ROCKETS STREAK BY MCDONALD
By Matt Maher
MCDONALD, OH – McDonald hosted Lowellville Thursday night for another great Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference matchup! The two teams showed very similar play styles with turnovers and scoring capabilities and because of that the game ended 50-40 in favor of the Rockets.
McDoanld had the hot hands to begin this game as Cierra Shiley scored the first 5 points of the game. Addison Grewell also scored 5 points in the quarter while Gracie Callow found two impressive 3’s to score 6. Serena Tych and Gianna Palumbo would both score 4 points for Lowellville while Sydney Procick found 3 with a layup and a made free throw.
Both teams stayed at it in the 2nd. Shiley scored 6 points all under the hoop as a dominant presence. Sophia Pecchia would also hit a 2 for the Blue Devils. Tych scored 4 more points for the Rockets and Morgan Lewis found an impressive 3 from far beyond the arc. Both teams played good defense against each other in the first half which contributed to the low scoring frames.
McDonald continued to be outscored coming out of the break, putting up 10 points to 12. Callow found two 2’s to lead her team this quarter while Grewell made 2 of 2 free throws. Lowellville saw Tych score 4 points including 2 from the line. Isabella Wilrich would also find a nice 3 for Lowellville to help them stay on top.
Lowellville would see only two players score in this frame in Tych and Wilrich. Wilrich found 2 points in the paint while Tych found 9 points primarily from the line where she went 5 for 6. McDonald would only see the likes of Cierra Shiley find the bucket with 5 more points to her team leading 18.
McDonald had their struggles against Llowellville including a multitude of turnovers in the 1st quarter and a number of powerful shots that went a little too far over the rim. Serena Tych would lead all scorers with an impressive 21 points, she was an all star on the hard wood for sure on Thursday night. Lowellville will stay on the road when they travel to Columbiana to face the Clippers at 6:15PM on January 15th. McDonald will hit the road when they visit Mineral Ridge on January 18th at 5:30PM.
