Murry Bergtraum has one of the greatest girls basketball dynasties in the United States. The Lady Blazers have won 13 straight PSAL city championships, dominating the landscape for more than a decade.
This year, No. 2 Bergtraum has had its hardest time yet getting back to Madison Square Garden, where it will meet No. 4 McKee/Staten Island Tech at 10 a.m. Saturday morning in the final. The Lady Blazers endured a terrible tragedy when star player, Tayshana Murphy, was shot and killed in September. The players on this team are competing with her on their minds and in their hearts.
Across the court will be MSIT, which is not so much a Cinderella story as it is a legitimately good team that most people underrated. The Seagulls stunned two known PSAL powers in South Shore and John F. Kennedy to get here. They are only the second Staten Island team to reach the Garden after Curtis in 2003.
No matter the winner, there will be some kind of historic outcome, whether it is Bergtraum extending its historic streak of MSIT winning the Island’s first PSAL girls basketball city title. Tickets are available on ticketmaster.com. But if you can’t make it out to MSG, NYPost.com will bring you the blow by blow with our interactive live blog, beginning at 9:45 a.m. Come join girls basketball insiders Marc Raimondi and Joseph Staszewski as they bring you all the action from The World’s Most Famous Arena.
SCHEDULE
@ Madison Square Garden
10 a.m. – No. 2 Murry Bergtraum vs. No. 4 McKee/Staten Island Tech