Lady Hornets fall to Jersey Shore in final seconds
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | December 20, 2016
Jersey Shore's Hannah Kaufman hit a buzzer-beater to give the Wellsboro Varsity Girls Basketball team their third loss of the year on Monday, December 19.
After trailing 21-11 at halftime, Jersey Shore cut the Lady Hornets' lead to 25-24 heading into the fourth quarter, after holding Wellsboro to just 4 points in the third quarter. Shore then outscored 14-13 to tie it up before Kaufman's heroics sent Wellsboro home with a loss. Kaufman led all scorers with 21 points.
Junior Lizzie Poirier led Wellsboro with 12 points and 9 rebounds, junior Rachael Tuttle had 9 points and 12 rebounds, and sophomore Emma Poirier had 8 points. Senior Janessa Davis scored 5 points and senior Autum Kitajima and freshman Cathryn Brought each had 2 points.
Tuttle and Davis each had 3 assists, Kitajima had 4 steals, and Davis and senior Jessica Grab had 5 rebounds each. Tuttle also had 2 blocked shots on the night.
Jersey Shore also won the JV game 44-41. Freshman Jaime Palmer scored a team-high 12 points and junior Mikel Shabloski pitched in with 8.
The loss drops the Varsity team's record to 2-3 (1-0 NTL). The team will be back in action on Wednesday, December 21 at Northeast Bradford.
Ed Weaver is the owner of Circle W Sports in Wellsboro, PA, is the Sports Director for The Home Page Network and the creator of WellsboroAthletics.com and WellsboroFootball.com. You can follow him on Twitter or friend him on Facebook.
