WASHINGTON, D.C. - Catholic (16-2, 9-2) outscored Susquehanna (10-8. 7-4) by 21 points in the second and third quarters en route to a 75-47 victory inside the DuFour Center on Wednesday night. The Cardinals have now won 13 straight against the River Hawks dating back to January, 2019. 

According to D3 Data, Catholic entered the contest as the third-best third quarter team in the country, outscoring its opponents by 8.8 points per contest. The Cardinals lived up to that billing, beating the River Hawks by 11 in the period to extend a 12-point halftime lead into a 23-point edge entering the final period. 

The Cardinal effort was well-rounded as five different players scored 10 or more points while seven players contributed at least five points. Carly Mulvaney and Alexa Kenah led the charge with 14 points each while combining for 14 rebounds and seven steals. Keegan Douglas and Amelia Kennedy scored 11 points while Anna Scoblick chipped in with 10. The trio combined for 12 of the team's 15 assists.

The first 10 minutes were extremely even with the largest lead of the period being four points as Catholic took it to the quarter break ahead 14-12 after a Kenah jumper with 1:27 left. The lead grew to nine at the 7:38 mark of the second quarter as Douglas knocked down a triple, followed by a pair of Mulvaney threes in the first 2:22 of the quarter. Catholic's lead grew to 10 at the 4:23 mark after a pair of Kennedy free throws before Douglas connected on her second triple of the quarter to make it a 30-17 game. The lead would extend to 16 with 1:46 on the clock, but Susquehanna trimmed it down to 11 with 31 seconds left before a Scoblick free throw sent the game to half with Catholic ahead 34-22. 

It was all Catholic early in the third as an 8-0 run put the Cardinals ahead 44-24 with 5:48 left in the quarter. The lead swelled as high as 25 twice in the quarter, first on a Kerry Flaherty jumper with 45 seconds left and then on a Douglas layup with 17 seconds remaining. 

Catholic outscored Susquehanna by five in the final quarter, making it so that they were the better side in each quarter of the game. The lead jumped to 30 points with 5:19 to play as Flaherty assisted Mulvaney after Kenah came away with a steal. It reached its apex with 1:38 remaining as Sofia Travieso canned a triple to extend Catholic's advantage to 75-43. 

BY THE NUMBERS

• Catholic was smart with the ball and opportunistic on Susquehanna's mistakes, outscoring the River Hawks 23-5 in points off turnovers. One of the top teams in the country in turnover margin, the Cardinals made an impression yet again, turning it over just six times while Susquehanna gave it away 21 times. After turning it over three times in the first quarter, Catholic turned it over just three times the rest of the night. 
• With 14 points tonight, Mulvaney now sits at 880 for her career, leaving her just 120 points shy of 1,000 for her career. The senior just completed her 99th career game and continues to move up Catholic's all-time career made three-pointers list, now sitting in a tie for ninth with Meg Hagarty after making her 108th career triple tonight. 
• With two three-point makes tonight, Flaherty is now one shy of 100 for her Catholic career. The graduate made 59 threes in her first season with Catholic and has knocked down 40 in 17 games this season. 
• Going 19-23 (82.6) at the charity stripe marked Catholic's fourth game this season shooting 80 percent or better from the line. 
• Susquehanna shot just 28.1 percent from the floor in the game. This is the ninth time this season that Matt Donohue's team has held its opponent below 30 percent shooting.

Catholic returns to action on Saturday at Moravian. Tip is set for 2 p.m.