The St. Vincent girls basketball team finds itself on a winning streak. The Indians snapped a four- game losing streak against high quality opponents and are back in the winning column.
The girls defeated Valle Catholic 48-47 on Jan. 8, and followed that up with a dominating 61-29 victory over Grandview Jan. 11.
“We find ourselves on a little winning streak here,” St. Vincent coach Mel Kirn said. “We played some good basketball and found ways to win.
Against Valle Catholic, the Indians took advantage of a violation by the Warriors with four seconds left in the game trailing 47-46. Senior Cailyn Prost missed a shot that rolled off the rim and Mallory Patrick came away with the offensive rebound and was fouled with 1.1 seconds remaining. Patrick hit both free throws to secure the victory.
The Indians could not hit a shot in the first half of that contest, scoring just 17 points in the first half and trailed by double digits at the break. St. Vincent shot 27 percent for the game and made just two three-point shots in the contest. With the long distance shots not falling, the Indians got to the line 31 times in the game, sinking 20 of them, none bigger that Patrick’s to secure the win.
Rylee Robinson had 18 points to lead the Indians, while Prost had 14 and Patrick had six points in the game.