(Albany)

Catholic Central escaped with a victory over Albany Academy 57-49 in a premier match up of top 5 teams in Section 2 basketball. El' Dior Dobere played like a person on a mission for the Crusaders leading the way with 20 points.

Catholic Central bolted from opening whistle and rushed out to a nice first quarter lead 16-9. They extended that lead to 21-9 in the early part of the second quarter but Albany Academy bounced back cutting their deficit to one before being down 25-22 at the break.

The Crusaders used a determined effort in the third quarter and outscored Albany Academy by 5 points.

Catholic Central were in control at each period closing whistle by separations of 7, 3, 8, & 8.

The Crusaders placed four in double figure scoring. El' Dior Dobere was an offensive spark plug for Catholic Central with 20 points. Tanavia Turpin scored 15 points. Kristen Foglia knocked down 10 points. Akarri Gaddy scored 10 points.
The Crusaders buried 4 trifectas.
El' Dior Dobere nailed 3 three-pointers.
Catholic Central shot with sterling accuracy from the charity stripe as they attained 65.5%, 19 of 29.

 
Eva Gitto guided Albany Academy with 13 points. Alex Leonard chipped in 13 points. Liana Williams scored 7 points. Bella Vincent knocked down 6 points.
Albany Academy shot with first-rate accuracy from the free throw line as they produced 70%, 7 of 10.
 
 
 
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Box score
 
SCORE BY QUARTER 1 2 3 4 OT FINAL
Catholic Central 16 9 19 13 0 57
Albany Academy 9 13 14 13 0 49
             
             
      Catholic Central Albany Academy    
             
    FGM - 17 20    
    FTM - 19 7    
    FTA - 29 10    
    FT% - 65.5% 70.0%    
    3PtM - 4 2    
             
Catholic Central            
             
Name FGM 3PM FTM FTA PTS  
Gabriella Di Bacco 0 0 0 2 0  
El' Dior Dobere 7 3 3 4 20  
Kristen Foglia 3 1 3 4 10  
Akarri Gaddy 3 0 4 5 10  
Amia Rodriguez 1 0 0 0 2  
Tanavia Turpin 3 0 9 14 15  
             
Albany Academy            
             
Name FGM 3PM FTM FTA PTS  
Alex Leonard 4 0 5 6 13  
Bella Vincent 3 0 0 0 6  
Emily Thornton 1 0 0 0 2  
Eva Gitto 6 1 0 0 13  
Kira Ostovar 2 0 0 0 4  
Liana Williams 2 1 2 4 7  
Morgan Vien 2 0 0 0 4
 
 
 
 
 
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