Ray Salnave & Jaquan McKennon
One came out on the winning end, while the other didn't have as much success. There was a third game as well on the docket, so here is a recap of the games from Bayside from Friday.
Cardozo "A" Escapes Holy Trinity, 62-58
This Cardozo team was coming off an impressive win over St. Mary's this past Tuesday, so maybe they took Holy Trinity a bit lightly, but the Titans gave them all they could handle, before falling by 4.
It looked like Cardozo was going to end this game early. Ray Salnave, the star for the Judges on Tuesday came out hot again, sinking a pair of floaters in the lane, and coming off a screen to nail a three from the right wing. Cardozo went up 17-5 and looked to have a comfortable lead, but as soon as Holy Trinity inserted junior Billy Sixsmith, things changed. The 6'1" guard was lights out from the perimeter. Each long range shot he put up was longer than the previous one. He nailed 4 first half threes, and the pro-Cardozo crowd started to get behind his long range bombs, getting up off their feet each time he connected on one. If it wasn't for the play of Salnave and forward Armando Dunn, who was a nice presence inside, the Judges would've been in big trouble, Cardozo was up just 31-28 at the half, with Sixsmith causing a lot of trouble, but could his play continue into the 2nd half?
Sixsmith started on the bench in the 2nd half, and Cardozo took advantage, because without a perimeter threat, the Judges were able to lay back and challenge the Holy Trinity guards to shoot. Jimmy Golaszewski and Jack Sixsmith, Billy's brother, struggled though, and off misses, Cardozo pushed the tempo and got out in transition. Kristian Mondesir was big at getting to the basket off of passes up court from Salnave and Jaquan McKennon, who did a nice job of starting the offense, even though he struggled a bit offensively in this one.
It wasn't until 8 minutes into the 2nd half to see Sixsmith enter, and the Titans were down 50-38 at that point. He came in and automatically hit once again from deep. He wasn't just catching and shooting either, as he moved well without out the ball, getting in good spots to get the ball and score deep off the dribble. Brandon Thomson was another offensive weapon for Trinity as he was hot from the elbow on jumpers off of drive and kicks from Golaszewski. The Titans were able to get it to a one possession game, as close as 58-56 with 1:10 to go, but Salnave hit 4 of 4 FT's late to seal it as the Judges, while sloppy at times, were able to hold off a tough Holy Trinity team, 62-58.
Salnave led all scorers with 27 points, proving once again that he is one of the best sophomores in the city. Dunn added 12 as well for the Judges. Sixsmith finished with 6 threes to lead Holy Trinity with 18 points, with Thomson adding 13 as well in defeat. - See more at:
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