The Christian Learning Center girls varsity basketball team strangled Cooperative's offense in the first half, building a 12-2 lead that enabled the Eagles to cruise to a 22-15 victory in a game played in the Cooperative gym Thursday.
The Eagles' quick and aggressive defense harrassed and hurried the Jaguars all game, forcing low percentage off-balance shots, often from beyond the shooter's range.
Meanwhile the Eagles scored at a steady pace thanks to skilful fast breaks engineered by senior guards Sabrina Hallock and Roxy Jien, together with well selected shots by sophomore forward Kylynn Lampen.
Hallock and Lampen each had eight points, followed by Tabitha Malloy with 4, and Ruth Nyquist with 2.
The Jaguars got their offensive act more together in the second half, in which they outscored the Eagles 13 to 10.
Cecelia Aponte led the Jaguars with 6 points. Sofia Sotelo tallied 3, while Hailey White, Ana Paula Justiniano, and Nataly Noguer had one basket each.
Cambridge girls edge Griffins, 10-7
In a game characterized by ferocious defense and sloppy shooting by both teams, the Cambridge College girls varsity basketball team achieved a 10-7 win over International in a game played at Cambridge Thursday.
Only a single point was scored in the entire first quarter, a free throw by International's Natalia Suarez resulting in a 1-0 Griffin lead. The Lady Knights rallied sufficiently in the second quarter to have a 6-3 lead at halftime.
The two teams played evenly, 4-4, in the second half.
Raquel Lopez scored 8 points for the Knights, with Maira Lino accounting for 2.
Melissa Roca had 5 points for the Griffins, Stephanie Gioto and Suarez one point each.
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LOOKING FOR ROOM Cambridge star Raquel Lopez looks for a way to get around Griffin Melissa Roca. -- Jonatan Muñoz, International
