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�����Ƶ�I told people at the beginning of the year, if we didn�����Ƶ�t win it, I should be fired,�����Ƶ� Miller said after leading the Timberwolves to a 62-45 victory over Morgantown on Saturday in the �����ƵSSAC Class AAAA state tournament final at the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center.

�����Ƶ�We have a great team and I knew it from the start. I knew it back in the summer. If we played to our potential, the only team that could beat us is if we beat ourselves.�����Ƶ�

The Timberwolves (22-2) played like a great team in all three games of the tournament, clobbering Spring Mills 88-36 and St. Albans 83-49 before walloping the Mohigans (20-4), a team Spring Valley beat by eight points during the regular season.

The difference in the first game with Morgantown and the second?

�����Ƶ�Sophi (Hutchison) only played about a quarter and a half because of foul trouble,�����Ƶ� Miller said of the first meeting.

Hutchison, the tournament�����Ƶ�s most valuable player after scoring 75 points in the week, netted 24 in the title game to go with five rebounds, four steals and three assists.

Her steal and layup to open the third quarter gave the Timberwolves a 38-23 lead, signaling Morgantown was in for more of the same as it experienced in the first half.

More it received. Spring Valley led by 24 points after Ella Giles�����Ƶ� basket to begin the fourth quarter. The Timberwolves were up 22 with 2:37 remaining and the Mohigans chipped away against the reserves.

�����Ƶ�I think that steal was crucial and was the turning point,�����Ƶ� Hutchison said. �����Ƶ�When I got that steal, I saw my teammates�����Ƶ� faces light up. We kept pushing it that whole third quarter and in the fourth quarter.�����Ƶ�

Morgantown couldn�����Ƶ�t contain Hutchison�����Ƶ�s drive to the basket. The junior guard made 10 of 16 shots and held Morgantown star Kayli Kellogg to 11 points on 3-for-19 shooting.

�����Ƶ�My main goal was to keep her from scoring because a lot of their offense is through Kayli,�����Ƶ� Hutchison said. �����Ƶ�If I could contain her, that would force other people to score and they don�����Ƶ�t have as much a chance to score as she did.�����Ƶ�

Nor could Morgantown stop Spring Valley senior center Allie Daniels.

�����Ƶ�Bo told me we had to rebound to win, and I had to do what I always do, stay on the boards and get my points,�����Ƶ� said Daniels, who finished with 12 points and 16 rebounds.

Morgantown coach John Fowkes said Daniels was a difference-maker underneath, preventing the Mohigans from driving to the basket, no matter Morgantown�����Ƶ�s strategy.

�����Ƶ�We�����Ƶ�re usually bigger than the other team, but they�����Ƶ�re bigger than us in various ways,�����Ƶ� Fowkes said. �����Ƶ�(Daniels) sagged off and we ran cuts through the middle and tried to back screen, but she was always there.�����Ƶ�

Morgantown used lengthy scoring runs in victories over Washington and George Washington in the first two rounds. Fowkes said he expected another against Spring Valley. The Mohigans, though, never scored more than five consecutive points.

�����Ƶ�They had shots go in and we didn�����Ƶ�t,�����Ƶ� Fowkes said. �����Ƶ�We talked about it at halftime: �����Ƶ�Hey, it�����Ƶ�s going to happen.�����Ƶ� It didn�����Ƶ�t happen. That�����Ƶ�s basketball. Shots go in and shots don�����Ƶ�t go in.�����Ƶ�

Brooklyn Ellis scored 13 points for Spring Valley. Dria Parker tallied nine points and five rebounds.

�����Ƶ�This is the whole reason I came back as soon as I did,�����Ƶ� Parker said of recovering from July knee surgery. �����Ƶ�I knew the team could win this and I wanted to be a part of it. I pushed myself for five months straight.�����Ƶ�

Tatum DeVries paced Morgantown with 16 points and eight rebounds. Sadaya Jones scored seven points and snared nine rebounds.

Until Saturday, just two girls teams from Wayne County had won state titles �����Ƶ� Buffalo in 1993 and Fort Gay in 1976. That number doubled, as Wayne defeated Nitro 56-39 earlier Saturday in the Class AAA final to join Spring Valley in bringing trophies home.

MORGANTOWN 10 13 8 14 �����Ƶ� 45: Deusenberry 0 0-0 0, DeVries 4 4-4 16, Jones 1 5-8 9, Kellogg 3 4-4 11, Hatcher 0 1-2 1, Ammons 0 0-0 0, Nelson 3 0-3 7, Messerly 1 0-0 2. Totals: 12-51 7-28 14-21 45.

SPRING VALLEY 20 16 17 9 �����Ƶ� 62: Hutchison 10 4-6 24, Giles 2 0-0 4, Ellis 4 3-8 13, Parker 3 0-0 9, Daniels 4 4-4 14, Davis 0 0-0 0, Edwards 0 0-0 0, Jackson 0 0-0 0. Totals 23-47 5-16 11-18 62.

3-pointers: Morgantown �����Ƶ� Deusenberry 0-1, DeVries 4-5, Jones 0-3, Kellogg 1-13, Nelson 1-3, Messerly 1-3; Spring Valley Hutchison 0-1, Giles 0-4, Ellis 2-6, Parker 3-5. Rebounds: Morgantown 32 (Jones 9, DeVries 8, Hatcher 6); Spring Valley 37 (Daniels 16, Hutchison 5, Parker 5).