Adyn Heinricy made a big three point shot to give the St Mary Cardinals a four-point lead, and Maddie Schwebach made four free throws down the stretch to help St Mary to a 60-55 double-overtime win over the Arlington Cardinals on Friday, February 2nd at St Mary High School.
St Mary held a slight two-point lead after the first quarter at 14-12. Ella Heinitz paced St Mary with eight points in that first quarter. Neither team was able to get a bigger lead than six points in the first half. St Mary continued to lead at the end of the second quarter at 25-21.
St Mary pushed their lead to nine points in the third quarter at 34-25, but Arlington went on a run to close the game to a point at 34-33. St Mary responded with a 4-0 run to close out the third quarter and led 38-33 heading into the fourth quarter. Arlington did not go away quietly. Arlington made back-to-back three-point shots, the second coming with 1:25 to go, to tie the game at 43-43. With the game tied 45-45, St Mary had two attempts to win the game in the final seconds that did not fall. The defenses held tough in overtime. The two teams were tied 49-49 when St Mary was called for a shot clock violation, and Arlington missed a shot at the buzzer. Heinricy and Schwebach helped lead St Mary to victory scoring seven of the 11 points in the extra session for the win.
Two players finished with double-doubles for St Mary. Schwebach led the way with 23 points and 15 rebounds. Sydney Cook added 13 points and 17 rebounds. Heinitz finished with 15 points. Arlington was led by Marissa Backer with 14 points, Jeryn Christensen had 12 points, and Jayna Haufschild had 10 points.
St Mary (7-9) stopped a two-game skid with the win and will host Gayville-Volin on Monday, February 5th. The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.