Senior: Rez Overcomes Saints' Stall to Make Finals

The Resurrection Phoenix knew it was coming.

Of course, knowing it's coming and seeing it in action are two different things.

In a game that was eerily similar to their regular season outings, the St. Benedict Saints used a stalling offense to hang around through three quarters before the Phoenix pulled away late in a 43-27 semifinal victory at Resurrection this afternoon.

Although it wasn't to the extent of last year's junior semifinal (a 24-12 RCSS win vs. St. Benedict), the senior Saints stalled as much as they could and limited Resurrection to just 26 points through three quarters, as RCSS led 26-20 after three.  In fact, with the lack of shooting, the third quarter saw just 7 total points (4-3 Rez).

Mike Pereira scored 8 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter as the Phoenix pulled away, using a 17-7 run over the final eight minutes to win going away.

Cam Gibbs added 9 for Rez, while Jon Moi and Tyler Schneider had 4.  

Kueth Geng and Tyrone Tyndale had 10 each for SBCSS in the loss.

Just as a sidenote, a certain blogger picked Rez to win this one by 16 earlier in the day (cough cough).   

Resurrection, my current #2 team in CWOSSA, will play my #1 team in CWOSSA, the St. Mary's Eagles, on Friday evening at Rez in the D8 championship game.  Tip time is 8:00pm.