Basketball

Chen & Higgins Combine for 27 Points in La Salle’s 54-41 Del Rey League Victory Over St. Mary’s Academy

Feb 02 2024 02:09:48

Photos by Mario Veliz (of MSV Creations, & his site is marioveliz.smugmug.com)

Girls Basketball:

La Salle closed out Del Rey League play with a 54-41 victory over visiting St. Mary’s Academy.

The Belles and the Lancers tied for third place with identical 3-5 league records.

Both programs held serve at home.

Audrey Chen had a game-high 14 points for La Salle.

Casey Higgins chipped in with 13 points, and Kaden Cortes had nine, including a pair of 3-pointers.

Ebbony Wilson led SMA with 13 points, and Layia King had 10.

Up next: The Lancers host Ramona Convent on Saturday at 4:30.

Quotable:

La Salle coach, Scott Wiard: “I was pleased with our effort tonight. I thought we struggled early with their length but as the game went on we settled down and got better shots. Defensively, when we are engaged and competing, we can get stops. Now the challenge is do that more consistently.”

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Box Score:
SMA: 6-12-10-13-(41)
LS: 11-9-21-13-(54)

St. Mary’s Academy scoring: Ebbony Wilson 13, Layia King 10, Heidi Luna 7, Imoree McGregory 6, Zariah Allen 3, G’layah Salazar 2

La Salle scoring: Audrey Chen 14, Casey Higgins 13, Kaden Cortes 9, Julianne Tan 8, Emily Fong 6, Erica Fan 2, Avery Ward 2

Records: St. Mary’s Academy (15-10, 3-5); La Salle (22-5, 3-5)

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