Kendall led by as many as seven points in the second quarter against previously undefeated Northstar Christian Academy, but managed just seven points offensively over the final two quarters in a 40-26 loss in girls basketball.
Trailing 5-0, the Eagles went on a 13-2 run started when senior tri-captain Autumn Woodward came off the bench to hit a baseline jumper. Sophomore Alezya Brown and senior tri-captain Katie Pearson each hit consecutive field goals, and sophomore Elizabeth Snyder a bank shot during the spurt.
Senior tri-captain Brittney Marks later scored on a breakaway and Brown a put-back to put the Eagles ahead by two late in the second quarter, but the Knights started to solve the Kendall zone defense and outscored the Eagles 23-9 the rest of the game to hand them their fourth loss in a row after opening the campaign with three straight wins.
“We struggled to score and missed some easy shots,” said Kendall head coach Jeff Parizek. “We turned the ball over a little too much forcing some passes and we just didn’t play together well offensively. But our defense was good – that team is 7-0 and we held them to 17 points at halftime and 40 for the game which should give us a chance to win the game.”
Snyder led the team with 11 rebounds and added five points and three steals while Brown had a team-best nine points and added seven rebounds for the Eagles. Pearson chipped in four points with three steals, Marks one field goal with a pair of steals while Woodward, Ciera Kupferschmid, and Julie Coble each added a bucket.
