THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – Friday, January 17, 2020 Page 13 FROM PAGE 12 Lady Tide girls’ basketball team builds perfect 8-0 record UNSTOPPABLE: The Tide’s Jecorey Rives battles over a Somerville defender during Everett’s 53-34 win on Tuesday. Senior Carolann Cardinale was one of three Crimson Tide players in double-digits in last week’s 70-point offensive explosion against Malden. By Greg Phipps D espite having gone through nearly half its season without a blemish to its record, the Everett Crimson Tide girls’ basketball team still has areas where improvement is needed. According to head coach Tammy Turner, playing a full 32-minute game is one of them. “I would like to see us play BATTLE: Everett’s Ralph Enayo fights for the basket with some offensive help from Jonathan Ore (#2). OUT OF MY WAY: The Tide’s Paulo Silva Rodrigues makes his move away from a Somerville defender on Tuesday evening. four strong quarters, keep our intensity and play the way I know we’re capable of,” she said. “I don’t think we’ve done that yet. We’ll need to do that in order to compete with the stronger teams down the road. We’ve had some lulls during games. We’ll play good in one quarter and not so well in the next [period]. We can’t afford to take a quarter off against [the stronger competition].” Overall, however, the results have been all positive so far for the Everett girls, as they’ve rolled out to an impressive 8-0 record as of early this week. A 70-28 rout of Malden back on Jan. 7, and a much closer 43-40 edging of Somerville on Tuesday night kept the Lady Tide unbeaten on the season. Th r ee Eve r e t t p l ay - ers finished in double figures against Malden; Andrea Manley poured in 16 points to lead the way, followed by Maya Kirnon’s 15 points and Carolann Cardinale’s 10. Kirnon was the lone double-digit scorer against Somerville. She netted 11 points. Turner believes the team’s speed, defense and balanced scoring have been the most crucial factors in this year’s strong start. “We’ve been getting a lot of consistent scoring from four or five players, and we’ve had three or four different players finish as our top [game] scorers,” she observed. “Our speed on defense has helped us a lot. Some of our points are coming off fast breaks created by the defense.” Looking ahead, Everett’s defensive play will be the biggest component for success, according to the coach. “Intensity on defense is the number one thing for us,” Turner said. “We focus on that in practice more than anything else.” The Everett girls have two road games upcoming. They travel to Arlington Catholic Friday night and have a 5 p.m. Martin Luther King Day tilt at Salem on Monday.
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