The Morris Catholic Crusaders put another one in the bag on Monday to keep their perfect season alive. They snuck past Bethany with a 67-63 win. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Morris Catholic was led to victory by Mya Pauldo and Mia Pauldo. Pauldo scored 22 points along with five assists and five rebounds, while Pauldo scored 23 points along with nine assists and five rebounds. Pauldo is absolutely dominating the steal category: she's posted at least two every time she's taken the court this season. Another player making a difference was Jacqueline Edelman, who scored eight points.
Bethany lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Keziah Lofton, who scored 24 points along with seven rebounds and three steals. Lofton is on a roll when it comes to points, as she's now scored 15 or more in the last three games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Kayten Donley, who scored 21 points along with eight rebounds and three blocks.
Morris Catholic's win bumped their record up to 13-0. As for Bethany, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-4.
Morris Catholic will head out on the road to face off against St. Rose at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. St. Rose will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps New Jersey Rankings (they are ranked 30th, while Morris Catholic is ranked first). Bethany on the road again on Thursday and play against Enid at 1:00 p.m. on January 18th.
