Guerin Catholic fought to the end before losing its first-round Sectional 27 game to Crispus Attucks Tuesday at the Eagles Nest.
The Golden Eagles fell 55-49. The Tigers got off to a big start, leading 17-7 after the first quarter, then went ahead 31-19 at halftime. Attucks then scored the first five points on the third period, leading 36-19 before Guerin Catholic began its comeback.
“In the first half, our guys did not play physical, were tough enough, but we had a talk in the locker room,” said GC coach Bobby Allen. “We’ve been in the situation before, we knew we could come back and chip away at the lead, which is what we did. We cut it to one twice.”
The Golden Eagles chipped the Tigers’ lead to 40-32 by the end of the third period, with Joseph Bobilya and Bernie McGuinness both scoring five points in the quarter. Guerin continued to battle in the fourth, but ultimately fell short.
“They’re a well-coached team,” said Allen. “They got some great players on their team and they hit some big-time shots at the end. But I am proud of our guys and it says a lot about our program that they came out and fought the way they did in the second half.”
McGuinness scored 14 points and pulled nine rebounds for the Golden Eagles, while Bobilya added 11 points and Sills scored 10, including two 3-pointers. Matt Parenteau grabbed five rebounds.
Guerin Catholic finished its season 13-11.
Crispus Attucks 55, Guerin Catholic 49
Guerin Catholic FG FT TP PF
Joseph Bobilya 4-7 2-4 11 3
Kian Sills 3-9 2-2 10 3
Luke Godfrey 0-6 2-2 2 2
Matt Parenteau 4-5 0-0 8 4
Bernie McGuinness 7-13 0-1 14 1
Josh Osborn 0-2 2-2 2 5
Matthew Gillis 0-0 2-2 2 1
Cameron Weitzel 0-0 0-0 0 0
Kameron Osswald 0-1 0-0 0 1
Davis Schlichte 0-0 0-0 0 1
Kaleb Edwards 0-0 0-0 0 0
Totals 18-43 10-13 49 20
Score by Quarters
Guerin Catholic 7 12 13 17 – 49
Crispus Attucks 17 14 9 15 – 55
Guerin Catholic 3-point shooting (3-15) Sills 2-6, Bobilya 1-2, Godfrey 0-5, McGuinness 0-1, Osswald 0-1.
Guerin Catholic rebounds (28) McGuinness 9, Parenteau 5, Godfrey 3, Sills 2, Bobilya 2, Osswald 2, Gillis 2, Schlichte 1, team 2.
Guerin Catholic’s Bernie McGuinnes scored 14 points for the Golden Eagles during their sectional game with Crispus Attucks Tuesday at the Eagles Nest. (Richie Hall)