The girls varsity basketball team fought to achieve their first section and third win of the season Thursday night.
After losing to Canon-Mac, 57-42, on Tuesday, the Lady Hawks were out for blood.
While the first half looked to be in Trinity’s favor, the Lady Hawks came back in the second half and won in dramatic fashion, 54-52.
The starting five were Ella Sabatos (senior), Sadie Orie (senior), Bella Coleman (junior), Kathryn Boff (junior), and Alice Elphinstone (sophomore).
Ella Sabatos won the tip-off, and the Hawks took an early 5-0 lead after a 3-point shot by Bella Coleman.
After the first quarter, Trinity was leading 24-16.
With 3:54 left in the second quarter, Avery Bonacci stole the ball, made a fast break and set up the rebound for Fiona O’Neill.
With that basket, the Lady Hawks chipped away some of Trinity’s lead.
By halftime, Trinity led 37-28.
Ella Sabatos led with 9 points, Fiona O’Neill had 8 points, and Sadie Orie had 7 points.
The Lady Hawks drew up a game plan and brought the energy back up for the second half.
Despite some steals in the third quarter, it still wasn’t enough to close the gap.
Heading into the fourth quarter, Trinity was leading by 12 points.
At 5:29 left in the fourth quarter, the Hawks were down by 10 when Ella Sabatos had a game-changing steal that led to a fast break giving the Hawks two more points.
With 2 minutes left, the game was tied 50-50.
The Lady Hawks never looked back and finished their first section game strong, winning 54-52.
They outscored Trinity 20-6 in the fourth quarter.
The scoring leaders were Ella Sabatos with 19 points and Fiona O’Neill and Sadie Orie with 15 points each.
“I think we all knew we needed to win this game and we all wanted to win,” Sabatos said. “We also knew that we needed to step up and come out with tons of energy to win the game.”
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The next game for the Lady Hawks (1-0, 3-1) is a non-section contest at home vs. Mount Lebanon (0-0, 2-3) on Saturday. JV tips off at 11 a.m. and varsity follows at 12:30 p.m.
