Lions answer challenge
Addison’s 25 points, 12 rebounds help Howard to win
After having watched a 20-point firsthalf lead disappear by the end of the third quarter against John Carroll, Howard found an answer in crunch time on Saturday at McDonogh.
Taylor Addison scored a game-high 25 points and pulled down 12 rebounds, leading the way as the Lions outscored the Patriots 23-8 over the final eight minutes en route to a 64-51 victory.
“To John Carroll’s credit, they made some adjustments and hit some big threes in that third quarter, which forced us to get out of our gimmick defense and go –man-to-man. But the biggest thing was that we stopped taking the quick shots and got back to what we did so well while building our lead early,” Howard coach Scott Robinson said. “This was big for us, because we really haven’t had a game yet where we trailed and then came back.
“I thought we showed a lot of resiliency and I’m very proud of them for that.”
In addition to Addison, Howard (13-1) also got 12 points from Marissa SanchezHenry and 11 from Deonna Jones.
Jordan Wakefield led John Carroll (10-4) with 15 points.
NO. 13 ST. VINCENT PALLOTTI 50, NO. 14 PIKESVILLE 48: Jania Hall scored 20 points for Pallotti, including seven down the stretch after Pikesville pulled within 43-42 on Kayla Jackson’s free throw with 2:21 left. Hall hit two baskets, including a 3-pointer, in the final 1:40 and then hit two free throws with 50 seconds left to seal the win. Teylah Saunders led Pikesville with 14 points.
NO. 2 MCDONOGH 67, NO. 4 LONG REACH 32: Less than 24 hours after suffering its second loss of the season at the hands of St. Frances, McDonogh came out Saturday against Long Reach and wasted little time getting back on track.
The Eagles jumped to a 15-5 lead in the opening minutes and never slowed down. Jessica Booth (16 points), Taleah Dixon (13) and Kayla Liles (13) all scored in double figures, as McDonogh (14-2) created a running clock midway through the fourth quarter while increasing its lead to as many as 41 points.
Long Reach (9-1), which suffered its first loss of the season, got a team-high 15 points from Lyric Swann.
NO. 11 SOUTH RIVER 45, MARYVALE 40: Ashlynn Burrows led the Seahawks with 27 points while Molly McAleer led Maryvale with 13.
BISHOP MCNAMARA 70, NO. 5 CATONSVILLE 54: Jasmine Dickey scored 23 for the Comets, who were within three at the half against the Mustangs who are ranked No. 23 nationally in USA Today’s Super 25.
ST. JAMES 42, FRANKLIN 40: Dominique Doss scored 20 for Franklin in the loss.