A lopsided third quarter erased Bethlehem Catholic’s hope of catching Easton in the Golden Hawks’ 51-22 loss to the Red Rovers last Friday night at Easton Area Middle School.

“We were down 13, and [at halftime] we talked about what we needed to do to get back in the game, and right from the very beginning, they scored the first six, seven, eight points...so lack of execution on our end and you’ve got to give them credit for what they did,” said Becahi coach Jose Medina.

Becahi guard Cici Hernandez scored the only third-quarter points for the Hawks with 45 seconds left on the clock.

Despite the Red Rovers’ eight-point lead after the first quarter, all was not lost for the Hawks as their offense picked up when Hernandez consistently found Becahi center/forward Kendra Rigo under the basket.

But Easton’s 15-0 run after halftime was much more than the Hawks could compensate for.

“They did a good job today of executing their stuff, and we had opportunities but obviously, the ball didn’t fall for us, but the big thing was we got out toughed today,” Medina said. “They did a great job of playing really physical, and to us, that’s surprising because we put a lot of work into that, so we’ve got to give them credit. I think that’s where the game was won today in terms of them getting second, third, fourth chance opportunities, whereas we were one and done.”

Anye’ Staton had a game high 15 points for the Red Rovers, and Evalyse Cole chipped in 10 points.

“There were times when they took shots, and we have to rebound the basketball and get on somebody and drive them out of the lane,” said Medina. “You can’t turn around and play volleyball, and we were playing volleyball too much.”

Becahi will have two more big challenges this week when they travel to Northampton and Allentown Central Catholic.