Photo by ANDREW SYLVIA Aria O'Connell drives past a Memorial defender durig Tuesday night's game. Bishop Guertin

MANCHESTER – Bishop Guertin and Manchester Memorial entered the night undefeated, but only Bishop Guertin left with its perfect record intact, leaving the Queen City at 7-0 with a 67-51 victory.

The Cardinals began their winning evening with a 14-9 advantage in the first quarter. That edge expanded to a 35-21 at the half thanks in large part to a 3-for-13 second quarter from the field for the Crusaders.

Although Memorial clawed their way back through portions of the second half, bringing Bishop Guertin’s lead down to five points early in the fourth quarter, erratic shooting from the Crusaders and 14 second half points from Bishop Guertin senior Erin Carney slowly took its toll as the Cardinals began to solidify their advantage.

Bishop Guertin coach Brad Kreick felt that his squad still had some things to work on, but was pleased with the win and praised his opponents.

“It’s a road win against a really good team in a really tough place to play. It wasn’t easy, it wasn’t pretty, but it’s a 16-point win,” he said. “I was really impressed what they did in the third quarter, we didn’t respond well, but we really just got on (Erin) Carney’s back and let ehr get us home.”

Aria O’Connell left in the first quarter with what appeared to be a knee injury. She did not return, but Krieck was hopeful she will not miss any games.

Carney led BG with 28 points, with 16 points from Addison Smith.

For Memorial, seniors Tamrah Gould and Lyric Grumblatt led the way with 20 and 19 points.

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