St. Joseph’s Kate Rudini and Izzy Casucci scored 12 points each to lead coach Chris Lindwall’s Cadets past Norwalk 53-48 in the FCIAC girls’ basketball opener for both teams.
Emily Haverl made a pair of 3-pointers and scored 8 points.
Rudini had 5 assists and 3 steals.
Casucci had 7 rebounds and 5 blocks.
Dennaye Hinds had 7 rebounds and 3 blocks.
C.C. Thomas had 10 points for Norwalk.
St. Joseph outscored the Bears 16-2 in the second period and led
35-12 at the half.
St Joseph (1-0)
Dennaye Hinds 2 0-0 4 K.K. Geignetter 1 0-0 3 Nicole Zito 0 0-0 0 Kate Rudini 5 2-4 12 Kayleigh Carson 2 0-0 4 Erin Parchinski 1 0-0 2 Erika Stephens 3 0-0 6
Izzy Casucci 6 0-0 12 Kirsten Rodriguez 1 0-0 2 Grace Cottle 0 0-2 0 Emily Haverl 3 0-0 8
Totals 24 2-6 53
Norwalk (0-1)
Sophia Papa 0 0-0 0 Camilla Martinez 1 0-0 3 Jocelyn Meija 0 0-0 0 Tiffany Martinez 1 0-0 2 CC Thomas 4 2-5 10 Lamia Ashley 2 0-0 4 Emily Scott 0 0-0 0 Rachel Miller 0 1-2 Serenity Mayhew 3 0-0 6 Sam Phillips 1 0-0 2
Totals 12 3-7 28
Score by quarters
St Joseph 16 19 7 11 - 53
Norwalk 10 2 7 9 - 28
3pt FG: St Joseph - Emily Haverl - 2, K.K. Geignetter; Norwalk - Camilla Martinez - 1