McAuley’s Ade takes timeout for twins

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Updated: March 1, 2012 8:44AM

For the second time in three years, Mother McAuley coach Karen Ade is going to miss the end of the basketball season.

Ade and her husband, Stagg assistant coach Brian Ade, are expecting twins in May.

“My goal was to make it all the way through, but I talked to my doctor and we both figured it was best to step away from it (coaching) because it’s just too stressful,” Ade said.

Ade stepped down in mid-December 2009 to have a baby boy. She was replaced then, as she will be replaced now, by McAuley athletic director Laurie Jakubczak.

“I have two great assistants (Jen Brander and Brittani Hunter). The only problem is they’re both part-time because of their jobs,” Ade said. “Laurie just wanted to make sure there’s some consistency.

“I don’t think there are many ADs out there who would be willing to do what she does. But she’s coached at Seton Academy, she’s been downstate with Seton. I’ve learned a ton from her, not only about the game, but how to be a better coach in general.”

Jakubczak said she plans to return to coaching for the 2012-13 season.

Timeout. No ... wait

Andrew sophomore coach T.J. Dexter will have quite a story to tell for years to come after a nightmare-turned-relief finish to regulation in the Thunderbolts’ contest against Stagg on Jan. 24.

Andrew trailed by two points with time running out when Sarah Renaud missed a jumper. With 2.7 seconds remaining, center Michelle Borgen grabbed the rebound. Borgen pivoted, went up with the ball and banked it in.

Tie game? Not quite.

Before Borgen was able to release the ball, Dexter loudly called for a timeout. It was granted. The basket was erased.

Dexter received a playful shove from assistant coach Luis Ayala and perhaps a few shocked looks from his players. He looked stunned himself, but only for a brief second, before going back into coaching mode.

“I saw her under the basket,” Dexter said later. “As much as I’ve worked with our post players on post moves, they’re still not smooth with them. So when I saw her, I didn’t think she’d be able to drop-step like she did. I knew we had one timeout left.”

Dexter drew up an inbounds play in which the ball was tossed in to Borgen. Once again she converted to tie the score. Stagg went on to win in overtime.

“I told her, ‘Thanks for making me look good,’ ” Dexter said, smiling. “Otherwise I would have caught a lot of flak.”