Owensboro Catholic girls defend well to beat Daviess
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Owensboro Catholic put the defensive clamps on Daviess County in a 55-35 girls’ basketball victory on Friday night at the DCHS gym.
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The Lady Aces led 29-10 at halftime and stopped a brief run by DC to try to get back in it early in the third quarter. Catholic led 39-24 heading into the final period.
Catholic was led by another 3-point shooting display by Claudia Munsey, who dropped in five 3-pointers on the way to 21 points.
Sophia Newby added 13 points and Katie Hagan put up 12 points for Catholic, which went to 21-6 on the season and secured the top seed in the 9th District with a 6-0 record.
“I feel like we played really good defense and then in the first half we executed our offense pretty well in the halfcourt, which is something that we’ve struggled with,” Catholic coach Michael Robertson said. “We made some adjustments and we didn’t give up so many straight line drives like we did the first time we played them.”
Robertson is also glad Munsey has been shooting the ball from distance as well as she has in recent games.
“We’ve got the upmost confidence in her that any time the ball goes up you think it’s going in,” Robertson said. “When she’s feeling it (from 3) she can take us to another level for sure.”
Kennedy Lane scored 19 points to lead Daviess County and Riley Hayden added 10 points. The Lady Panthers went to 20-5 on the season and host Bethlehem on Saturday at 1:30 p.m.
Owensboro Catholic faces North Hardin at Breckinridge County on Saturday. Catholic goes to Henderson County on Tuesday and travels to Breckinridge County next Friday.
“We’re going to have to go and get tested right before the postseason, and that’s exactly what I want,” Robertson said.