Girls' Hoops claims win in Public-Private Challenge, 54-48

Senior CeCe Leone recorded three straight 20+ scoring games and made more than 25 straight free throws over that span of contests.

If back-to-back road games tired the Cardinals, they didn’t show it in a steady performance in a chilly McDonogh School arena Saturday, topping Huntingtown High School of Huntingtown, Maryland, 54-48.

Ireton started fast, breaking from the opening tip to score the game’s first 8 points in racing to a 17-10 first quarter lead. Huntingtown put the brakes on the redbirds in the second, limiting the Alexandrians to only 5 points to trail by just 22-20 at intermission.

The Cardinals once again came out of the locker room on fire, outscoring the public school opponents 17-6 open a large lead before a 22-15 final period narrowed the game’s margin of victory.

For the third consecutive game, senior CeCe Leone again scored more than 20 points, this time a game-high 21, while three-point sniper rode 3 more threes to tally 11 points. Danielle Hatchett and Michelle Montgomery each had five, Shannon Corridon added 4. Courtney Gray led Huntingtown with 15 points in the loss, Natalie Payne adding 13.

The win improved the Cardinals to 11-7 with yet another road game on the slate as the squad heads to Olney, Maryland and a Tuesday night date with the first place Falcons of Good Counsel. The triple header concludes with a varsity tipoff slated for 7:30pm.