HORSEMEN IRRITATE IGNATIUS

The varsity Horsemen trampled over St. Ignatius School, 43-29, Tuesday evening at home. Matthew Manning had a game-high 13 points. Poor shooting contributed to the JV Horsemen’s, 29-35, loss. Chris Colton had a game-high 21 points. The varsity team jumped out to an early 12-8 lead and kept Ignatius scoreless throughout the entire second quarter, finishing 29-8 at the half. Ignatius rallied in the second half but was never able to make up the difference. Jordan Providence hit for 12 points, including the only team three and was the only player on either team to score in three quarters. Francisco Mattei had eight points; both Matthew Rodriquez and Soroya Morales had four points, and Kameron Carrisquillo rounded out the Horsemen scoring with two. The team sank an impressive 6 for 7 from the free throw line. Eight players scored points for Ignatius, and Connor O’Driscoll was the high scorer with eight. His team sank three threes and was 8 for 14 from the line. In the JV game, the two teams switched the lead back and forth for the first three quarters, and Ignatius had only a one point lead, 25-26, at the end of the third, but Ignatius had a run in the final quarter, while the Horsemen could only put up four points, which resulted in the final St. Ignatius win. Only Colton and Justin Hernandez, with 8, scored for the Horsemen, while five Ignatius players, led by Alex O’Donnell, with 11, hit for Ignatius. Interestingly, both teams were 3 for 7 from the line.