Seniors Vinny Walls (far left) Aaron Walton-Moss (left) Howard Blake III (far right) and Jason Williams (team manager, not pictured), were honored during the Cavs senior night win over Gwynedd Mercy.
The Cavaliers ended their regular season with a win over Gwynedd Mercy University.
Senior night at Nerney Field House was everything perfect for the Men’s basketball team. With a seventh consecutive win, the Cavs end their season with a overall 16-9 record and 13-5 conference play. The senior night win placed Cabrini as the top seed in the Colonial State Athletic Conference.
Before the game, this year’s senior class was honored for their amazing contribu- tion to the team though the past years. Players Howard Blake III, Vinny Walls and Aaron Walton-Moss gathered with family and friends while they were all applauded for the success towards the program and Cabrini.
“Even though my parents were late it was a good ceremony, it contributed to the seniors, the most winning class in Cabrini history, courtesy to Aaron and Howard,” Walls said. “Everybody plays bet- ter at home because you get more support. We always get a fair crowd. The win just makes it better.”
This was the most successful class in the history of the program. These seniors have 98 victories, including three CSAC titles, a 69-4 conference record, two Elite Eight appearances along with being run- ners up in the NCAA championship game.
“It really went good but it didn’t really set in until after the game,” Blake said. “Mainly because we were playing Gwynedd and we were trying to lock up
the first seed, that was really on my mind, but after the game talking to family and friends it just brought it full circle and I definitely cherished that moment.”
The senior Walton-Moss recorded his 8 triple-double this season stuffing the stats with 16 points, 13 rebounds and 13 assists. Six players scored in double figures, while Walls led the pack with 23 points shooting 10-15 from the floor. Freshman Tyheim Monroe score 16 points and 10 rebounds off the bench posting his sixth double double of the season. Sophomore Ronny Paden scored 13 points and classmate Ryan Charity contributed 12. Freshman Jair Green scored 11 points. The Griffins led 31-21 with 8:36 to go in the first. 40 seconds later the game took a dramatic shift as Charity hit a three pointer to put the Cavs in a different mode. This helped the Cavs go on a 22-5 run closing the half.
“In the fist half we had our little mis- takes on the defensive end, but still kept the game really close. In the second half we made those adjustments at half time came out and played better defense and had better ball movement on our end,” Blake said.
Cabrini never really let Gwynedd regain any momentum to take the lead.
“We have to just try to play aggressive and pull out the next few wins,” Walls said.
