Two teams seeking its first victory in girls basketball met at Catonsville High Wednesday night and defensive intensity, turnovers and fouls took center court, and in the end, No. 8 Catonsville (1-1) emerged victorious over Dulaney (0-4), 63-45.
The Comets were led by Ashley Dickey (15 points), Maddi McLean (14) and Aysia Ferguson (12), while Dulaney got double figures from Riley McWilliams (14) and Samantha White (13).
“Our intensity was good and their little number 14 (White) did a really nice job splitting us, we’ve got to work on that,” Catonsville coach Mike Mohler said. “Hopefully, we will get better every game, but I don’t know how many turnovers we had, but it’s a bunch.”
Catonsville, which lost its opener to St Paul’s, 60-40, came out with defensive intensity early and they forced 19 Dulaney turnovers in the first half.
“Coach Mike in practice, he emphasizes a lot on defense, defense, defense because our defense gets our offense going,” said Ferguson, who scored six points in the first quarter and had six steals in the first half. “Once our defense kicks in, we just feel really confident on the offensive side. That’s how we get our fast breaks and easy shots.”