Providence Christian boys basketball coach Mark Wright has been stressing for his team’s defense to help spark the offense.
On Tuesday night, the defensive spark was there, helping the Eagles overcome a horrendous first quarter and leading a 48-33 Class 3A, Area 3 win over the Northside Methodist Knights at the NMA campus.
“We struggled offensively out of the gate, but I thought defensively, the intensity was there the whole game,” said Wright, whose team earned 19 steals and didn’t allow the Knights to score double figures in any of the four quarters. “I felt like if we kept up the defensive intensity up that the offense would catch up eventually.
Leger paced the winning effort with 16 points to go with his six steals. He also knocked away several passes to disrupt the Knights offense. A putback by Cunningham and a layup by Alvord off a nice pass from Clements gave the Knights a 4-0 lead with 2:37 to go in the first quarter before the Eagles got on the board with a 3-pointer from Eb Anderson.
Northside Methodist girls 60, Providence Christian 31: The duo of Addie Forrester and Dana Cool combined for 42 points and 24 rebounds in the Knights’ historic first region win.
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