One look atthe Catonsville girls? basketball roster tells everything you need to know about the Comets. Seven of the 11 players are freshmen and sophomores, and a number of those players are around six feet tall.
The team?s interior play and its emerging depth will be key throughout a tough Baltimore County schedule.
“We?re big,” Comets coach Mike Mohler said of his frontcourt. “They make me look good.”
They did exactly that Friday night in a 55-17 win over Towson, improving the team?s overall record to 10-2.
“Biggest plus for us is Tiffany McMillion, who has developed exponentially in the last year,” Mohler said. “She?s worked very hard on her game, and right now she?s probably our MVP.”
The 6-foot-2 senior teams will 5-foot-11 classmate Jennifer Willis in the low post. Fellow senior Brittany Maybin is at small forward, while sophomore Shameka Williams runs the point and junior Jessica Nonn joins her in the backcourt.
“They?re all averaging real close to double digits ? which is good for us,” Mohler said.
But the key – aside from developing the underclassmen on the bench – is McMillion. She?s currently being recruited by some small Division I programs.
“I think her upside is unbelievable,” Mohler said. “She?s very fundamental. She?s a pretty good athlete at 6-foot-2. She does some really good things.”
The team?s short-term goal is a berth in the county title game. While Mohler expects New Town – which beat Hereford Friday, 84-45 – to be in the championship, he expects Woodlawn, Perry Hall and Dulaney to be key battles along the road.
A game with Woodlawn looms Friday, while the Comets will battle Dulaney Jan. 31.
Catonsville?s only losses have come to Bethlehem Catholic (Pa.) and Seton Keough – a game Mohler thought his team could have won.
“I thought we played well and we caught them on a half-off day, but we had three kids foul out in the fourth quarter and didn?t have the depth to hang in there,” Mohler said. “That was a tough loss for us.”
If the team plays to its interior strength, Mohler feels its only challenge will be foul trouble and depth.
