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Six-Time Sectional Champ Ossining Girls Advance To State Final Four

MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. - Despite playing a "slow" first half, and with its senior scoring star feeling ill, the three-time defending state champion Ossining High girls basketball team still managed to overcome Monroe-Woodbury Friday night, toppling the Crusaders, 59-44, in a regional final at Orange County Community College.

The Ossining High girls beat Monroe-Woodbury Friday night to reach the NYS final four. Here's a look at the stifling defense that held the Crusaders to 44 points.

Photo Credit: Skip Pearlman
The Ossining High girls basketball team beat Monroe-Woodbury in a regional final Friday night in Middletown.

The Ossining High girls basketball team beat Monroe-Woodbury in a regional final Friday night in Middletown.

Photo Credit: Skip Pearlman
The Ossining High girls basketball team beat Monroe-Woodbury in a regional final Friday night in Middletown.

The Ossining High girls basketball team beat Monroe-Woodbury in a regional final Friday night in Middletown.

Photo Credit: Skip Pearlman
The Ossining High girls basketball team beat Monroe-Woodbury in a regional final Friday night in Middletown.

The Ossining High girls basketball team beat Monroe-Woodbury in a regional final Friday night in Middletown.

Photo Credit: Skip Pearlman
The Ossining High girls basketball team beat Monroe-Woodbury in a regional final Friday night in Middletown.

The Ossining High girls basketball team beat Monroe-Woodbury in a regional final Friday night in Middletown.

Photo Credit: Skip Pearlman
The Ossining High girls basketball team beat Monroe-Woodbury in a regional final Friday night in Middletown.

The Ossining High girls basketball team beat Monroe-Woodbury in a regional final Friday night in Middletown.

Photo Credit: Skip Pearlman
The Ossining High girls basketball team beat Monroe-Woodbury in a regional final Friday night in Middletown.

The Ossining High girls basketball team beat Monroe-Woodbury in a regional final Friday night in Middletown.

Photo Credit: Skip Pearlman
The Ossining High girls basketball team beat Monroe-Woodbury in a regional final Friday night in Middletown.

The Ossining High girls basketball team beat Monroe-Woodbury in a regional final Friday night in Middletown.

Photo Credit: Skip Pearlman
The Ossining High girls basketball team beat Monroe-Woodbury in a regional final Friday night in Middletown.

The Ossining High girls basketball team beat Monroe-Woodbury in a regional final Friday night in Middletown.

Photo Credit: Skip Pearlman

Senior Shadeen Samuels, dealing with a stomach bug, scored 23 for the Pride, but 19 of those came in the first half.

Ossining, now 24-2 and winner of the last six sectional titles, is set to play in a state semifinal Friday at Hudson Valley Community College.

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