The Seton Catholic Cougars set a excessive bar for themselves this season.
Within the first half of Monday’s recreation in opposition to Trico League boys basketball foe King’s Manner Christian, the Cougars felt they had been enjoying beneath that normal.
King’s Manner led for almost all of a back-and-forth first quarter, and its zone protection restricted Seton Catholic to simply 26 factors within the first half, because the Cougars led by three factors at intermission.
All of eight minutes later, Seton Catholic’s sluggish begin was historical past. A 28-11 third quarter benefit led the Cougars to a decisive 64-54 win over the Knights.
Nonetheless undefeated within the Trico League, the Cougars (13-5, 12-0) clinched a share of the league title with two common season video games remaining.
Kaiden Wilson scored a game-high 25 factors to guide Seton Catholic, together with 10 factors within the third, whereas Rico George and Brady Angelo added 12 and 11 factors, respectively.
The Cougars opened with a 13-0 run to start out the third, a stretch that included two 3-pointers from Wilson, one other deep shot from Rico George and a Lance Lee layup. Jackson Lovato, who led King’s Manner (12-7, 5-7) with 18 factors, broke the run with a layup on the 5:14 mark.
“(Kaiden) brought the energy tonight, he was our scorer for us tonight, so him coming out in the third quarter hot, that for sure helped us,” Angelo mentioned. “Once we get our momentum as a team, we’re a big 3-point shooting team. Overall once we get that momentum, I don’t think anyone can stop us.”
The Cougars hit six 3-pointers within the quarter, together with one other two from Ben Deochand off the bench, with Angelo offering the exclamation level, a deep 3-pointer from a number of ft past the road, to provide Seton Catholic a 52-32 lead nearing the top of the quarter.
“Props to (King’s Way), they put us in a pretty tough zone the first half,” Angelo mentioned. “We didn’t actually know tips on how to go in opposition to it, however at halftime (head coach Donald Wilson) coached us up, helped us get in a set that may break it, then we got here out with (13) straight factors and I feel that closed the sport out.
Kaiden Wilson, the reigning Trico League Most Precious Participant who’s averaging a team-high 21 factors per recreation this season, probably would’ve had an excellent larger scoring output had it not been for foul hassle. He exited the sport after selecting up his fourth foul halfway by way of the third quarter, and had a chat with Donald Wilson, his dad and coach, as he walked to the bench.
“The message was, like, don’t foul, get to the fourth (quarter) and get out of the gym with a win,” Kaiden Wilson mentioned.
Throughout their present 10-game win streak, the Cougars haven’t misplaced since Jan. 3 and are two wins away this week from operating the desk within the Trico League.
They’ve continued to win regardless of gamers out and in of the lineup, particularly Angelo and Wilson, who’ve handled accidents this season. Different gamers have stepped up when the Cougars are at lower than full power.
“There’s more to this team than the starting five,” Kaiden Wilson mentioned. “All of our bench is ready to play.”
The primary half of Monday’s recreation confirmed the Cougars there’s nonetheless work to be executed, however they’re wanting to get again within the gymnasium and put together for his or her upcoming slate, together with a Friday rematch with King’s Strategy to shut the common season.
“For sure a lot more work to do overall,” Angelo mentioned, “but we got the win, so we’ll get better in practice when we face them on Friday.”
SETON CATHOLIC 64, KING’S WAY CHRISTIAN 54
KING’S WAY CHRISTIAN — Radley Matson-Blighton 9, Kaulin Butcher0 , Cooper Sprague 0, Daniel Flora Da Silva 5, Thiago Morales 0, Jackson Lovato 18, Patrick Carney 4, Rathan Kang 6, Reece Johnson 8, Jesse Hartsell 1. Totals 20 (6) 7-13 54.
SETON CATHOLIC — Tyler Tran 0, Mason Glassmire 2, Brady Angelo 11, Rico George 12, Lance Lee 6, Kaiden Wilson 25, Ben Deochand 8. Totals 23 (10) 8-10 64.
King’s Manner 10 13 11 20—54
Seton Catholic 10 16 28 10—64