The Central Catholic girls\u2019 basketball team continued its strong stretch on Saturday, earning a dramatic 55\u201352 victory over Oak Harbor in four overtimes in the Sullivan Center. \u00a0With the non-conference win, the Fighting Irish improve to 6-5 on the season and secure their third consecutive victory.<\/p>\n
Senior G Nina Stevens led the Irish with a season-high 22 points, surpassing her previous best by one. Stevens did much of her damage from beyond the arc, knocking down four three-pointers in the marathon contest.<\/p>\n
Senior G Serinity Bolden added 12 points, while senior G Marissa Justen contributed nine, providing key scoring support throughout the game. <\/p>\n
Oak Harbor was paced by Brooke Tabbert and Kendall Gaines, who finished with 14 points apiece for the Rockets.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the day, the Central Catholic junior varsity squad earned a 27\u201318 home victory over Oak Harbor.<\/p>\n
CCHS returns to action on Wednesday, January 7, when the Fighting Irish host Lumen Christi Catholic in the Sullivan Center. The junior varsity game tips off at 5:00 p.m., followed immediately by the varsity contest. \u00a0Tickets for Wednesday\u2019s Catholic High School League (CHSL) matchup can be purchased by clicking HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Central Catholic girls\u2019 basketball team continued its strong stretch on Saturday, earning a dramatic 55\u201352 victory over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-391960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}