Thursday, December 28, 2023

Foxboro's win streak snapped in loss to Pa. team.


KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- The Foxboro High School girls' basketball team did not go down without a fight Thursday in the semifinal round of the KSA Holiday Classic.

Cam Collins: Career-high 33 points.
The Warriors' 24-game winning streak -- dating back to their last loss exactly 364 days ago -- was snapped by Cathedral Prep of Erie, Pa., 60-47, despite a career-high 33-point effort by senior guard Cam Collins.

Collins scored 15 of her points in the fourth quarter as the Warriors (4-1) tried desperately to rally from a 15-point deficit entering the final eight minutes of play.

"I am extremely proud of the game the team played," Foxboro coach Lisa Downs said. "To face up against a team of that caliber will be something that we can use and learn from going forward."

Collins, who will attend Rider University next season, was the only Foxboro player scoring in double figures against a top-tier Pennsylvania squad that has three NCAA Division 1 recruits in its starting lineup, two committed to St. Bonaventure and one to Georgetown. 

The Ramblers (6-1) were led by junior forward Addie Biel's 24 points and 17 from senior guard Jayden McBride. Foxboro was held without a three-point basket in the game.

McBride banged home four three-pointers in the opening quarter as Cathedral Prep raced to a 22-10 lead over the Warriors. Collins tried to counter with three baskets of her own, but good perimeter defense by the Ramblers shut down the outside scoring threat of Foxboro junior Kailey Sullivan, who had scored 30 points in the tournament opener against Blacksburg, S.C., on Wednesday. Sullivan finished with six points, but also had a team-high five assists.

The Ramblers increased the lead to 34-19 at the half, outscoring Foxboro 12-9 in the period. 

Collins had 11 points at intermission, but only she and Sullivan were able to find the net in the second half. Collins had 22 in the second half and Sullivan four. Both, however, are making a beeline to become Foxboro's next 1,000-point scorers; Collins took the lead in the individual race with 888 career points after Thursday's game, while Sullivan has 887.

Downs offered high praise to senior forward Izzy Chamberlin, who had to guard a 6-foot-2 center throughout the game. 

"(She) had a substantial size advantage, and Izzy made her work for every point and rebound she had," Downs said.

The Warriors' last defeat prior to Thursday came on Dec. 29, 2022, a non-league 61-52 loss to Wachusett Regional High School.

Foxboro will next play in the third-place game Friday morning (8:30 a.m. start) against 9-4 Corbin (Ky.) High School, a 67-48 loser to Glen Rose (Texas) High in Thursday's other Orange Bracket semifinal. Glen Rose, now 19-2, will take on Cathedral Prep for the bracket title Friday morning.

Box score:

FOXBORO (47)
Cam Collins 11 11-16 33, Izzy Chamberlin 2 0-0 4, Alaysia Drummonds 1 0-0 2, Kailey Sullivan 2 2-2 6, Brynn Allen 0 0-0 0, Erin Foley 0 0-0 0, Adrianna Porazzo 0 2-2 2, Kylie Sampson 0 0-0 0, Ava Hill 0 0-2 0, totals 16 15-22 47.

CATHEDRAL PREP (60)
Lena Walz 1 0-0 3, McKenna Valone 2 0-0 6, Ava Lucarotti 2 3-4 8, Cecelia Morgan 0 0-0 0, Jayden McBride 6 1-2 17, Natalie Spano 1 0-0 2, Addie Biel 8 7-10 24, totals 20 11-16 60.

Foxboro                10     9   11   17 -- 47
Cathedral Prep    22   12   11   15 -- 60

3-point goals: Foxboro -- none. CP -- McBride 4, Valone 2, Walz 1, Lucarotti 1, Biel 1. 



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