Irish Fall to St. Chris but Get the Jump on Vikings

The Irish dropped a disappointing 51-36 battle to St. Chris when they played host to the Cyclones on Oct. 16.  The Irish outplayed the Cyclones in every aspect but shooting.  Maggie Mullen and Whitney Ryan both fouled out early in the fourth quarter which shortened the Irish bench and was a contributing factor in the loss.  Mullen led the offence with 16 points. Conchita Humphreys hit for 6 and Ryan, Chelsea Wagner and Caitlin Sparks kicked in 4 each.  Devin Galvin and Mullen played strong defence pulling down 18 and 14 rebounds respectively

It was a different story just five days later when the Fighting Irish outscored the Northern Vikings 24-6 in the opening eight minutes and went on to whip the Vikings 55-36 at Northern on Oct. 23.  

St. Pat’s jumped out to a 7-1 lead midway through the opening quarter as Northern could not make a basket until the 4:25 mark. 

The hot shooting Irish then went to work with four, three-pointers, two by Maggie Mullen, and one each by Whitney Ryan and Conchita Humphreys.  When the first quarter buzzer sounded, the Irish enjoyed an 18 point lead.

The second quarter was even, but the Irish were glad to head to the locker room at halftime with a 33-12 advantage.  Northern attempted to play stronger defence in the third quarter, but St. Pat’s was still able to make their shots count and the Vikings were never able to cut the deficit by less than 16 points the rest of the way.

Mullen led the Irish with 16 points followed closely by Humphreys with 12 and Devin Galvin and Ryan with 8 and 7 respectively. 

The Irish host the undefeated St. Clair Colts on Thursday, October 25 with the tip-off at 5:30 PM.