The rivals, Eastern Eagles stood no chance against the Cabrini Cavaliers, winning with a 14-point lead on Tuesday Nov. 19 at Eastern University.
Aaron Walton-Moss, junior guard, Brennan McCann, freshman guard, Fran Rafferty, senior forward, A.J. Picard, senior guard, and Jon Miller, senior center all started the game with an intense aggression that carried throughout the entire game.
Moss scored the first two points that lead the fast-paced momentum followed by Picard who answered to Moss’s shot with a layup and was fouled, and scored for the extra point.
Rafferty scored three-out-of-four 3-pointers within the first half, McCann following with two-out-of-four 3-pointers and Moss with a 100 percent shooting average with two 3-pointers.
“I would say we need to work on our defensive rebounding and getting the ball swung on the offensive end to get assists,” Picard said.
Rafferty, Miller, Picard, Moss, McCann, Vinny Walls, junior guard and Deryl Bagwell, freshman forward all contributed to the 54.5 shooting percentage in the first half.
There were a total of six turnovers, three blocks and five steals within the first half.
Sophomore forward, Brad Fagan came into the game within the first half adding to the teams blocks, assists, steals and offensive and defensive rebounds.
At the first timeout in the first half, the Cavs held the Eagles to a 19-point lead at 50-31.
Cabrini dominated the second half holding to the largest lead in the entire game of 27 points 13-47.
The hustle from the Cavs was powerful and made the crowd stand up and cheer. Unfortunately Cabrini had eight turnovers within the second half and let up their 20-point lead. But despite some simple errors, the Cavs had impeccable team chemistry with emotions getting a little high from Rafferty and Moss.
The second half the Cavs had an 85.7 shooting percentage that was added to by Walls, Moss, Picard and Rafferty.
Picard added to the teams’ assists and passed to Miller for the dunk.
Another timeout was called after Picard had a steal with a spin move scoring again, making the score 55-77 with only 8:12 to go in the second half.
“I think what stood out was that we all have each other’s back no matter what,” Picard said.
Cabrini Cavaliers held their ground and dominated the entire game, winning at the battle of Eagle Road, 89-75.
