Cardinal Gibbons/Ravenscroft School Recap/Standouts

<!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Cardinal Gibbons and Ravenscroft School squared off in a crosstown nonconference matchup that came down to the wire! Take a look at the game recap and standouts.</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Cardinal Gibbons Crusaders got on the board right from the opening tip thanks to the shooting of [player_tooltip player_id='2171867' first='Damon' last='Phillips'] but Ravenscroft School wouldn't falter behind their duo of [player_tooltip player_id='2290092' first='Jackson' last='Rein'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1665791' first='Chance' last='Gladden']. After one quarter, Ravenscroft led 17-16 after Cardinal Gibbons jumped out to an early 13-10 lead and rode the hot hand of Phillips.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In the second quarter, Rein would show his range as he opened the scoring effort with a 3-pointer to make it 20-16 in favor of the road team but Gibbons would continue to feed Phillips as he would knock down another 3-pointer of his own. The Ravens would go up 25-21 before the Crusaders would find some energy on defense and turn it into offense.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2290172' first='Trey' last='Jones'] forced a steal and got a dunk to wake up the crowd and Phillips would force another steal that would lead to free throws for [player_tooltip player_id='1165174' first='Cash' last='McSweeney'], sparking a 6-0 run. The Crusaders led 27-25 with 2:15 left in the first half. Cardinal Gibbons would hold a 3-point lead with 1:30 left in the half before Gladden would get a tough bucket plus a foul to tie things up at 28 before the half.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The pace picked up for both teams in the second half, though, the score still would remain close. Things remained tied at 41 after three quarters.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Rein would open the fourth quarter with another 3-pointer before a 5-0 run from Cardinal Gibbons triggered a timeout from the Ravens with 6:09 remaining in the game. Cardinal Gibbons would continue to apply pressure on both ends as back-to-back 3-pointers from Bryce Fitzsimmons would give the Crusaders a 54-46 lead with 3:14 left in the game.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ravenscroft would try to keep the deficit within single digits but back-to-back dunks from McSweeney would take all of the momentum. Cardinal Gibbons would win going away 63-52.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Take a look at the video recap on YouTube:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://youtu.be/wqky4lwli1k","type":"video","providerNameSlug":"youtube","responsive":true,"className":"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://youtu.be/wqky4lwli1k </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1165174"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"McSweeney led quite the charge for Cardinal Gibbons as he came up big with 24 points to lead the offense. 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