CARDINALS END EAST’S SEASON

YOUNGSTOWN OH- Cardinal Mooney opened their tournament run on Wednesday beating East for the third time this season by a score of 41-19. 

 

First Half 

The Cardinals got off to a fast start early thanks to two free throws from Katie Hoguh and would add on to that in the first quarter with three pointers from Angelina Rotunno, Alaina Scavina and Gia DiVincenzo.  Meanwhile, the Lady Bears of east would only have a two pointer and a free throw from Samir Colon with the score at the end of the first being 14-3 Mooney.  

 

The second quarter saw little as Mooney pulled away again with Maria Fire getting four points in the quarter.  Hough would once again execute on the free throws, while Gia Diorio made a two point jumper that took a couple of bounces before it finally went through the net.  East would only have three points once again from Colon as going into the half and just couldn’t get past the Mooney man to man and pressure defense.  The score at the half was 29-6.  

 

Second Half 

It seemed like at the second half that the Golden Bears found a bit of their mistakes as they started to rattle the Lady Cardinals a bit from one missed shot to the next.  The Bears would get some buckets out of it from Ja’Mia Dent who scored four points in the third along with Colon once again with two made free throws.  Meanwhile Mooney was only held to five points in the third, those being four points in total from Hough and a free throw by Fire.  

 

However, Mooney still had the lead going into the fourth and never looked back as East’s last few points were field goals inside the paint by senior Brianna Thompson as the Cardinals will move on to the Sectional Finals against West Geauga (6-4) who got a big victory last night against the Southeast Pirates (9-5) 54-47 and continue while East finishes the season at five and seven winning 41-19. 

 

Mooney Stats 

Katie Hough- 16 points 

 

Alaina Scavina- 6 pts 

 

Gia DiVincenzo- 6pts 

 

Angelina Rotunno- 6pts 

 

Maria Fire- 5pts 

 

Gia Diorio- 2pts 

 

East Stats 

Samir Colon- 9pts 

 

Brianna Thompson- 6pts 

 

Ja’Mia Dent- 4pts 

 

*Contributed by YSN’s Ian O’Brien*