(GREENVILLE, SC) The St. Louis Surge, defending champions of the Women’s Blue Chip Basketball League (WBCBL), took one step closer to back-to-back titles with a 94-60 victory over the San Antonio Crusaders in the quarterfinal round of the 2015 National Championships Saturday morning at Carolina Academy.
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The third-seeded Surge (10-1 in the WBCBL and 12-1 overall) plays the winner of the Auburn/Cleveland quarterfinal today at 6 PM Eastern in the semifinals. The winner of that contest advances to Sunday’s 1 PM national trophy game.
St. Louis was trailing 16-13 at the end of the first quarter but charged ahead with 27-10 second stanza and possessed a 40-26 halftime lead.
The Surge maintained pressure to start the second half and outscored the sixth-seeded Crusaders, 25-12, in the third quarter and sported a 65-38 advantage.
St. Louis sealed the quarterfinal victory by outscoring San Antonio in the fourth quarter, 29-22.
For updates on tonight’s semifinal game, go to the official Surge Facebook page.
By trade, he is a six-time, regional Emmy Award-winning news videographer/editor for KTVI/KPLR-TV. By hobby, he is a writer for Arch City Media, dating back to February 2014. Emphasis is on featuring and promoting local women's sports, but will cover anything that is not reported by traditional media outlets. Also a contributor to local concert reviews.
