Eagles soar over Fontbonne to start 2015 season
St. Edmund Prep 54 Fontbonne 42
The (1-1) Bonnies uphill climb for 2015 began at (3-0) St. Edmund Prep, one of this season’s early frontrunners. Entering the season with a re-configured team of mainly underclassmen, Fontbonne’s rookie freshman point guard Katie Marquardt (18 points) successfully matched up with the Eagles’ senior Kellie O’Neill (19 points), one of the top point guards in the GCHSAA Division II.
Along with Marquardt, Emily Lind (13 points) led Fontbonne on a 12 to three run in the second quarter to allow the Bonnies to take a 22-18 lead at the half. According to St. Edmund’s coach, “The effort really wasn’t there,” commenting on his team’s second quarter performance. “But we changed that in the second half.”
St. Edmund managed to come back on a 17 to eight run as Nina DiCioccio (seven points), Alex Jacques (nine points) and Kelly O’Donnell (12 points) led the Eagles to a 35-30 third quarter lead.