Kozul and Cethoute Lift Molloy Over Loughlin

     The first quarter of Sunday's 95-78 win by Archbishop Molloy over Bishop Loughlin was a terrific individual battle between the Stanners' senior forward Marco Kozul and Loughlin's junior guard Mike Williams.

          Both players propelled their teams to quick offensives starts with the strengths of their respective games.  For Kozul, a long and tough 6'5" forward that meant taking his game inside and showing extended shooting range from the corners. For Williams that meant showing off his trademark deep corner three pointer,  and playing with his typical  energy and toughness.

          Kozul would narrowly win the individual first quarter battle and the Stanners had a 20=15 lead after one quarter. That's when Kozul and the Stanners got some help off the bench and effectively put the game out of the Lions' reach.

          Junior forward Jason Cethoute has been a steady contributor off the bench for Molloy all season.  And particularly over the last three games, wins over Holy Cross, Xaverian and Loughlin, fans watching closely could see his confidence and contribution to the team grow. In Sunday's game he put together a spectacular second quarter which helped Molloy expand their modest first quarter lead into a 48-29 halftime advantage.  From there, despite a terrific 30 point performance from Mike Williams and a strong second half from Khadeem Carrington Molloy held on for a convincing third straight win thanks to continued good work from their two forwards and strong floor games from guards C.J. Davis and Isaiah Tucker. Cethoute tied Williams for game high scoring honors with 30 points while Kouzl added 28 to go with 14 rebounds.  In addition to Williams' 30 points Carrington added 14 all in the second half for the Lions.