MICHAEL KIRAL / L’Observateur / January 12, 2000

LAPLACE – St. Charles Catholic held Episcopal scoreless in the thirdquarter to pull away to a 36-22 victory in non-district play Monday night in the Comet gym.

St. Charles Catholic improved to 7-16 on the season while Episcopal fellto 10-11.

The Lady Comets honored senior Liz Dufresne before the game for becoming the second player in the program’s history to score 1,000 points.

Dufresne reached the milestone in the Lady Comets’ game at St. ThomasAquinas Dec. 17.Dufresne then went out and scored the game’s first points on a 3-pointer from the right corner. After Episcopal tied the game on three free throwsby Meghan O’Leary, the Lady Comets went ahead 7-3 on jumpers by Amy Bourgeois and Sarah Weber. The Knights tied the game again on a jumper byMonica Price but St. Charles Catholic took a 11-7 lead at the end of thequarter on two jumpers by Marci Martin.

Episcopal pulled to within 12-11 midway through the second quarter as Christen Heaton grabbed a rebound and found Price downcourt. But NicoleScontrino answered with a jumper and then fired a cross-court pass to Martin on the left baseline for another jumper to build the lead back to five. Lyndsi Stockinger cut the deficit to 16-13 at the half with a putback.

Both teams further slowed their offenses down in the third quarter with Episcopal holding the ball for over two minutes on its first possession.

After a steal by Bourgeois two possessions later, Martin got the quarter’s first points with less than three minutes left on a turnaround jumper at the free throw line.

Martin then found Scontrino inside and took a pass from Bourgeois inside to give the Lady Comets a 22-13 lead after three quarters of play.

Episcopal turned the ball over five times in the quarter and missed on its only shot.

Dufresne built the lead to 24-13 before Price broke the Episcopal scoreless spell with a jumper at the 5:28 mark. After Dufresne answeredwith a jumper, Episcopal pulled to within 26-20 with 3:07 left on a put back by Emily Dixon and three free throws by O’Leary.

But St. Charles Catholic came right back as Amanda Helm grabbed a looseball in the lane and tossed it in. A possession later, Bourgeois tossed aninbounds pass in from the left side to an open Dufresne downcourt. Martinand Bourgeois each hit two free throws down the stretch and Dufresne took another pass from Bourgeois in for the final score.

Dufresne and Martin each finished with 12 points for the Lady Comets.

Bourgeois and Scontrino chipped in with four apiece. Price and O’Leary ledEpiscopal with eight points apiece.

“There were two things I was really proud of,” St. Charles Catholic coachJeff Montz said. “It was really a team effort. We were unselfish. And whenthey held the ball (at the beginning of the third quarter), we didn’t get overanxious. We made some big plays to pull away so that they couldn’thold the ball. It was good preparation for the district opener Friday night.”St. Charles Catholic opens District 9-3A play Friday at E.D. White.

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