BROOKLYN, N.Y, — Kat Karounos poured in 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as Curtis opened its season with a 48-27 triumph over Brooklyn Tech in a non-league game Tuesday. <\/p>\n
Jiselle Jackson added nine points, 10 rebounds and five assists, while Alina Starodubenko had eight points.<\/p>\n
\u201cGreat team win to start the season,\u201d said Curtis coach Talia Sutton, whose club led 22-14 at the intermission before outscoring its opponent, 26-13, in the second half. <\/p>\n
Julia Surat added six points and eight steals.<\/p>\n
The Warriors play Medgar Evers Saturday at 5:30 p.m. in the ML Gators Thanksgiving Day Classic. <\/p>\n
McKee\/Staten Island Tech 37, Lafayette 21<\/p>\n
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Thalia Treasure and Madisyn Chen combined for 25 points as the Seagulls opened their PSAL 3A slate on a high note. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe won a very tough first league game,\u201d said MSIT coach Peter LaMarca. \u201cDefense was the difference. If we continue to buy in to what we are trying to commit to then we can possibly have a good year. Good communication, solid footwork and defensive rebounding will lead to wins.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Seagulls, who improved to 2-0 overal, led 21-8 at the half after not allowing a point in the first quarter.<\/p>\n
Stella Chan added eight points for the winners. <\/p>\n
Petrides 30, Erasmus 27<\/p>\n
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Asha Bell set the tone early and never let up, leading all scorers with a dominant, 19-point performance while adding four assists and four rebounds in the PSAL 3A win.<\/p>\n
Sabrina DeFazio provided key support, chipping in nine points and pulling down five boards.<\/p>\n
Despite a young roster, Petrides showed composure as the team weathered multiple scoring droughts and delivered crucial defensive stops in the final minutes to secure the narrow victory.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was a good start to the season, but we have some execution to work on,\u201d said Petrides coach Jenn Delahanty. \u201cWith the hard work the team is putting in, we\u2019ll continue to progress as the season goes on.\u201d<\/p>\n
Petrides (1-1 overall) looks to build on its success as it enters the ML Gators Thanksgiving Classic this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BROOKLYN, N.Y, — Kat Karounos poured in 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as Curtis opened its season…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53313,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-53312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}