IRISH VICTORIOUS AT MOUNT VERNON - NOW 10-0!!!
Dublin Scioto avenged its only regular season loss of last year by defeating Mt. Vernon at the "Hive" by the count of 60-48. The Irish
jumped out to leads of 14-10 after one quarter, and 31-21 at halftime. Blair Gorniak led the first half charge by scoring 14 points. Marco
St. John added 7, Bradley McDougald 4 and Kyle Duncan and Ben Ashwill 3 each. Ben Ashwill also contributed a number of first half assists.
The Irish had a hard time finding the basket in the early part of the 3d quarter, as Mount Vernon slowly cut into the Irish lead, getting as close
as 33-30. David McKinley got the Irish going again hitting a big basket to start a 6 to 0 run to close out the quarter and push the lead back out
to 39-30. The Irish totaled 8 3d quarter points with David McKinley, Bradley McDougald, Marco St John and Ben Ashwill each scoring 2. The Irish pushed the
lead out to 13 early in the 4th quarter and Mt Vernon was forced to foul to try and get back in the game. The Irish denied any such comeback by connecting on 17 out of 18 4th quarter
free throws including 9 out of 10 by Ben Ashwill, 4 out of 4 by Blair Gorniak, and Rainer Duzan and Bradley McDougald each connecting on 2 out of 2. Fourth quarter
scoring was led by Ben Ashwill with 9, Blair Gorniak with 6, and Rainer Duzan, Bradley McDouglad and Marco St John with 2 each.
For the night Blair Gorniak led three double figure scorers with 20, while Ben Ashwill added 14. Marco St John chipped in with 11 as he continued to be a consistent
threat on the offensive end. Bradley McDouglad added 8, Kyle Duncan 3 and Rainer Duzan and David McKinley 2 each.
The next game is Tuesday, January 8th at home against St Charles.
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