MDI Girls Beat MCI 51-34

The MDI Girls Basketball Team used a 16-0 run in the 3rd Quarter to break open a close game and beat the MCI Huskies 51-34 on Saturday afternoon, January 4th in Pittsfield.

MDI jumped out to a 13-10 at the end of the 1st Quarter. Elena Alderman and Leah Carroll had 4 points each for MDI. Oliva Gray had a 3-pointer and Emily Carter 2 points for MDI. Danielle Dow had 6 points for MCI and Natalie Sites 4 points.

MDI led 23-20 at the end of the 1st Half. Rachelle Swanson had 4 points for MDI while Elena Alderman had 4 points. Leah Carroll had 2 points for the Trojans. For MCI Leah Bussell had 6 points and Natalie Site and Danielle Dow had 2 points each.

In the 3rd Quarter MDI went on the 16-0 run before MCI scored a 3 pointer by Sara Linkletter with 1:30 left in the Quarter. MDI ended up outscoring MCI 18-3. Rachelle Swanson had 6 points with a 3-pointer. Leah Carroll had 5 points with a 3-pointer. Emily Carter and Olivia Gray each had a 3-pointer and Elizabeth Jones was 1-2 from the free throw line.

In the 4th Quarter, Molly Ritter scored her 1st varsity points with 44 second remaining in the game for MDI. Olivia Gray had her 3rd 3-pointer. Elena Alderman and Elizabeth Jones each had 2 points and Rachelle Swanson was 1-2 from the free throw line. For MCI Bussell had 4 points, Linkletter her 2nd 3-pointer of the game and Jillian Frost and Danielle Dow 2 points each.

MDI had 3 players in double figures. Rachelle Swanson and Leah Carroll had 11 points while Elena Alderman had 10 points. MDI was 5-14 from the free throw line.

MCI was led by Danielle Dow and Leah Bussell each of whom had 10 points. The Huskies were 4-11 from the free throw line.

MDI is now 7-2 and will play host to Hermon on Wednesday, January 8th at 7 p.m.

MCI is now 2-6 and will play at Oceanside on Tuesday, January 7th at 6 p.m.

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
MDI Girls	13	10	18	10	51
MCI Girls	10	10	3	11	34

Box Score

MDI

#	Name	G	PTS	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PF
3	Molly Ritter	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
11	Elena Alderman	1	10	4	4	0	2	4	0
13	Emily Carter	1	5	2	1	1	0	0	0
15	Grace Witham	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Lexi Rich	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
23	Leah Carroll	1	11	5	4	1	0	2	2
25	Abbie Farley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	Olivia Gray	1	9	3	0	3	0	0	1
33	Rachelle Swanson	1	11	4	3	1	2	4	1
35	Olivia Joyce	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	Elizabeth Jones	1	3	1	1	0	1	2	2
45	Hannah Joy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS	1	51	20	14	6	5	14	8

MCI

#	Name	G	PTS	FGM	2PM	3PM	FTM	FTA	PF
2	Jillian Frost	1	2	1	1	0	0	2	1
3	Natalie Sites	1	6	2	2	0	2	4	3
4	Danielle Dow	1	10	4	4	0	2	4	3
12	Sara Linkletter	1	6	2	0	2	0	0	2
15	Iciar Corrales	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Janessa Foster	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Hannah Robinson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Tereza Lazarova	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Natalie Hodgins	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Leah Bussell	1	10	5	5	0	0	1	4
35	Ella Bernier	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS	1	34	14	12	2	4	11	13