Coming off an opening round bye, the Marian girls will open District 11 playoff action with a semifinal round game against Moravian Academy tonight.

Girls Class 2A Quarterfinals

No. 2 Marian (19-3) vs.

No. 3 Moravian Academy (12-10)

TIP-OFF

- Monday, Feb. 25 at Minersville High School, 6 p.m.

COACHES

- Marian: Paul Brutto; Moravian Academy: Steve Turpening

LEADING SCORERS

- Marian: Emily Shaud (13.4 points per game), Isabella Schwabe (9.6), Emma McClafferty (7.3), Macy Alansky (6.7), Julia Kreisl (6.1); Moravian Academy: Maya Ettle (15.7), Quinn O’Connor (11.8), Grace Moser (11.1), Marina Falzone (3.1).

GAME NOTES

- The winner of this matchup moves on to play the winner of No. 1 seed Mahanoy Area or No. 5 Williams Valley for the District 11 Class 2A championship ... Moravian Academy qualified for the Colonial League playoffs, dropping a quarterfinal round contest to Northwestern … Marian missed out on the Schuylkill League playoffs. However, it finished second in Division 3 behind league runner-up Mahanoy Area … Moravian Academy advanced in the Class 2A bracket with a 57-19 quarterfinals win over Shenandoah Valley last Thursday night … The Fillies kept an incredibly long streak of qualifying for the district playoffs intact. This marks the 46th year in a row that the program has reached the postseason … The last time Marian was in the PIAA state playoffs was 2014. The current four-year streak of missing out on states is the longest since a four-year span between 1991 and 1994 … The Lions’ Maya Ettle is a University of Richmond commit. The 6-4 junior center averages 10.1 rebounds per game and 5.2 blocks per contest … The Lions’ trio of O’Connor (54-of-67, 80.6 percent), Moser (38-of-53, 71.7 percent) and Ettle (75-of-116, 64.7) are all solid shooters at the foul line … Moser is a threat from the perimeter, as she leads the Lions with 54 three-pointers this season … The teams had two common opponents this season — Notre Dame of Green Pond and Shenandoah Valley. Moravian Academy dropped two games to Notre Dame (55-40, 63-42), while posting a big win over Shenandoah in the quarterfinals. Marian downed Notre Dame 42-33 earlier this month. The Fillies also cruised to two victories (55-19, 56-31) over Shenandoah during the regular season … The last time the Fillies made it to the district title games was in 2014, when they played for the Class 1A title. The top-seeded Fillies knocked off No. 6 seed Shenandoah Valley 47-22 that year to capture the gold.

QUOTABLE

- “Defensively, we need to contain their Big Three of Ettle, Moser, and O’Connor, who score the bulk of their points. In addition, we need to keep Ettle off the offensive glass. Offensively, we need to score some in transition, whether it’s off our defense or running the floor. When necessary, we need to be patient on offense versus their zones, and not settle for the first open shot. We need to score in the paint, as well as from the perimeter.” - Marian head coach Paul Brutto.

— By TJ Engle