St. Patrick and Augusta split a girls and boys DH in the Hoops for Hope

St. Patrick and Augusta split a girls and boys doubleheader tonight in the Hoops for Hope at St. Patrick.

In the boys' game, the Augusta Panthers scored the first 11 points of the game, but the St. Patrick Saints rallied and scored the last 10 points of the game for a 63-53 victory that snapped a four-game losing streak.

St. Patrick rallied from the 11-0 deficit to lead 31-28 and was up 42-33 in the third quarter.

Augusta stormed back to tie the score at 53-53 midway through the fourth quarter but did not score the rest of the game.

Baylen Bauer hit back-to-back layups, Chandler Black followed with a basket and Jake Swolsky hit four free throws in the 10-0 game-ending run.

Four St. Patrick players scored in double figures with Brevin Jones leading the way with 21 points. Jones hit five three-pointers. Swolsky followed with 14 points. Bauer scored 11 points and  Black added 10 points.

Augusta sophomore Preston Philpot hit seven three-pointers and scored 26 points.

In the girls' game, the Lady Panthers led the whole game in a 50-45 win over the Lady Saints.

The Lady Panthers built an 11-point lead in second quarter and were up by seven points at halftime.

St. Patrick outscored Augusta 10-6 in the third quarter and scored the first two points of the fourth quarter to pull within a point at 32-31. 

Augusta increased the lead to five points.

St. Patrick 7th grader Caroline McKay hit a three-pointer to cut the deficit to two at 45-43 with 39 seconds left, but the Lady Panthers closed out the game with a 5-2 run.

Augusta senior Kaitlyn Stanton scored a game-high 24 points.

Alexis Shields added 14 points for the Lady Panthers.

St. Patrick was led in scoring by Allison Hughes with 11 points.

Libby Gallenstein tossed in 10 points.

Girls

A (4-6) Kelsch 7, H, Arthur 2, Young 2, N. Arthur 1

SP (3-5) Hughes 11, Gallenstein 10, C. McKay 7, Tesmer 7, Klee 4, E. McKay 3, Roush 3

A  14 12 06 18-  50

SP 12 07 10 16- 45

Boys

SP (2-6) Bauer 11, McKay 5, Black 10, Mastin 2, Swolsky 14, Jones 21

A (4-5) Eichenberger 6, Mains 6, Appelman 6, Cordle 3, Philpot 26, Ripato 6

SP 08 23 18 14- 63
A   15 13 16 09- 53

Augusta uses big 3rd quarter to beat St. Patrick 71-63

The Augusta Panthers outscored the St. Patrick Saints 25-12 in the third quarter for a 71-63 win tonight at St. Patrick.

Jared Shoemaker and Jack Laycock both scored 18 points for Augusta.

Preston Philpot added 11 points.

Ben Swolsky scored a game-high 29 points for the Saints who played their third game in as many nights.

Baylen Bauer hit five three-pointers and scored 19 points.

St. Patrick travels to Menifee County Thursday night.

A  (10-9) Shoemaker 18, Laycock 18, Philpot 11, Appelman 9, Cordle 8, Johnson 6, Mains 1
SP (7-16) Black 2, McKay 2, Bauer 19, B. Swolsky 29, Burton 5, Walton 3, J. Swolsky 3