Menlo News December 10, 2022

Girls’ basketball takes Terra Nova consolation final

Menlo loses to Archie Williams, beats AIMS, Lick
Menlo sophomore Karen Xin was named to the Terra Nova all-tournament team

The Menlo girls’ basketball team defeated Lick 54-39 to take the consolation championship of the Terra Nova Tournament on Saturday.
The Knights (5-1) fell to Archie Williams 46-32 then bounced back with a 77-39 win over AIMS College Prep-Oakland. Sophomore Karen Xin was named to the all-tournament team.
In the consolation final, the Knights took a slight 24-23 lead over Lick-Wilmerding at halftime before Menlo used a 19-8 run in the third quarter to pull away. Menlo junior Summer Young scored eight of her 12 points in the third, and Karen Xin added a pair of three-pointers in that quarter to finish with 14. Sophomore Ruiqi added 12 points as well.


Menlo 11 13 19 8 -51
Lick 10 13 8 7 - 38
M: Liu 5 1-2 12, Xin 5 0-0 14, Brooks 3 2-4 8, Zaki 0 2-2 2, Young 6 0-2 12, Satuito 2 0-0 6. Three-point goals – M: Xin 4, Liu, Satuito.


Menlo 77, AIMS 39
Jordan Brooks and Ruiqi Liu each scored 22 for the Knights (4-1), who will play Oak Grove-Lick winner for the consolation championship at 12:30p Saturday.

 

A​rchie Williams 46, Menlo 32
In the opener of the Terra Nova Tournament, sophomores Ruiqi Liu scored13 for the Knights​ and Karen Xin had 11 points.