KNIGHTS STORM THE GATES IN AUSTINTOWN

AUSTINTOWN OH- In an action packed Saturday on the network, a total of 18 games were featured live on YSN! One of those intriguing matchups occurred in Austintown when the Fitch Falcons girls basketball team played host to The Archbishop Hoban Knights! Both teams entered Saturday with winning records, with Fitch sporting a 6-2 record and Hoban at the perfect 7-0 clip.

The Knights stormed the gates in the first quarter, jumping ahead 20-6 after the first eight minutes of play, thanks in large part to the hot shooting hand of MacKenzie Edingburgh who scored 13 points in the first! The Falcons would trim the initial deficit, battling back behind an 11-7 second quarter in favor of Fitch, cutting the Hoban lead to 10 points at 27-17 following the halftime buzzer.

The third quarter saw The Knights offense come back to form with MacKenzie Edingburgh and Finley Kennedy leading the way, helping Hoban outscore Fitch 21-9 in the third and hold an emphatic 48-26 lead heading into the final quarter of play. Not messing around, The Knights closed out the game with a 15-10 quarter, effectively gaining their eighth victory of the season with a 64-36 win over The Falcons.

The Player of the Game honors went to both MacKenzie Edingburgh and Finley Kennedy! “E” was on a different level scoring the ball with 24 points in the game behind four 3’s in the game! Kennedy found a way to produce in multiple facets in the game, grabbing boards, sharing the ball for assists and scoring 9 points of her own! Taylyn Banta also managed to score 9 points for The Knights followed by “Zig” Ziera Stevens with 8 points. Fitch was led in scoring by Sam Severn with 9 points followed by both “Ace” Ayla Ray and Destanie McCullough with 8 points and Rachel Spalding with 7 points.

Hoban (8-0) will keep their perfect record on the season until they meet their next challenger in The Springfield Blue Devils (2-4) out of Holland, Ohio as a part of the Wendy’s Holiday Hoopla at Mount Vernon Nazarene University on Friday, December 22nd. Fitch (6-3) will wait till after the holidays as they will be in-action next on Thursday, December 28th as part of the South Range Holiday Hoops Classic when they battle Garretsville Garfield (1-4). Stay updated with both The Archbishop Hoban Knights and The Austintown-Fitch Falcons this basketball season with live games, scores, stats, stories and more!

Game Photos HERE: https://ysn.smugmug.com/12-16-g-bb-hoban-fitch/12-16-g-bb-hoban-fitch/103EOS1D/