Staff Writer
Melena Chisolm hit a 3-pointer to send the game into overtime, when Colby Griffin took control with a five-point run that lifted the Washtenaw’s women’s basketball team to a 54-49 victory Thursday over previously undefeated Tom Holzer Ford.
The victory improved WCC to 4-0 in the Ann Arbor Rec and Ed league.
The Warriors were down by three before the clutch basket by Chisolm, 26, of Ann Arbor, an elementary education major.
In overtime, Grifffin, 20, a business major from Ypsilanti, broke the game open with a jumper followed by a 3-point basket.
With 22-seconds to go, radiography major, Journey Benjamin, 21, of Ann Arbor drained a 3-pointer to secure the win.
With four fouls, Journey Benjamin was apprehensive heading into OT. For her, it meant she had to temper her aggressive play.
“I had four fouls at the end of the fourth and after speaking to coach, I decided I had to be careful with my fouls,” Benjamin said. “If I would have got my fifth, I would have been out.”
Playing her first game with the Warriors, Brittany Bucknan, 22, of Brighton, was nervous to play the top team in the league through the Ann Arbor Rec and Ed. Holzer Ford dropped to 3-1.
“It was a matter of keeping my head in the game,” she said. “Throughout overtime, I was set on playing tight defense and getting the ball up and down the court quickly.”
Head coach Michael Nightingale said he thinks the Warriors got better as the game went on.
“By the second half, we were up either by four or two while in the first half we were either down by two or tied,” he said. “I just kept telling the girls with just seconds in the game, we don’t need to shoot, we just need to keep the ball away.
“I was nervous because we had a couple girls in foul trouble,” he said. “It was all about not getting another foul but playing aggressively.”
I am proud of my grandaughter Journey she play the game of basketball very well. I am glad she is a team player PROUD GRANDMA CHARLIE!!!.