TAKE-AWAY ARTIST -- Griffin guard Maria Antonia Maggi (2) gets the ball away from Jaguar Megumi Kamiya and prepares toi lead downcourt stampede. Jonatan Muñoz, International
Griffinettes surge to beat Jaguar JV, 13-7
The Interntional girls junior varsity basketball team broke open a tie game in the fourth quarter, and defeated Cooperative 13-7 on their home court Tuesday afternoon.
The Griffins took a 4-0 lead in the first quarter, and led 6-2 at the half. The Jaguars cut the Griffin lead to 6-4 in the third quarter, and tied the game at 6-6 well into the fourth quarter.
But with a little less than five minutes on the clock Griffin seventh grader Fabiana Zelada hit with a foul shot and then a driving lay-up in rapid succession to open a three-point lead.
As the clock wound down the Griffins added two point on foul shots by Renata Maggi, and a field goal by Carolina Aguilers, while Cooperative could only add a foul shot by Naolmi Andrade.
The season opener was a rematch of last year's JV championship game in which the two teams had also met, and in which the Griffins had also emerged victorious.
For the winning Griffins, Renata Maggi had four points, Fabiana Zelada three, while Maria Antonia Maggi, Pamela Hernandez, and Ana Carolina Aguilera each had two points.
For the Jaguars, Naomi Andrade had three points, Geraldine Milos Cooper had two and Giuliana Varalta had two.
The Interntional girls junior varsity basketball team broke open a tie game in the fourth quarter, and defeated Cooperative 13-7 on their home court Tuesday afternoon.
The Griffins took a 4-0 lead in the first quarter, and led 6-2 at the half. The Jaguars cut the Griffin lead to 6-4 in the third quarter, and tied the game at 6-6 well into the fourth quarter.
But with a little less than five minutes on the clock Griffin seventh grader Fabiana Zelada hit with a foul shot and then a driving lay-up in rapid succession to open a three-point lead.
As the clock wound down the Griffins added two point on foul shots by Renata Maggi, and a field goal by Carolina Aguilers, while Cooperative could only add a foul shot by Naolmi Andrade.
The season opener was a rematch of last year's JV championship game in which the two teams had also met, and in which the Griffins had also emerged victorious.
For the winning Griffins, Renata Maggi had four points, Fabiana Zelada three, while Maria Antonia Maggi, Pamela Hernandez, and Ana Carolina Aguilera each had two points.
For the Jaguars, Naomi Andrade had three points, Geraldine Milos Cooper had two and Giuliana Varalta had two.
