GUILDERLAND — The Guilderland girls’ basketball team is heading into the Class AA sectionals on a high note.

The Lady Dutch captured the Division II Suburban Council tournament with a pair of im-pressive wins. Guilderland beat Ballston Spa, 35-20, in the first round, and Bethlehem in the fi-nal, 49-42, at Hudson Valley Community College.

The Lady Dutch will be the number-three seed from the Suburban Council at the section-als that start next week.

Guilderland wrapped up the regular season with a 47-27 win over Saratgoa on Tuesday.

In Sunday’s championship game, the Lady Dutch held a 26-16 halftime lead, but watched the Lady Eagles fight back in the third quarter to tie the game. Bethlehem outscored Guilderland, 16-6, in the third stanza.

The Lady Dutch responded with a 17-10 fourth quarter to win by seven points.

Mary Kate O’Connell led the Lady Dutch with 16 points. Kristin Pezze scored 15 points and Jessica Tice added seven.

Leah Gillham led Bethlehem with 13 points. Alex McCullough added 11.

Against Ballston Spa, the Lady Dutch won a defensive battle and did not allow the Scotties to score double digits in any quarter.

Guilderland led, 18-10, at half-time and 26-12 at the end of the third quarter.

O’Connell, again, led the Lady Dutch in scoring. She scored 11 points and Pezze added 10. Nikki Branchini chipped in eight points.

Awards

Pezze, a junior, was named to the Suburban Council All-Star team. She, along with Bethlehem’s Gilham, was one of two juniors named a league all-star.

Tice, a senior, was named to play in the Exceptional Seniors game that will be held at the end of the season.

The players were awarded after the championship game of the Division II Suburban Council tournament.