Cold shooting Kendall bows in tourney final; Roy-Hart earns third place honors

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Vinnie D’Agostino drives to the basket during the Eagles 47-40 loss to visiting Northstar in the championship game of the Kendall Tournament this afternoon.

Ice cold shooting in the second half proved costly as Kendall dropped a 47-40 decision to Northstar in the championship game of the Eagles Holiday Basketball Tournament this afternoon.

Kendall bult up a 15 point, 34-19, advantage at the outset of the third quarter on a three by Noah Morehouse and baskets by Jonas Rhodes and Vinnie D’Agostino.

However, the Eagles managed only two more points the rest of the quarter and then went the first six and a half minutes of the final period without scoring a point.

Northstar took advantage of that drought to close the third period with a 15-2 run and rally back to within two at 36-34.

Keeping the momentum, Northstar then outscored Kendall 13-4 in the decisive final period to claim the tourney title.

Vinnie D’Agostino finished with 12 and CJ D’Agostino 10 to lead Kendall as Morehouse added 8, Ryan Gaesser 6 and Rhodes 4.

Roy-Hart 51, Livonia 49
Roy-Hart edged Livonia 51-49 in the consolation game as Matt Aquilina scored 20, Tysen McCaa 12 and Vinny Fazzio 11.

Aquilina scored 10 in the third period to help Roy-Hart extend a narrow 30-29 half-time lead into a 41-32 advantage heading into the final period.

Kendall’s Jonny Conte looks to drive to the basket.