Faith Academy girls get 78th consecutive district win
Faith Academy of Marble Falls senior forward Kristen Cherry (left) hesitates before heading to the basket in the Lady Flames' 54-20 win against Temple Holy Trinity on Jan. 7. Courtesy photo
JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF
MARBLE FALLS — The Faith Academy of Marble Falls girls basketball team got its 78th consecutive district victory with a 54-20 win against Temple Holy Trinity on Jan. 10.
The Lady Flames have not lost a district contest since the 2005-2006 season.
Faith began the contest with an 8-0 run led by junior guard Taylor Denton. She hit a 3-pointer and found junior guard Sierra Brinkley for a fast-break bucket.
By the end of the first period, the Lady Flames had a 12-4 lead that went to 25-10 at the half.
Faith head coach Jerry English was pleased with the way his team played defense, noting that’s how it built a lead in the first half.
“We played very good defense, very enthusiastic hedging and sliding,” he said.
But he noted the squad committed 20 turnovers and recorded 17 assists — too many turnovers and not enough assists to offset each other.
jfierro@thepicayune.com
TOP PLAYER: Taylor Denton 20 points, 6 steals, 5 rebounds, 4 assists
ON OFFENSE: points – Juliette Fisher 9, Joanna Piatek 8, Sierra Brinkley 8, Hannah Cozby 6, Kristen Cherry 3; assists – Fisher 6, Cherry 4, Piatek 3; rebounds – Cozby 4, Cherry 3, Fisher 2, Piatek 1
ON DEFENSE: steals – Fisher 3, Brinkley 2, Cherry 2, Piatek 1, Cozby 1; rebounds – Cherry 7, Fisher 7, Piatek 3, Cozby 3, Brinkley 2; blocks – Cozby 2, Piatek 1, Fisher 1
RECORDS: Faith is 15-4 overall and 1-0 in District 4-2A; Holy Trinity is 0-1 in district.
UP NEXT: 6:15 p.m. Jan. 14, Faith vs. Austin Hill Country at The Fire Pit, three miles east of Marble Falls off RR 1431