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Good Opening Night For The Wasaren

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As most everyone knows, the Wasaren is a highly competitive league year in and year out and when sectional play rolls around the conference teams are a handful for opponents.  That proved true again last night as this year’s sectional tournament got underway with five league squads taking the floor in opening round runs.

Girls

Mechanicville 53   Watervliet 39 Continue reading →

CSJ Women Win Big

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Lady Saints defeat UMA in a landslide 76-46

The Lady Saints took care of business and beat University of Maine at Augusta handily 76-46 on Saturday, Feb. 6.

CSJ able to yet again use their terrific full court pressure defense to flutter Augusta and cause turnovers, which led to 24 fast break points for the Saints. Jazz Laracuente had another terrific performance, leading CSJ to victory with a game high 28 points, to go along with six boards and four steals. Continue reading →

CSJ Womens Basketball

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Lady Saints win big against Villa Maria Feb. 7

The Lady Saints finished off the week on Sunday, Feb. 7 with yet another blowout victory, beating Villa Maria 87-56, improving their overall record to 22-1. Their current winning streak has now increased to an impressive 20 games in a row.

Reigning National Player of the Year Regina Steele put on a masterful performance to help get the win against the Vikings. She had 27 points and 21 rebounds to go along with five blocks. Mookie Kennedy also added 24 points of her own. The Saints defense was able to cause 22 turnovers, out rebound them 65-31, and have more assists at 19 to 15.

The Lady Saints will travel to Vermont Tech on Tuesday, Feb. 9 for their next matchup.

CSJ at Villa Maria 
@ Cheektowaga, NY (Villa Athletic Center)
2/7/2016 at 12:00 PM

 

CSJ
87		 Villa Maria
56
FINAL 1 2 3 4 T
CSJ (VT) (21-1) 23 19 25 20 87
Villa Maria (16-7) 8 13 14 21 56

CSJ
# STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
11 Regina Steele – f 32 11-16 0-0 5-7 11 10 21 3 1 5 3 3 27
32 Kelly Festa – c 30 4-6 0-1 2-2 1 7 8 2 0 0 2 4 10
12 Jazsala Laracuente – g 33 3-13 1-6 2-2 4 5 9 5 2 0 1 5 9
03 Arreonte Anderson – g 36 7-22 0-4 1-2 11 6 17 4 3 2 6 3 15
01 Chontayvia Kennedy – g 34 10-21 1-5 3-5 1 3 4 3 2 0 5 2 24
# RESERVES MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
00 Shamari Brodhead 19 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 2 1 0 3 2 0
13 Nia Gilchrist 16 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
TM TEAM 1 1 2 1 0
TOTALS 36-81
44.4%		 2-16
12.5%		 13-18
72.2%		 29 36 65 19 9 7 22 19 87

Villa Maria
# STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
00 Shaquana Owens – f 38 3-12 1-8 2-8 1 7 8 4 4 2 2 4 9
24 Naomi Walker – f 36 4-8 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 8
23 Magan Campbell – g 33 6-15 0-3 0-0 4 1 5 4 3 0 11 5 12
03 Jayvonna Kincannon – g 38 5-18 0-4 11-17 1 3 4 5 2 0 5 3 21
12 Lajanai Thomas – g 29 2-6 0-0 0-0 3 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 4
# RESERVES MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
01 Tia Onipede 26 1-4 0-1 0-0 1 3 4 1 1 0 1 3 2
TM TEAM 2 2 4 1 0
TOTALS 21-63
33.3%		 1-16
6.3%		 13-26
50.0%		 13 18 31 15 12 2 22 17 56
CSJ TEAM STATISTICS VILLA MARIA
44.4% ( 36-81) Field Goal % 33.3% ( 21-63)
12.5% ( 2-16) 3pt Field Goal % 6.3% ( 1-16)
72.2% ( 13-18) Free Throw % 50.0% ( 13-26)
65 Rebounds 31
19 Assists 15
22 Turnovers 22
26 Points off Turnovers 16
27 2nd Chance Points 5
54 Points in the Paint 34
12 Fastbreak Points 12
2 Bench Points 2
Ties: 0; Lead Changes: 0

OTHER INFORMATION Technical fouls: CSJ-None ; Villa Maria-None .
Attendance: 0
Time: 12:00 PM

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