Mt. Vernon's dream season came to an end on the Marauders' home floor Saturday night at the hands of an underrated, but very strong Roncalli squad 52-36.
Roncalli was led by freshman Elizabeth Bowers, who scored 19 points and helped key a 23-7 stretch in the middle quarters that turned a 10-all tie into a 33-17 lead for the Rebels midway through the third. Roncalli started the second half with a 14-2 spurt, and then fended off every Marauder advance from there.
Freshman guard Kelli Kirkhoff scored 13 points and was the team's floor general. Bridget Perry, the Rebels' leading scorer and a sophomore, had 11. Coco Clark -- the veteran of the starting five as a junior -- scored nine, while Katie Brewer controlled the glass. Roncalli starts three six-footers, and it showed, as the Rebels blocked several Marauder shots.
MV was led by 10 points from Kayla Negley and nine from Jessica Brown. Rachel Houck added eight points, including two 3s in the third quarter to help dent into the Rebels' lead. But the Marauders just didn't have enough to come all the way back.
The Marauders' season ends with a 21-2 mark, the HHC, Hancock County and Hamilton Heights sectional championships. They deserved every accolade they got -- but just ran into a strong team on Saturday night.
After knocking off #2, Roncalli will face #1 Evansville Memorial in next week's semistate.
In boys basketball -- yes, there were a couple of local boys games tonight -- Eastern Hancock rolled past Tri 84-60. The Royals are now 15-3 heading into the season's final week.
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