Bellaire jumped out on Cy Ranch early and never looked
back, cruising to a 66-36 victory. After extending their opening quarter lead
of 23-13 to 38-18 at the half, the Cardinals showed how dangerous they are if
their press is clicking as well as their outside shooting however everyone knew
that or should have. They also know or should know why I call AJ Alix “The Real Deal”,
her ability to take over a game along with making her teammates better gives her some intangibles that are not seen by many and she
did both at various points of the game
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The real news was the supporting cast of Angel Williams, who led the Cardinals in scoring with 19 points,and Lulu McKinney, a couple of junior guards who were clicking from all over the
court, whether it was dropping threes or driving to the basket at will for buckets . All of that, along with Shandice Waugh being
everywhere for put backs or rebounds on both ends had the Cardinals flying
super high
Of course, I don’t see any stats in the Chronicle other
than the final score but the Cardinals have made yet another Elite 8 and if Bellaire
plays like that the rest of the way, they may just give Coach Mike Kramer the
best going away present they could, a trip to Austin