Junior Dan Noe, a third team, all WCAC selection, scored 17 against Carroll in the Cards first round win Thursday.
The Cardinals (16-13, 6-12) shook off the WCAC first round nerves with a 73-65 win over Archbishop Carroll in Alexandria Thursday. It was a ragged affair, with Ireton overcoming 23 turnovers to outlast the Lions (3-24, 1-17) who have played their best basketball of the season with hall of famer, George Leftwich returning to the bench as coach of the Washington, DC school.
Ireton broke out to a 7-2 lead, only to see Carroll battle back to tie the game at 9-9 and take a 12-11 lead after one period. The Cardinals pushed out to a six point margin, but the Lions, who converted 11 three pointers, always answered and trailed 28-26 at the intermission. Ireton’s Louie Khouri, Patrick Moseh, and Dan Noe pushed the Cardinals out to a 35-29 advantage early in the third period only to see the Lion’s Justin Milstead respond with back-to-back threes and suddenly it was dead even. Jahmai George followed with consecutive three’s of his own and Carroll stayed stride for stride with the home team. Carroll regained the lead, and held their final advantage at 45-44 late in the third period. Khouri scored the period’s final 5 points to send Ireton into the 4th quarter with a 50-47lead.
The Cardinals opened the 4th with an 13-4 run to gain a 63-51 lead and for a moment it looked like Ireton had finally garnered some space. Enter Milstead. The Lion got the hot hand again and led Carroll on a 10-2 run of its own and suddenly it was a 65-61 game. The game, unusual with a pair of earlier technical fouls on the visitors, saw a third tech on the Lions and the sanction appeared to be a emotionally draining development. With Ireton converting free throws and gaining possession, the advantage on the scoreboard swelled and Carroll never threatened the remainder of the contest.
Louie Khouri led all scorers with 25 points, Dan Noe had 17, Moseh added 16. Da’von Wiley had 7, Taylor McHugh 6, and Ty Quarles 2. Carroll was led by Jahmai George with 14, Justin Milstead 13, Frederick Rowles 12, Mauri Winfree had 11. Maurice Lewis added 9 for the green and gold Lions. The teams combined for a 45-39 second half of high scoring following error-plagued first half.
The win sends Ireton to Gallaudet University Saturday for a 2:45 tipoff with top-seeded Gonzaga. The Eagles topped Ireton 67-61 recently in Alexandria enroute to their 18-0 blitz through the WCAC regular season. The game is the second of four Saturday, DeMatha-St Johns opens the afternoon, with Good Counsel-O’Connell and PVI-McNamara to follow. Admission for the quarter finals is $5/person, no passes or season tickets are valid for the Conference’s playoffs
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