Kendall’s girls basketball team used a 14-1 second quarter run to pull away from visiting Holley in a 48-23 victory – their final game prior to the holiday break.
Tania Arellano scored eight of the 14 points in the second quarter run to help put the Eagles up by 16 points, but the Hawks got four points each from Mackenzie Ferranti and Samantha Barniak in their 9-4 spurt to end the half down by just nine points.
Kendall stepped up the defensive pressure in the second half and allowed only seven points over the final 16 minutes; and three of those came from the foul line. Senior Jamie Treat scored her first points of the season and the first field goal of her career with a three-pointer near the end of the contest.
Leading scorer Arellano had a game-high 18 points with 16 rebounds while Taylor Kingsbury had 15 points and 12 rebounds for the Eagles. Point guard Elizabeth Rath handed out five assists and had three steals while freshman Taylor ReQua helped with eight boards.
For Holley, Barniak had a team high ten points with ten rebounds while Jade Underwood led all players with 18 rebounds despite being listed at just 5’5” and chipped in four points. Ferranti finished with five points.
Kendall enters the break tied for second place with Keshequa in Class C3 and just one game behind first place Naples.
