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St. Paul girls basketball: Lady Cards go 2-1 to open season

  • St. Paul girls and Sloane Kocian won two of their first three games. Photo by Mark Lube.
    St. Paul girls and Sloane Kocian won two of their first three games. Photo by Mark Lube.

    St. Paul girls basketball went 2-1 in their first three games of the 2024-25 season.
    St. Paul 74, NBC 30
    With 23 points from Kristen Cerny, the Lady Cardinals basketball team won their first game  74-30 against New Braunfels Christian Nov. 22 at home.
    Riley Mozisek scored 19 points and Sloane Kocian hit 16 points with one triple.
    St. Paul opened the game with a 28-11 run in the first quarter and outscored NBC 21-4 in the second frame.
    The Lady Cardinals scored 16 of 28 points in the third box and held a 9-3 scoring advantage in the fourth frame.
    For NBC, Ellie Schwandt hit two tres and sank 16 points.
    NBC    11    4    12    3    30
    SSP    28    21    16    9    74
    New Braunfels Christian: Ellie Schwandt 16 3pt-2, Lily R. 6 3pt-2, Alysa Grimsley 3 3pt-1, Charleigh Albergaria 2, Amira El-kadi. 2, Mikayla Gonzalez 1.
    St. Paul: Kristen Cerny 23, Riley Mozisek 19 , Sloane Kocian 16 3pt-1, Skylar Mozisek 4, Jenna Stock 4, Reese Chilek 4, Faith Brown 3, Annie Werner 1.  
    St. Paul 49, Schulenburg 41
    A 20-10 run was key in the Lady Cardinals 49-41 win at Schulenburg on Nov. 25. 
    The Lady Shorthorns led 9-8 after one quarter and St. Paul led 28-19 at halftime.
    Schulenburg went on a 14-12 third-quarter run to get within 40-33.
    St. Paul scored nine of 17 points in the final quarter.
    Skylar Mozisek made two tres and scored 17 to lead St. Paul while Riley Mozisek netted 12 points. 
    SSP    8    20    12    9    49
    SCH    9    10    14    8    41
    St. Paul:  Skylar Mozisek 17  3pt-2, Riley Mozisek 12, Sloane Kocian 6, Reese Chilek 5, Nora Koch 3 3pt-1, Kristin Cerny 4, Addy Matias 2,
    Schuelnburg: Jenna Guentert 12 3pt-3, #22 9 3pt-1,  Ta’Janae Jackson 6,  Jashiya Jackson 5,  Michaela Kollman 3 3pt-1,  #32 2, Arianna Vincent 2, Laynie Nichols 1, Madison Harris 1 .
    Danbury 57, St. Paul 44
    Danbury outscored St. Paul 14-4 in the first eight minutes and went on to win 57-44 Nov. 26 in Shiner.
    The teams split 28 points in the second frame and Danbury went on a 17-10 third-quarter run for a 45-28 lead.
    St. Paul scored 16 of 28 points in the fourth quarter to slightly close the gap.
    Skylar Mozisek led St. Paul in scoring with 12 points and one three-point bucket.
    Kocian recorded 11 points. 
    Caylee Allison paced Danbury with 16 points.
    D    14    14    17    12    57
    SP    4    14    10    16    44
    Danbury: Caylee Allison 16, Addison Cloudt 15 3pt-1, Stevie Matthews 9 3pt-1, Lexi Fief 8, Melanie Gutierrez, 4 Kinglsey Hoffield 3, CJ Allison 2.
    St. Paul: Skylar Mozisek 12 3pt-1, Sloane Kocian 11, Riley Mozisek 7, Kristin Cerny 6, Reese Chilek 4, Addy Matias 4.