FALCONS FEASTING
No. 2 Ludlowe stays unbeaten, hands St. Joseph first FCIAC loss
TRUMBULL — If there was one team in the FCIAC which has been a thorn in the side of the Ludlowe girls basketball team the past few seasons, it has been St. Joseph.
St. Joseph, the defending FCIAC champion, had won 10 straight games, had not lost in the FCIAC and was ready to give the Falcons their toughest fight of the season on Tuesday night.
St. Joseph stayed close to the team ranked No. 2 in the GameTimeCT
Poll, getting within six points in the fourth quarter before the Falcons pulled away, closing the game on a 13-0 run and winning 54-35 to improve to15-0.
“We always say ‘control the controllables’ and we tried to utilize what we had, using our bigs down low and all of our guards can shoot and we capitalized on that,” Ludlowe senior Rory Kudzy said. “Every single person on and off the court can play. We are a senior-oriented team and we really want to win this.”
Kudzy and Kaleigh Sommers led Ludlowe with 15 points apiece, Madison Roman had 12 points and 16 rebounds and Caitlin Finnegan had nine blocks for the Falcons.
The St. Joseph game kicks off the toughest part of Ludlowe’s schedule with upcoming consecutive road games at Danbury, Stamford, Warde and Ridgefield before closing the regular season with a home game against 10-4 New Canaan.
“I didn’t plan the schedule, but thank you to the FCIAC,” Ludlowe coach Sara Kinsley said. “We have confidence going into these games and we are working well together. You want to be playing the toughest teams heading into the playoffs and we are in a good spot. We just need to keep working, one game at a time.”
Ludlowe took double-digit leads in each quarter and every time, St. Joseph came back and closed the gap, though the Cadets only led once in the game at 3-2 in the first quarter.
“They are No. 2 in the state for a reason. Sara is doing a magnif