National Cathedral's Marta Sniezek, left, calls for a time out as she and a Visitation's player tie up the ball during Georgetown Visitation's defeat of National Cathedral 55 - 48 in girls basketball at the National Cathedral School in Washington DC, January 29, 2014.
Mark Giannotto, washingtonpost.com, January 29, 2015
Georgetown Visitation and National Cathedral both entered undefeated in conference play.
As the fourth-ranked Cubs scored an exciting 55-48 victory over No. 7 National Cathedral to grab control of the Independent School League regular season title race.
The Georgetown Visitation Cubs (18-1, 8-0 ISL) offset a 28-point outburst by Marta Sniezek.
For much of the first half, Sniezek appeared capable of winning the game by herself. National Cathedral (12-1, 6-1), which lost to Georgetown Visitation four times last year, jumped to an 8-0 lead and Sniezek scored all 10 of her team’s second-quarter points. She hit an array of shots from all over the floor during a back-and-forth first half. A late three-pointer gave her 16 points and tied the score at 26 at halftime.
Georgetown Visitation responded and its zone stiffened in the second half. Sniezek went scoreless in the third quarter. “We all kind of collapsed on her and made sure she got the most focus from our defense”.
During Georgetown Visitation’s decisive fourth-quarter surge, Sniezek simply wore down. She missed two free throws, an open three-pointer and a layin on consecutive fourth-quarter possessions.
Then one last 10-point flurry from Sniezek in the final 70 seconds.
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