was cut to 37-31 going into the fourth quarter.

Tilford, who was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player, scored another 13 in the second half, including the Section 1 winning basket.

 

 

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