The Marian girls basketball team will take on Montrose in a PIAA Class 2A second round contest Wednesday at Holy Redeemer High School.

The game was originally scheduled for tonight but moved on account of weather.

PIAA Class 2A Second Round

Marian vs. Montrose

Wednesday, March 15, 7 p.m.

at Holy Redeemer

LEADING OFF

After a dominant victory in the first round, District 11 champion Marian (25-2) looks to continue to survive and advance against District 2 champion Montrose (21-4). The Fillies advanced to the second round of the Class 1A state tournament a season ago and want to better that performance by getting to the state quarterfinals.

PLAYERS TO WATCH

MARIAN… Kerrigan Digris once again put together a good performance in the postseason, scoring 17 points, including three three-pointers in the Fillies first round state match-up. Freshman Addison Fritz added 12 points while Fatikha Tikhtova and Ashley Pleban

each added eight points.

MONTROSE… Hayley Pompey and Mia Snyder

had 14 points apiece for Montrose in its 46-28 win over Northwest.

BY THE NUMBERS

67

– Marian won its first round match-up against an overmatched MaST II squad on Saturday by a margin of 67 points, while playing a lot of reserve players throughout the game.

38

– The Fillies were impressive on the boards in their first round game, collecting 38 rebounds and out-rebounding MaST II by a margin of 18. Marian will once again have to be good in the rebounding department against 6-2 post player Paley Adams from Montrose.

51

– Marian forced 26 turnovers against MaST II on Saturday, and it forced 25 against Tri-Valley in its District 11 2A championship win for a total of 51 turnovers forced in its last two games.

6

– Montrose has six PIAA state tournament appearances since 2002. The Meteors last appearance was in 2014. Montrose has compiled a 6-5 record since 2002 in the state bracket, advancing as far as the state semifinals in 2012.

CLOSING THOUGHTS

“Montrose has a very good three-quarter court pressure defense. We cannot allow them to speed us up. We have to make smart decisions, and I believe we have really improved throughout the season at making smart decisions against pressure. We also have to continue to do what we have done well all year, which is execute effectively in our full-court and half-court pressure. It’s also going to be key for us to get out and run in transition, and then when we are in the half-court we need to be patient and knock down open shots against their zone.” - Marian head coach Damian Fritz.