The Saints score 38 points in the second half in a 56-42 victory over Lutheran South Saturday afternoon.
Villa Duchesne senior Karena Kaufmann did not start Saturday's contest against Lutheran South. But boy did the forward finish, scoring 13 points in the second half as the Saints defeated the Lancers 56-42 in a MWAA Red contest at Lutheran South. Kaufmann, who is usually a starter, sat through most of the first half as she had missed practice after being picked as a leader at a Kairos retreat. "I should send her to a retreat every week," Villa Duchesne Coach Jane Ellen Kuenzle joked. "She really had a nice game. She can shoot it from the outside and she can take it to the hole and I love to have her at the free throw line at the end of a tight game. She can score." Kaufmann only scored two points in a first half which was a struggle for …
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Villa scores just seven points in the second half in a 28-22 win over Francis Howell.
Kate Kuenzle was not expecting a gourmet kind of meal Sunday night. The senior is a starter on the Villa Duchesne basketball team and also the daughter of head coach Jane Ellen Kuenzle. "It might just be bread and water tonight," Kate Kuenzle said. "Mom was not too happy with our effort." The second-seeded Saints did win over seventh-seeded Francis Howell 28-22 Sunday in the opening round of the Lutheran South Christmas Tournament. But as the score would indicate it was an offensively challenged contest, especially in the second half for Villa. The Saints scored just seven points in the final two quarters, just one in the fourth quarter. Coach Kuenzle was not going to blame a 16-day layoff but her team's offensive ineptitude. "Everybody …
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