Balanced offense, solid 'D'
lift St. Mary's to 49-27 win
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DENVILLE - A strong defense and a balanced scored attack sparked the St. Mary's varsity girls to a 49-27 victory over St. Therese (Succasunna) in an Upper Morris County CYO Basketball League game played at St. Mary's here on Sunday, Dec. 5.
St. Mary's (2-0) led 12-6 after one quarter and 26-12 at the half before outscoring St. Therese 23-15 in the second half to nail down the victory.
Jessica Onorati led St. Mary's in scoring with 12 points with Stella Johnson finishing with 10 and Rachel Mills and Kristen Onorati each adding nine points. Katie Ford and Marcella Franklin each chipped in with three points.
As a team, the St. Mary's defense finished the game with 17 steals and five blocked shots. Mills had seven steals and Kristen Onorati and Franklin each had four with Mary Schreck and Jessica Onorati each finished with one. Johnson had a team-high three blocked shots while Jessica Onorati and Franklin each had one.
Johnson had a team-high six rebounds; Schreck had five; Mills finished with three and Jessica Onorati had two. Mills finished with four assists; Franklin and Kristen Onorati each had three; and Johnson added two.
St. Mary's goes for win No. 3 on Sunday, Dec. 12, when it plays host to Sacred Heart of Rockaway in a 2:30 p.m. game here in Denville.
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St. Mary's wins opener as Mills, Johnson lead way
DENVILLE - The St. Mary's 7th/8th grade girls basketball team opened its CYO season on a winning note by coming from behind to defeat St. Catherine (Mtn. Lakes), 45-25, in an Upper Morris County CYO League game played at the Parsippany PAL in Parsippany on Sunday, Nov. 28.
Trailing 8-4 after the first quarter of play, St. Mary's outscored St. Catherine 12-4 in the second quarter to take a 16-12 lead into the halftime break. St. Mary's increased its lead to eight with a 13-9 run in the third period and then outscored St. Catherine 16-4 in the final period to establish the 20-point margin of victory.
Rachel Mills scored a game-high 22 points and Stella Johnson added 14 to lead the St. Mary's offense. Johnson had a solid game on both sides of the floor by adding seven assists, seven rebounds and six steals. Mills had four assists, four rebounds and four steals.
Katie Ford chipped in with four points and one rebound; Mary Schreck finished with two points and a rebound; Jessica Onorati had two points, an assist and a rebound; Marcella Franklin finished with one point, two assists, two rebounds and a steal; and Kristen Onorati had one rebound and two steals for the winners.
"We were able to get all 11 players into the game," said head coach Susan Mills after the game. "And all 11 girls contributed and played very hard."
St. Mary's faces St. Therese (Succasunna) next in a 1 p.m. game on Sunday, Dec. 5, at St. Mary's.
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St. Mary's to open against St. Catherine
DENVILLE - The St. Mary's of Denville varsity girls CYO basketball team will open its 2010-11 schedule in the Upper Morris County CYO Basketball League on Sunday, Nov. 28, with a home game against St. Catherine of Sienna (Mountain Lakes).
The head coach of the team is Susan Mills and the assistant coaches are Erik Franklin and Mary Johnson.
The team plays a 10-game regular-season schedule against St. Therese (Succasunna), Sacred Heart (Rockaway Borough), Assumption (Morristown), St. Jude (Budd Lake) and St. Elizabeth (Flanders).
