Girls Basketball (2024-2025)
Panthers Drop Season Debut to Marin Catholic Despite Valiant Effort
November 23, 2024—On a Saturday afternoon on the campus of Saint Mary’s College High School, the Varsity Girl’s Basketball Team began their 2024-2025 campaign playing host to the Marin Catholic Wildcats. The Panthers came into the game dressing only five players going up against the Wildcats’ eleven players. However, despite these odds, the Panthers did not back down one bit in this game against a strong program.
Even though the Panthers found themselves on the losing side of this one by the score of 67-61, they outplayed the Wildcats for most of the game. In fact, the Panthers would find themselves with a 7-point lead in the second quarter, and then even up three with only playing with four players in the 4th quarter after one of their players fouled out of the game. However, numbers would catch up to them and the Wildcats would take advantage of the fact that the Panthers played with only four players left in the latter stages of the 4th quarter, giving themselves the victory.
The Panthers were led by Senior, Marlowe Kuroki, who hit big three pointers and forced numerous Wildcat turnovers to keep the Panthers in the game. Junior, Elia Kudemus, would also have a fantastic season debut as she displayed her own long-range shooting capabilities beyond the three-point arc. She would also have a strong defensive game forcing critical turnovers as well to help the Panthers cash in on fastbreak points as well.
The Panthers will now look towards the Pinole Valley Tip-Off Classic where they play in next Saturday, November 30th. The time of the game and their opponent have yet to be announced.