Girls’ hoop outlasts Stoughton

It may have been Senior Night at Stoughton High last Friday night, but the CHS girls’ varsity basketball team was most concerned with having to defend a Stoughton sophomore. 

When Canton played Stoughton on January 8, Chrystal Holland, the leading scorer for the Black Knights, dropped 20 points on the Bulldogs, leading Stoughton to a 55-41 road victory.    

About a month later, however, Canton was able to limit Holland to just five points — none in the first three quarters of play — and this time came away with a 42-40 win last Friday on the road.

“We knew we had to shut down their best player and leading scorer [Holland] and we did,” head coach Kaitlin Mills wrote in an e-mail to the Citizen.

The victory ended Canton’s six-game losing streak.  The Bulldogs also lost 57-47 at North Attleboro last Tuesday. After going 1-1 in two games last week, the team is 3-13 on the season.

Against NA, Canton held a 14-point lead at halftime, but saw the double-digit lead slip away in the second half. NA hit a combined eight three-pointers in the third and fourth quarters to help erase the deficit and held the Bulldogs to just six points in the fourth quarter (all scored by Erika Bornemann).

“It was a very disappointing loss because we played so well in the first half and fell apart in the second [half],” Mills said.  

Bornemann led the way with 24 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks in the losing effort.

Mills described the Stoughton game as a “very physical” contest, with players “diving on the floor for loose balls, rebounding and driving to the hoop.”  Olivia Murphy’s six fourth-quarter points helped to give Canton the momentum it needed to hold on for the win. 

Murphy ended up with 14 points, 14 rebounds and six blocks, while Bornemann added 15 points, ten rebounds and four blocks. Mills credited Nicki Fralick for playing “outstanding defense,” finishing with four assists, three steals, and four blocks.

“I am very proud of how the team played [last] Friday night,” Mills said. “They fought and played hard until the end, and because of that hard work and determination they won the game.” 

The team was scheduled to host non-league opponent Bedford on Wednesday and will play King Philip at home on Friday.

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