Basketball Recap: Make It Ten in a Row for Moore Catholic

Mavericks

Previous Games

01/30/25 vs New Dorp	63-36
01/28/25 vs Notre Dame Academy	74-64
01/26/25 vs CSI International Studies	64-25
01/19/25 vs East New York Family Academy	65-57
01/18/25 @ Cardinal Spellman	63-36
+ 5 more games

Moore Catholic waltzed into their contest on Thursday with nine straight wins... but they left with ten. They took their matchup with ease, bagging a 63-36 victory over the New Dorp Central Cougars. The Mavericks have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine games by 22 points or more this season.

Moore Catholic's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Emma Costanzo led the charge by putting up ten points and eight assists. The dominant performance gave Costanzo a new career-high in assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Emma Bruno-Dunn, who posted 16 points and six rebounds.

Costanzo wasn't the only one working in the assists department: Moore Catholic was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their assist total in four consecutive contests.

Moore Catholic's win bumped their record up to 17-1. As for New Dorp, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 11-4.

Moore Catholic didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 79-49 defeat against St. Joseph-by-the-Sea on the 1st. New Dorp has also already played their next game (against Port Richmond), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.