Junior guard Frank Catrine, who has a habit of shifting momentum in his team’s favor on a dime, was at it again Tuesday night at Fenwick High School. This time, the victim was Monroe.

After Monroe pulled within seven late in the first half, Catrine made a pair of free throws, then further swung the halftime pendulum toward Fenwick by crashing the boards on a missed shot and soaring above the rim to tip it in with one second left.

The basket give Fenwick an 11-point lead that would never be challenged in a 47-31 win.

“That was a big momentum play that great players like Frank Catrine can make,” Monroe coach Casey Popplewell said after his squad fell to 7-6. “He’s a good player, a very, very good player.”

The momentum swing carried into the second half.

“(Those kind of plays) are huge,” Fenwick coach Pat Kreke said after the Falcons improved to 10-3. “Big momentum plays … there is a big difference as a coach between being up nine or 11 on a tip in. It was huge.”

Catrine finished with 15 points, eight rebounds, three assists, five steals and a blocked shot.

“I want that (type of night) out of myself,” Catrine said. “I want the leadership, but I would like for everyone to have those numbers. It is always nice when you have a coach that trusts you to do those things.”

The Falcons placed four in the scoring column in taking a 9-4 lead that turned into a 24-13 halftime lead despite seven points and six rebounds in the second quarter from Monroe’s Chris Sloneker.

A basket by Jeff Klaas gave the Falcons a 34-16 lead with three minutes to play in the third quarter and Monroe could never get closer than 15 the rest of the way.

“Our kids have enough pride in playing for their school and community that they are not going to get blown out,” Popplewell said. “We played hard, we just didn’t make shots when we needed to.”

Monroe, playing without injured starter Cameron Coleman, was led by Sloneker’s 15 points. Nine Fenwick players scored.

“We have to clean some things up for the GCL,” Kreke said. “But, after playing Friday and Saturday night, I thought our guys did a nice job on one day of preparation.”