DANVILLE -- In the third matchup of the season between the two powerhouses of the Tri-Valley CYO Basketball league, St. Raymond and St. Isidore, the Wolfpack of St. Raymond lost their first game of the year by a score of 16-9.

Breyan Ashley started the scoring early for the Wolfpack, only a minute into the game. Both teams played very aggressive and tough defense, and at halftime, the Wolfpack held a one point lead, 6-5, with Breyan scoring another basket and Alexis Hooper taking a pass from Tess Molinar from the top of the key and banking the shot in.

Midway through the third quarter, Nikki’s aggressive play resulted in her taking and making a free throw and then a minute later she took an underhand pass from Hailey Meyer and made a shot to give the Wolfpack a 9-7 lead. That was not only the last lead for the Wolfpack, it was the last of the scoring.

The St. Isidore defense swarmed and pressed the rest of the game and the Wolfpack were not able to handle the pressure.

As this was the third meeting of the two teams and since the Wolfpack won the previous two games, the Wolfpack will still end up being the regular season champions, assuming they can take care of business next weekend against the overmatched SM/SC team. In two weeks, the playoffs will begin and assuming the games go as planned, the Wolfpack will get one last chance against the team from St. Isidore in the championship game.


Game Stats:
Scoring
Breyan Ashley 4
Nikki 3
Alexis Hooper 2

Assists
Hailey Meyer 1
Tess Molinar 1

Season Stats:
Scoring
Breyan Ashley 66
Maddie Taylor 46
Alexis Hooper 24
Jillian Weber 20
Tess Molinar 16
Nikki 13
Hailey Meyer 10
Sammy Maguire 6

Assists
Maddie Taylor 10
Nikki 8
Hailey Meyer 7
Tess Molinar 6
Jillian Weber 5
Alexis Hooper 3
Breyan Ashley 3
Sammy Maguire 3

Wolfpack 201
Opponents 88