Mt Alvernia hunt 6th-straight win in ISSA basketball

Fresh off their big 61-24 win over Muschett High in Montego Bay on Monday, red-hot Mt Alvernia High will be going after a sixth-straight victory in the ISSA Western Conference Girls Open basketball competition when they take on York Castle in a second-round game at Muschett High in Wakefield, Trelawny, today. In the second game of the double-header, William Knibb Memorial will seek to take over sole ownership of second place when they face Muschett High. William Knibb are seeking a third-straight win and fourth overall today after beating Muschett High 64-12 in the first round and holding off Herbert Morrison Technical 29-25 on Monday. Mt Alvernia ran their record to five-straight wins on Monday after an easy 37-point win over Muschett High at Cornwall College as they held the Trelawny school to single-digit scoring for the first three quarters. Mt Alvernia led 16-2, 38-6 and 48-13 after the first three quarters as Chrisana Thorpe led the way with 31 points and 17 rebounds as well as six steals, while Abigail Wright scored 12 points and Shanna-Kay Andrews scored four points and had 10 rebounds and six blocked shots. Moeeka Brown was the top scorer for Muschett High with 13 points and six rebounds, Keith-Ann Lawrence scored nine points, six rebounds and five steals, while Janiel Johnson scored two points and had 12 rebounds. In the first game, William Knibb led Herbert Morrison 21-8 in the third quarter before the Montego Bay school roared back only to fall short by four points, losing back-to-back games after winning their first three in a row. Samara Spence, who leads the competition in total points, assists and steals, was the top scorer in the game with 18 points, 10 rebounds and eight steals, and was assisted by Shania Wright's five points and 10 rebounds and Ashanti Hall's four points and nine rebounds. Kerry-Kay Stephenson was Herbert Morrison's top scorer with 11 points, while Meisha Reynolds scored 10 points and Danyce Murray had nine rebounds.
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