March 8, 2018

CYO City Basketball Championships 5^th Grade Girls

Home Team: St. Matthew (white)

Coach(s): David Loza, Jeff tuck

Player first names: Chanelle, Anya, Braxtyn, Naomi, Alyssa, Emerson, Ellie, Natalie, Berkleigh, Isabel, London

Visiting Team: St. Cecilia (Blue)

Coaches: Erika Bayless, Curt Fingal

Players: Audrey, Grace, Ella, Alise, Sophia, Sarah, Julia, Mia, Margaret, Sophia

Scores:

Q1: 11-7 St. Matthew

Q2: 22-15 St. Matthew

Q3: 39 – 22 St. Matthew

Q4: 47 – 28 St. Matthew

Game Highlights:

• Intense defense for St. Matthew and St. Cecilia (lots of ball pressure)
• Crowd and atmosphere were spectacular! Parents and benches for both sides invested in their kids and teammates.
• Cecilia great cheers in between quarters and timeouts (You gotta want it to win it!)
• Strong 8-0 run in the 2^nd quarter increased gap to 17 – 9
• Intense defense carried into 2^nd half with full court pressure by both sides
• #22 on St. Matthew great drive to hoop for layup and steals inboud pass for another great layup
• Huge 3^rd quarter for St. Matthew took the lead up to 17 thanks to smothering defense
• #23 hit a deep 3 with 1:30 to go in the 4^th quarter to put on an exclamation point
• Great team chant for St. Cecilia cheering their team on to the very end

FINAL:

St. Matthew 47 – 28