The New Hyde Park girls varsity basketball squad saw their playoff hopes cut short Thursday night after suffering a 53-46 loss at Floral Park.
With a total of 14 lead changes throughout the night, it was a quartet of free-throws from Lady Knights senior Kaela Hilaire that sealed the victory for No. 5 Floral Park (15-3) who will face No. 4 Sewanhaka (15-3) away on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. in the Nassau Class A quarter finals.
The Lady Gladiators were down by one point at the half, going on a 12-5 run in the third, but Hilaire racked up 9 points in the fourth quarter on her way to 17 with 11 assists.
New Hyde Park’s (8-9) Kristen Korzevinski had 18 points and 8 rebounds while Laila Chadli contributed 15 to the cause.
1 2 3 4 F New Hyde Park Lady Gladiators 8 13 15 10 46 Floral Park Lady Knights 6 16 14 17 53New Hyde Park Scoring Statistics Player FGs 3PTs FTs Points Assts Rebs Kristen Korzevinski 7 0 4 18 3 8 Laila Chadli 6 1 0 15 0 0 Shelby Platia 1 1 0 5 0 0 Paola Quijada 2 0 0 4 0 0 Victoria Lofaro 1 0 0 2 0 0 Melissa Mastoridis 1 0 0 2 0 0
Floral Park Scoring Statistics Player FGs 3PTs FTs Points Assts Rebs Kaela Hilaire 3 2 5 17 11 5 Lorraine Hickman 7 0 0 14 0 10 Alex Baldini 3 0 2 8 0 5 Emily Keenan 1 2 0 8 2 5 Valerie Fox 2 0 0 4 0 0 Lindsey Tanalski 1 0 0 2 0 2
