Brian Hagberg
YOUNGSVILLE, Pa. – The Knights learned their lesson from the season-opener and kept their foot on the gas all game long as Eisenhower earned a 61-34 win at Youngsville.
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Eisenhower took a big third-quarter lead when the two teams met back in December, then had to hold on for a 53-49 win after making substitutions and pulling back to a less aggressive offensive game.
On Monday, the Knights kept the pressure on offensively until the end.
“We tend to let up at times,” Eisenhower’s Lainey Font said. “But our coach kept us on our toes this game. We really wanted this one.”
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The teams traded blows through the early part of the first quarter, but Riley Robinault went down hard on the inbound pass after the Knights took a 5-4 lead and Eisenhower took advantage of the absence to go on a 12-0 run.
Robinault returned later in the quarter and hit a buzzer-beating layup to stop the run, but the lead was too much.
Eisenhower’s aggressive, pressure defense created multiple transition opportunities and the Knights took advantage to slowly build on their lead. It was 33-16 at halftime and 45-24 by the end of the third.
Robinault finished with a team-high 12 points. Shea Walton and Zaylee Cressley each had eight points.
Clara Steinberg had a game-high 18 points and was one of four Eisenhower players in double figures. Lilly Smyth had 12 points, Font finished with 11, and Laney Belcher added 10.
