Poirier's career night leads Lady Hornets past NEB
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | December 21, 2018
Senior Emma Poirier scored a career-high 27 points to help the Wellsboro Varsity Girls Basketball team defeat Northeast Bradford 44-39 on Thursday, December 20.
The win was the Lady Hornets' second in a row after dropping their first four games of the season.
NEB held a slim 6-4 lead after the first quarter but the Lady Hornets went on a 14-11 run in the second quarter to lead 18-17 at halftime. Poirier and junior Liza Manning scored 6 points each to lead Wellsboro to a 12-9 quarter and 30-26 lead. NEB mounted a comeback in the fourth but Poirier scored 8 of the Lady Hornets' 14 points to hold on for the win.
In addition to Poirier's 27 points, which moves her past the 600-point career plateau, Manning finished with 6 points, sophomore Jena Boyce had 4, junior Cathryn Brought added 3, and senior Heidi Zuchowski and sophomore Bailey Monks rounded out the scoring with 2 points each. Brought added 10 rebounds to her point total, Zuchowski grabbed 6 rebounds, Poirier had 5 steals and an assist, and Monks and Manning grabbed 4 rebounds each.
NEB won the JV game 49-20. Freshman Lindsey Marmara scored 11 points to lead Wellsboro.
The win improves the Lady Hornets to 2-4 (2-1 NTL Large School Division). The team will be back in action on Saturday, December 29 at Danville.
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.
