For St. Aloysius, a good effort defensively didn’t translate to one on the offensive end.

The end result was a tough 49-39 loss to Class 3A foe St. Andrew’s Friday night at St. Al.

The loss drops the Lady Flashes to 1-3 heading into a Thanksgiving break. They will return to action on Nov. 27 at Sacred Heart in Hattiesburg.

Sophomore guard Allie Willis, who led the Lady Flashes with 20 points, said there is a lot to correct.

“We have to work on our outside shots, layups and free throws,” Willis said. “And we need to stop making stupid fouls. At least we hustled pretty good and played okay on defense.”

Many of the fouls St. Al made benefitted St. Andrew’s guard Claudia Brunson. She made the Lady Flashes pay, hitting 18 of her 20 free throw attempts.

She finished with a game-high 27 points.

Caitlyn Ross had 16 points — 12 of which came in the second half – as St. Andrew’s (4-2) turned a one-point lead into a 34-21 lead late in the third quarter.

The Lady Saints had a 10-point lead at 42-32 when Willis led a spurt that cut the spread in half at 44-39 after her 3-pointer with 3:08 left. Ross answered for St. Andrew’s to push the lead back to eight and St. Al could not recover.

St. Al finished the game hitting 13 of 58 shots from the field and shot 10 of 22 from the free throw line.

“We missed 12 free throws and lost by 10,” St. Al coach Cookie Johnson said. “We played good on defense. It was just our shots would not fall.”

(B) St. Andrew’s 78, St. Aloysius 51

A 3-pointer by Matt Foley gave St. Al a 13-12 lead to start the second quarter, but it was short-lived. The visiting Saints lit a shooting fuse that lasted into the third quarter. St. Andrew’s (4-2) hit 11 of its last 13 shots of the second quarter and nine of 10 to start the third to bury St. Al (2-2). The Saints cooled off in the fourth quarter as reserves took over, but they still shot 52 percent (26-of-48).

Foley again led St. Al in scoring with 18 points and five rebounds. Ben Welp had 14 points.

St. Andrew’s got 21 points from Parker Prater, 17 from Parks Douglas and 12 from Robert Wilson.