Posted Feb 18/10 - State Playoff Area Round: Pflugerville faces San Antonio O'Connor on Friday, Feb. 19
PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS- The state-ranked Pflugerville girls basketball squad will face San Antono O'Connor in the 2010 State 5A Area round of competition (second round) on Friday, February 19. The game takes place at Lehman High School in Kyle, Texas with a 6 p.m. tip. This is the first of a playoff doubleheader at Lehman HS, as an 8 p.m. game between Pflugerville Hendrickson and San Antonio Lanier follows. Tickets for the evening are: $4 for adults and $2 for students.
Head coach Nancy Walling's
Panthers are 28-5 entering Area play. On Tuesday (Feb. 16), Pflugerville
defeated San Antonio Reagan,
61-52, in first round of playoffs.
O'Connor defeated Converse Judson, Tuesday in the first round.
In the final regular season State
5A polls, the Panthers were ranked ninth (by the Texas Girls Coaches Association)
and No. 13 in the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches/Tex Preps
Basketball Magazine poll. Pflugerville won the 2010 District
25-5A championship outright - its 21st in history - and earned its 22nd Bi-District title with the win over SA Reagan. The Pflugerville-SA O’Connor
winner advances to the regional quarterfinals (third round) of the playoffs
againstSan Antonio Wagner on a
day and time TBA. Wagner (32-2) defeated San Antonio MacArthur 60-33 Thursday
(Feb. 18) night in second round action. Wagner is No. 7 in the TABC/Tex Preps
Basketball poll and No. 8 in the TGCA poll.
Last year, the Panthers reached the State Tournament (final four) semifinals as
Region IV Champions, finishing 32-6. It was Pflugerville's sixth trip to the
State Tournament semifinals.
The Panthers have three players in double-figure scoring, with senior forward Christie
Mooney (14.1 ppg), junior post Nneka Enemkpali (14.0 ppg) and junior
forward Adesuwa Ebomwonyi (11.9 ppg) leading the way. Ebomwonyi is
averaging a double-double as she is pulling down 10.2 rebounds per contest.
State 5A Playoff Information: Area Championship Round (2nd Rd) Pflugerville (28-5) vs. San Antonio O'Connor Date/Time: Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 ... 6 p.m. Site: Lehman HS, 1700 Lehman Road, Kyle, Texas 78640-8454
Ticket Prices: Adults ($4), Students ($2), Faculty (one entrance free
with ID; guests/spouse of faculty must pay); District 25 & District 26
passes, TGCA and TABC passes also honored
Key Dates and Links: UIL Website/Girls Basketball Playoff brackets: http://www.uil.utexas.edu/athletics/brackets/basketball/girls/index.html Feb. 15 & 16: Bi-District playoffs Feb. 18-20: Area playoffs Feb. 22 & 23: Regional quarterfinals Feb. 26-27: UIL Regional Tournaments (Semifinals, Feb. 26; Finals, Feb. 27) March 4-6: UIL State Tournament (Final Four), Frank Erwin Center,
Austin, Texas