Caravel girls basketball Chasity Wilson attempts a shot in their win over Ursuline photo courtesy of Nick Halliday 1

Courtside View – Week 8 girls basketball top 10 rankings

Jason WinchellHeadlines, Sports

Caravel girls basketball Chasity Wilson attempts a shot in their win over Ursuline photo courtesy of Nick Halliday 1 scaled

Caravel girls basketball Chasity Wilson attempts a shot in their win over Ursuline, photo courtesy of Nick Halliday

The girls basketball season ends next week The teams will make their final push to see if they can qualify for the state tournament at the end of the month.

 

The regular season game that everyone has been waiting for since early December did not disappoint as Ursuline and Caravel played an instant classic last week.  Ursuline raced out to a 11-0 lead but the Bucs made it a game at halftime by outsourcing the Raiders by 11 to end the half tied at 33.  The Bucs then had a big third quarter getting a 13 point lead at one point,  The Raiders fourth quarter comeback came up short as Caravel won 67-63..  .  

 

The second great game from last week saw No. 6 Padua beat No. 5 AI DuPont in overtime 70-65.  Abby Grillo scored 37 points for the Pandas including making her first 11 free throws.

 

Here is the new top 10 for this week voted by  our Delaware Live Crew.

 

No. 1 Caravel (15-2) (LW No. 2) The Bucs beat then No.1 Ursuline 67-63 to complete a 2-0 week.  They play at Wilmington Charter on Saturday

 

No. 2 Ursuline (12-4) (LW No. 1) The Raiders rebounded from the lost to No. 2 Caravel with a win over Woodbridge.  They play at No. 3 Sanford on Thursday and host Saint Mark’s on Saturday.

 

No. 3 Sanford (11-5) (LW No. 3) The Warriors went 2-0 last week.  They host No. 2 Ursuline on Thursday, a rematch from last years championship game..

 

No. 4 St. Elizabeth (15-3) (LW No. 4) The Vikings went 3-0 last week winning three road games in three days.  They host MOT Charter on Thursday night.

 

No. 5 Padua (14-4) (LW No. 6)  The Pandas went 3-0 last week including the 70-65 overtime win over AI DuPont..

 

No. 6 A.I. DuPont (14-5) (LW No. 5) The Tigers went 2-1 last week.  They are off till Tuesday when they host Dickinson.

 

No. 7 Dover (15-3) (LW No. 7) The Senators went 2-1 last week and wrapped up the Henlopen North title.  They host Milford on Thursday.

 

No. 8  Cape Henlopen (12-5) (LW No. 8)  The Vikings went 3-0 last week including a 49-43 win over Appoquinimink.  They host Smyrna on Friday.

 

No. 9  Delmarva Christian (17-1) (LW No. 9)  Delmrava went 2-0 last week including a win over Middletown.  They are off this week and host Laurel next Wednesday.

No. 10 Odessa (14-5)(LW Unranked).  The Ducks crashed the top 10 party this week with a 3-0 week last week.  They host Friends on Thursday for their first ever senior night.

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