Gaels hold off McDonogh, 58-56
No. 1 Mount Saint Joseph avoids upset; North County girls rout Chesapeake-AA
No. 1 Mount Saint Joseph was coming off a loss to No. 7 Boys’ Latin in basketball on Wednesday, and the Gaels narrowly avoided a second straight loss to a ranked conference opponent Friday night.
Mount Saint Joseph used tough defense to limit No. 9 McDonogh to eight points in both the second and third quarters and won, 58-56.
The Gaels improved to 15-4, 8-1 in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference and the Eagles fell to 12-6, 6-4.
Ausar Crawley went 7-for-9 from the field, including 4-for-5 from 3-point range, and 1-for-2 from the free-throw line for a game-high 19 points for Mount Saint Joseph, which was upset by the Lakers, 69-61, Wednesday. Everett Cooper had 18 points for McDonogh.
WESTMINSTER70, MANCHESTERVALLEY 46: Drue Giles scored a game-high 20 points to lead the host Owls (10-4) past the Mavericks (4-8). Hunter Olshefski had 14 points for Manchester Valley.
BEN FRANKLIN 86, CHESAPEAKE SCIENCE POINT 54: Tayvon Williams scored 23 points to lead the visiting Bayhawks (9-3) past the Tigers (0-10). Ben Franklin beat Coppin Academy, 86-67, on Thursday.
LOYOLA BLAKEFIELD 86, JOHN CARROLL 64: Tryllian Young scored a gamehigh 23 points to lead the host Dons (13-9, 7-4 MIAA A Conference) past the Patriots (3-15, 1-7). Loyola took a 27-17 lead in the first quarter lead to 47-29 at the half. Jalen Bryant had 21points for John Carroll, which made 13 3-pointers in the game.
GERSTELL 66, ARCHBISHOP CURLEY 53: Jeremiah Stanton scored a career-high 35 points to lead the visiting Falcons (12-9, 6-1 MIAA B Conference) over the Friars (9-8, 5-3). Curley led 13-4 in the first quarter before falling behind in the second half.
HEREFORD 55, SPARROWS POINT 37: Mark Suchy scored 19 points to lead the visiting Bulls (8-5) past the Pointers (1-7). Hereford led 30-18 in the first half.
Girls
NORTH COUNTY 51, NO. 8 CHESAPEAKE-AA 36: Jada Turner scored a game-high 18 points and Sarah Antonious had 10 points and the Knights (5-8) upset the Cougars (8-4). North County defense held Haley Downin to nine points.
NO. 15 SEVERNA PARK 48, SOUTHERN 25: Julia Ryan had 10 points to lead the Falcons (10-3) over the Bulldogs (3-11). Severna Park opened with a 10-5 run. Rachel Ward had eight points for the Falcons.
Lena McLaughlin contributed seven points, nine rebounds, three assists and two blocks for Severna Park.
Gianna Kronk tallied 10 points, Niya Butler had seven points and Elyse Finelle added six rebounds and four steals for Southern (3-11).
ARUNDEL 53, BROADNECK 39: Nikki Seven had 10 points to pace the host Wildcats (8-5) past the Bruins (4-7). Arundel went on a 15-6 run in the third quarter.
INSTITUTE OF NOTRE DAME 56, JOHN CARROLL 35: Ajae Petty had 23 points and 15 rebounds to lead the visiting Penguins (4-8, 2-5 Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference) past the Patriots (6-10. 2-6). Jordan Wakefield had 19 points for John Carroll.
MARYVALE 59, SEVERN 33: Claire Neff had 15 points and Molly McAleer had 14 points to lead the Lions (10-7, 4-3 IAAM B Conference) past the host Admirals (1-14, 0-6). Maryvale used a 22-8 run in the second quarter to get separation.
ANNAPOLIS AREA CHRISTIAN 39, NOTRE DAME PREP 30: Ani Gadson scored eight of her game-high 13 points in the first half as the Eagles raced out to a 26-10 lead and cruised to the victory.
Morgan DeBeary had 10 points, Reniyah Ross had12 points, and Lydia Woodfinished with eight rebounds, six steals and three assists for AACS (9-7, 4-3 IAAM B Conference). The Blazers fell to 5-9, 1-7.
Baltimore Sun staff contributed to this article.