Notre Dame’s Riley Davis drives with the ball in the second quarter as Notre Dame Academy got a jump on Episcopal on Tuesday. (Pete Bannan – MediaNews Group)
By Matt Smith
Academy of Notre Dame’s Riley Davis has the family pedigree and certainly the skillset to go a long way in the sport of basketball.
She’s an unassuming freshman enjoying the ride of being a first-year varsity starter. But there are expectations when you are the daughter of Ben Davis, the Aston native who went on to star in basketball and baseball at Malvern Prep before being selected as the No. 2 overall pick in the 1995 MLB Draft. Riley’s mom, Megan (nee McGonagle), was a tremendous athlete at Sun Valley who played soccer and lacrosse at Rutgers.
Riley is starting to blaze her trail on the hardwood. On Tuesday, the sweet-shooting combo guard led the Irish to a 41-22 victory over Inter-Ac League rival Episcopal Academy, scoring a game-high 17 points.
“It’s so much fun, I couldn’t ask for a better school. It was either here or a public school and I am 100% more happy that I came here,” she said. “I love it here. Everyone is so welcoming here and it is so much fun to play on such a good team with such good coaches.”
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