Lady Hornets run past NEB in NTL Showdown semis
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | February 16, 2018 | Photo courtesy Dr. Robert Bair
The Wellsboro Lady Hornets cruised past Northeast Bradford to kick off the NTL Showdown semi-finals on Thursday, February 15.
The Lady Hornets jumped out to a 14-6 lead after the first quarter, led by senior Tory Self with 9 points. Wellsboro outscored NEB 17-4 in the second to go up 31-10 at halftime and put the game out of reach. Wellsboro kept up the scoring in the second half, even from their bench, and outscored the Lady Panthers 24-22 to win 55-32.
"We wanted to have good ball movement on offense. We knew they would be in a zone and we worked on that, and could do a little better with it, but we'll face a different team Saturday, so we'll have to get ready for that tomorrow," said head coach John Davis.
Self led all scorers with a game-high 23 points and added 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 7 steals. Self is now up to 485 points in a Lady Hornet uniform, and currently sits in 5th all-time for points in a single season in Wellsboro Girls Basketball history.
Senior Lizzie Poirier backed Self up with 12 points, sophomore Cathryn Brought scored 8, junior Emma Poirier had 5 in her first game back from injury, senior Rachael Tuttle finished with 3, and junior Luna Alexander and senior Mikel Shabloski chipped in with 2 points each. Tuttle had 10 rebounds and 4 steals, Lizzie Poirier added 6 rebounds with 2 assists and 2 steals, Brought and Shabloski both grabbed 2 rebounds, and sophomore Liza Manning blocked 2 shots.
The win improves the Lady Hornets' to 21-2 overall. Next up for Wellsboro is a rematch of last year's NTL Showdown final. The Lady Hornets will face off with Athens for the third time this season at Mansfield University's Decker Gym starting at 6:00 p.m.
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.
