Lady Knights surge, beat Eagles 22-12
The Cambridge girls varsity basketball team jumped out to a 13-1 halftime advantage and then staved off an attempted Christian Learning counterattack to post a 22-12 victory Thursday in the Christian Learning gym.
The Lady Knights, notorious for having hot first halves and sloppy second halves, started off like pistols with sophomore Maira Lino firing in two three-pointers and a two-pointer in the first half. Her scores were augmented by baskets from Mariana Escaño and Raquel Lopez.
Cambridge cooled off in the second half, losing their intensity on defense and their discipline on offense as Christian Learning clawed it way back into the game, closing to within seven points at 19-12.
At that point Lino threw in yet another three-pointer to make the final score 22-12.
Cambridge and Christian Learning are now tied for second place behind Cooperative, which moved its record to 4-1 with a victory over International Tuesday.
Christian Learning plays winless International next week, while Cambridge and Cooperative play one another.
For Cambridge, Lino had 11 points, Lopez seven, and Escaño four.
For Christian Learning, Kaylyn Lampen had five, Whitney Belovicz four, Tabitha Malloy two and Ruth Nyquist one.
Jaguar girls beat Griffins easily, 36-2
The Cooperative girls varsity basketball team handled International with consumate ease, winning 36-2 in their home gym Thursday.
The Jaguars led 7-0 at the end of the first quarter, and 19-0 at halftime. The Griffins broke up the shutout with a basket by Maria Isabel Barrenechea in the third quarter, but the Jaguars rolled up an additional 18 points in the second half to win 36-2.
Cecelia Aponte had another big day for the Jaguars, scoring 12 points, including two three-pointers. Carla Limpias tallied eight points, Nicole Broersma and Ana Paola Peredo each had six, Tania Landivar had four and Carolina Crespo two.
