Three players finished in double figures for the St Mary Cardinals in a 51-47 win over the Gayville-Volin Raiders on Monday, February 5th. The Cardinals have won two in a row and five of their last seven games.
St Mary held a slim three-point lead after the first quarter of play at 10-7. The Cardinals had a 21-19 late in the second quarter, and then closed out the half on a 5-0 run to lead 26-19 at halftime. The Raiders started the third quarter on their own 5-0 run to pull within two points at 26-24. The Cardinals bounced back and increased their lead to seven points by the end of the third quarter at 43-36. The St Mary lead was at 11 points with 3:00 to go in the game at 49-38. Gayville-Volin closed to within three points at 50-47 with :54 left in the game. Adyn Heinricy made a free throw with :03.2 left on the clock to increase the Cardinal lead to four points and the win.
Sydney Cook had a double-double for the Cardinals with 16 points and 17 rebounds. Ella Heinitz had 17 points and three rebounds. Maddie Schwebach had 10 points and five rebounds in the game.
St Mary (8-9) will host Elkton-Lake Benton on Friday, February 9th.