Eagles regain groove, beat Griffins 41-15
The Chrtistian Learning girls varsity basketball team broke out of a severe scoring slump with a vengeance in Friday's consolation game for third place, and easily defeated International 41-15.
The girl Eagles had not broken the 20-point barrier in the second half of the season, during which they went 1-2 after posting a 3-0 mark in the first half. Only a fortnight ago they had barely beaten the same Interational team 16-12, in a game that was tied during the fourth quarter.
However, the Christian Learning team had apparently cracked open several fresh new cans of Whip-It prior to taking to the floor before a big, largely friendly crowd in their home arena Friday.
They zoomed out to a 16-3 lead inthe first quarter, and led 22-7 at halftime. at the start of the game, and were ahead 22-7 at the half. But the best was yet to come.
In the third quarter they outscored International 14-0 toi go ahead 36-7. From there they simply coasted in. International managed to ourscore them in the final quarter 8-4, but at that point it no longer mattered. The Christian Learning point total in this game was the highest for any team this season.
Tabitha Malloy had her best day of the season, and led all scorers with 17 points for the Eagles. Erica Kienzle had 10, and Whitney Belovicz four. Kaylyn Lampen, Ruth Nyquist, and Cristina Chun had two points each.
For International, Camila Johnson had six points, Maria Isabel Barrenechea four, Stephanie Gioto and Ines Fernandez two, and Regina Landivar one.
