The higher seed won every game in the Girls’ Class B2 tournament, which leads the two unbeaten teams into a matchup for the title. Waterloo has only one game decided by less than 10 points while Dansville has three wins closer than 15 points. Here’s the breakdown:
No. 1 seed WATERLOO INDIANS (13-0/Finger Lakes East) vs. No. 2 seed DANSVILLE MUSTANGS (12-0/Livingston County Division I)
Scoring offense: Waterloo (65.1 PPG), Dansville (62.0 PPG)
Scoring defense: Waterloo (24.4 PPG), Dansville (33.3 PPG)
Current streak: Waterloo is on a 13-game win streak this season.; Dansville has won all 12 games this year, which runs the Mustangs’ overall wins streak to 19.
How they got here: Waterloo knocked off No. 8 Wayland-Cohocton 86-22 in the quarterfinals and No. 4 Wellsville 71-15 in the semis.
Dansville wiped out No. 7 Bath-Haverling 59-29, then defeated No. 3 Penn Yan 51-40.
Last time they met: These programs have not met since 2017.
Players to watch for Waterloo: Giavanna White-Principio Jr. C 12.1 PPG and 5.6 RPG; Macy Carr Jr. G 10.8 PPG; Morgan Caraballo So. G 9.3 PPG, 3.7 APG and 5.3 SPG; Jazzmyn Lewis So. F 7.2 PPG and 4.9 SPG
Dansville: Arayana Young Sr. C 15.1 PPG, 12.3 RPG, 3.5 APG and 3.2 BPG; Hannah LaPlant Sr. G 14.6 PPG, 4.1 APG and 3.2 SPG; Madison Lee Jr. G 10.4 PPG
Coaches: Michael Bree (Waterloo), Kristen Kershner (Dansville)
History 101: Waterloo lost to Palmyra-Macedon in the semifinals of last year’s Class B1 tournament.
Dansville defeated Palmyra-Macedon 64-52 to win the 2020 Class B1 tournament, then took down Penn Yan 63-43 in the regional qualifier.
The game is scheduled for Saturday, March 12 at Waterloo High School at 5 p.m.
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