For the second time in three seasons, the Latin Academy women are Boston City League basketball champs thanks in a giant half to their protection.
The Dragons compelled 41 turnovers, with at the least 11 turnovers in three of the 4 frames, as Latin Academy rolled to a 62-41 victory over New Mission at Madison Park on Thursday.
“It was a great year,” mentioned coach Greg Berry about successful the town title. “These young ladies worked hard through a lot of adversity. I think we had an amazing, amazing game today.”
Latin Academy (17-3) devoted its win to educate Bill Devens, who fell sick with a virus early within the season and needed to step again to get well after a pair video games this yr.
It was the freshman duo of Amiah Noel (10 rebounds, six steals) and Kiara Collins who stepped up with 42 mixed factors as Noel received Most Outstanding Player of the event.
“It feels good,” Noel mentioned about successful the BCL title. “I have to thank our team because we went through a lot as a team and we wanted (the win) as a team as well.”
For New Mission (6-13), senior Amy Mariano dropped in 22 factors to make the All-Tournament crew.
To begin the competition, Latin Academy dialed up the protection and went on a 13-0 run whereas forcing 11 turnovers and holding New Mission 0-for-6 from the sector. The Titans saved it even the remainder of the way in which to make it a 20-7 deficit after one with Noel netting 13 factors within the body.
“I think it eased the pressure once we started to get comfortable with scoring quick buckets,” mentioned Berry about getting off to the 13-0 begin. “We really wanted to start going back and forth on the court. We tried to use the Madison Park gym because it is so big we wanted to do a lot of conditioning. So, they wanted to run.”
Noel continued dominating with 5 extra factors within the second quarter, together with a triple to push the lead out to 30-14. New Mission senior Amy Mariano scored eight of her 12 first half factors within the second because the Titans trailed 24-16 on the half.
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