Friday’s Girls’ Basketball Recaps: Brockway Stuns Clarion; Punxsy Rallies for Win


BROCKWAY, Pa. (D9Sports) – Behind 19 points and six steals from Danielle Wood Brockway stunned visiting Clarion, 44-42, in the opening round of the Brockway Tip-off Tournament.

(Photo of Brockway’s Danielle Wood. Photo by Jared Bakaysa of JB Graphics. See more of Bakaysa’s work here)

Wood scored 10 of her 19 in the third quarter scoring all 10 of Brockway’s third-quarter points.

Morgan Lindemuth added 10 points and six assists and hit two free throws with 8.5 seconds left to give the Lady Rovers, who won just three games last season, a 44-40 lead over the Lady Cats, who went the PIAA Class 2A playoffs.

Selena Buttery chipped in seven points and 13 rebounds for Brockway with Macie Smith adding nine rebounds.

Kait Constantino led all scorers with 23 points for Clarion, which trailed 22-14 at halftime before climbing within a point, 32-31, going to the fourth quarter.

DUBOIS 41, MONITEAU 27

BROCKWAY, Pa. – Abby Guiher and Olivia Johnson combined for 21 points to help DuBois to a 41-27 win over Moniteau in the opening round of the Brockway Tip-off Tournament.

Guiher led the Lady Beavers with 11 points with Johnson adding 10. Sarah Henniger chipped in six points.

Aslyn Pry had nine points and 11 rebounds for Moniteau. Katie Chesonis added six tallies for the Lady Warriors.

PUNXSUTAWNEY 65, LATROBE 54

INDIANA, Pa. – Riley Presloid exploded for 25 points, including 11 in the fourth quarter, as Punxsutawney rallied past Latrobe, 65-54, in the opening round of the Indiana Tournament.

The Lady Chucks, who led 22-19 at halftime, trailed 42-37 going to the fourth quarter before Riley Presloid hit three 3-pointers and a pair of free throws in the final eight minutes and Chloe Presloid added seven of her nine points to turn the score around.

Abby Gigliotti and Sarah Weaver each added 11 points for Punxsutawney. Gigliotti completed a double-double with 11 rebounds and added three steals, while Weaver had four assists and six rebounds

Rachel Ridilla led Latrobe with 14 points with Emma Blair adding 12.


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