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Kinkaid boys, girls drop home SPC twinbill
By JARED SEROTA
Both Kinkaid’s Boys and Girls varsity basketball teams fell to 1-1 in SPC conference play, as they came up short in their home games Saturday against St. Stephen’s Episcopal of Austin.
The Falcon girls lost in the last seconds, by a score of 41-40 and the boys by a 64-47 margin.
Carolyn Gaut led first quarter scoring for Kinkaid with five points, and the Falcons held an 11-10 lead when the period was up.
With the game tied at 21, St. Stephen’s scored a fast break layup off of a turnover with just over five seconds remaining in the first half to give the Spartans the lead going into halftime, 23-21. Cate McElroy scored eight of the Spartans 13 points in the second quarter.
The teams played almost even in the third quarter, and as the quarter was coming to a close, St. Stephen’s stole the ball and scored a fast break layup to tie the game at 32 going to the final period of play.
Neither team scored in the first two minutes of the fourth quarter, but the Spartans took a four-point lead after scoring twice in a row with just under six minutes remaining in the game. The Falcons would then go on a 6-0 run to take the lead at 38-36 with 2:17 remaining.
The teams traded baskets until St. Stephens gained possession and called timeout with just under 15 seconds left in the game. Off the inbounds pass, freshman Amelia Hassoun dribbled to the lane and hit a jumper with just under 5 seconds to go in the game, giving the Spartans a 41-40 lead. Kinkaid’s attempt at a buzzer-beater win fell short, and the Falcons were defeated for the first time in conference play this year.
Even though St. Stephen’s head coach Yvonne Adams said Hassoun had looked scared or nervous earlier in the game, she had faith in her freshman guard, saying “I said, ‘look, you have to have the ball in your hands at the end of the game.’”
Cate McElroy led the game on offense with 16 points. “(She has) just tremendous heart, and will do whatever it takes to win. (She’s) not the tallest of players, but (has) the biggest heart of most.”
Kinkaid head coach Stacey Marshall said of her team’s last second defeat, “You control the controllables. We played hard. She (Hassoun) had not made that shot all game, it just happened at the wrong time.”
When asked about her team’s defensive effort, Marshall said, “We made lots of adjustments. They earned every shot they took. We kind of took them out of what they were trying to do.”
In the second game of the day, the St. Stephen’s Episcopal boys team jumped out to an early 8-0 lead in the first quarter and never looked back, as they would never lose the lead during this game.
D.J Johnson, who finished with 16 points, guided the Spartans to victory. Spartan head coach LaMont King says about Stephens, “He’s definitely the heart of our team,” adding “We ask him to do a lot; defend, rebound, shoot, pass, he’s definitely the heart of our team.”
Kinkaid’s Zach Stoler scored a game-high 22 points on the night. About his team’s performance, Kinkaid head coach Scott Zimmerman said, “There are not many positives. They beat us offensively, they beat us defensively, they beat us rebounding, and they beat us to loose balls.”
“Anytime we made a mistake, they made us pay,” said coach Zimmerman, adding “They didn’t let us chip away (at their lead).”
The Falcon girls lost in the last seconds, by a score of 41-40 and the boys by a 64-47 margin.
Carolyn Gaut led first quarter scoring for Kinkaid with five points, and the Falcons held an 11-10 lead when the period was up.
With the game tied at 21, St. Stephen’s scored a fast break layup off of a turnover with just over five seconds remaining in the first half to give the Spartans the lead going into halftime, 23-21. Cate McElroy scored eight of the Spartans 13 points in the second quarter.
The teams played almost even in the third quarter, and as the quarter was coming to a close, St. Stephen’s stole the ball and scored a fast break layup to tie the game at 32 going to the final period of play.
Neither team scored in the first two minutes of the fourth quarter, but the Spartans took a four-point lead after scoring twice in a row with just under six minutes remaining in the game. The Falcons would then go on a 6-0 run to take the lead at 38-36 with 2:17 remaining.
The teams traded baskets until St. Stephens gained possession and called timeout with just under 15 seconds left in the game. Off the inbounds pass, freshman Amelia Hassoun dribbled to the lane and hit a jumper with just under 5 seconds to go in the game, giving the Spartans a 41-40 lead. Kinkaid’s attempt at a buzzer-beater win fell short, and the Falcons were defeated for the first time in conference play this year.
Even though St. Stephen’s head coach Yvonne Adams said Hassoun had looked scared or nervous earlier in the game, she had faith in her freshman guard, saying “I said, ‘look, you have to have the ball in your hands at the end of the game.’”
Cate McElroy led the game on offense with 16 points. “(She has) just tremendous heart, and will do whatever it takes to win. (She’s) not the tallest of players, but (has) the biggest heart of most.”
Kinkaid head coach Stacey Marshall said of her team’s last second defeat, “You control the controllables. We played hard. She (Hassoun) had not made that shot all game, it just happened at the wrong time.”
When asked about her team’s defensive effort, Marshall said, “We made lots of adjustments. They earned every shot they took. We kind of took them out of what they were trying to do.”
In the second game of the day, the St. Stephen’s Episcopal boys team jumped out to an early 8-0 lead in the first quarter and never looked back, as they would never lose the lead during this game.
D.J Johnson, who finished with 16 points, guided the Spartans to victory. Spartan head coach LaMont King says about Stephens, “He’s definitely the heart of our team,” adding “We ask him to do a lot; defend, rebound, shoot, pass, he’s definitely the heart of our team.”
Kinkaid’s Zach Stoler scored a game-high 22 points on the night. About his team’s performance, Kinkaid head coach Scott Zimmerman said, “There are not many positives. They beat us offensively, they beat us defensively, they beat us rebounding, and they beat us to loose balls.”
“Anytime we made a mistake, they made us pay,” said coach Zimmerman, adding “They didn’t let us chip away (at their lead).”
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