Published: December 02, 2008 09:29 am      

Irish hand North Cedar 69-47 loss

STANWOOD — After losing for the first time this season over the weekend, the Prince of Peace girls basketball team got back to their winning ways with a 69-47 win over North Cedar in a matchup of its former Big East Conference rivals.

The Irish jumped out to a 24-11 lead after one quarter and never looked back as they held a 40-20 halftime lead over the Knights.

Prince of Peace head coach Dave Nelson was pleased with the way his team responded to a weekend loss to Bellevue Marquette in the championship game of the Holiday Tournament.

“We played a pretty solid game tonight,” Nelson commented. “Most of our points came off of turnovers.”

The Irish used their pressure defense to force North Cedar turnovers which, in turn, led to some easy baskets at the other end of the floor.

“North Cedar has good size,” Nelson continued. “So we knew we needed to pressure the ball.”

The strategy paid off as Prince of Peace built a 58-32 lead heading into the final frame.

Nelson was able to clear his bench and get 11 players in the game.

“We have a week to work on a few things that we need to improve,” Nelson added. “It’s great to be able to pretty much empty the bench and to see what a few others can do.”

The Irish are now 3-1 overall this season.

Score by Quarters

Prince of Peace 24 16 18 11 —69

North Cedar 11 9 12 15 —47







Scoring

PRINCE OF PEACE (69)

Rachel Ryan 2 0-0 4, Ari Aquilani 3 2-2 9, Brooke Craig 7 1-2 15, Colleen Ryan 7 4-8 18, Chrissy Kokjohn 1 0-0 2, Jill Crigger 0 0-2 0, Emily Gardner 0 0-0 0, Katie Isenhour 4 6-7 15, Carie Kuehn 1 0-0 2, Laura Heikkinen 2 0-2 4, Cameron Roth 0 0-0 0. Totals 27 13-23 69.



NORTH CEDAR (47)

Alie Atkins 1 0-0 2, Kerri San Luis 0 1-4 1, Molly Pilcher 8 2-3 18, Steph Russell 1 0-0 3, Caitlin Elijah 2 0-0 5, Rachel Miller 0 0-0 0, Lilly Peterson 5 0-0 10, Kaylynn Kessler 0 0-0 0, Natalie Massey 3 0-0 6, Beth Robison 0 0-0 0, Brittni Bixler 0 0-0 0, Sabrina Cruz 0 0-0 0, Lacey Weinkoop 1 0-0 2, Alyssa Schroeder 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 3-7 47.



3-point goals—Prince of Peace 2 (Aquilani 1, Isenhour 1); North Cedar 2 (Russell 1, Elijah 1). Total fouls—Prince of Peace 12, North Cedar 15. Fouled out—None.

Records—Prince of Peace 3-1.