Lady Hornets score season-high in win over Liberty
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | January 4, 2019 | Photo courtesy Sarah Wagaman
The Wellsboro Varsity Girls Basketball team scored a season-high 71 points in a win over North Penn-Liberty on Thursday, January 3.
"It was nice to having 5 girls score 8 plus points," head coach Maureen Poirier said. "We were able to rotate all the girls throughout the game for court experience. As a team, we need to to continue to work harder defensively to win the bigger games."
The Lady Hornets jumped out to a commanding 24-3 lead as they held the Lady Mounties to just one field goal in the first 8 minutes. Liberty woke up in the second quarter and put up 16 points but Wellsboro outscored them 19-16 to lead 43-19 at the half. Both teams scored 14 points each in the second half and the Lady Mounties went on to outscore Wellsboro 16-14 in the final frame, but they were never able to overcome their first quarter deficit as the Lady Hornets won, 71-49.
Senior Emma Poirier led all scorers, and the Lady Hornets, with a game-high 21 points. Junior Cathryn Brought scored 14 points, sophomore Bailey Monks had 11, and junior Liza Manning scored 9. Sophomore Jena Boyce added 8 points, and senior Dani Hunt and sophomore Kiyah Boyce added 4 points each.
Manning added 13 rebounds to her point total, Brought had 7 steals and 4 assists, Boyce added 3 assists and 2 steals, Monks and Brought pulled down 6 rebounds each, and senior Heidi Zuchowski grabbed 5 rebounds.
Eva Rice led North Penn-Liberty with 20 points and Taylor Thompson added 17.
In the JV game Wellsboro pulled out their first win of the season with a 39-24 win. Sophomore Sarah Mosher and freshman Emma Coolidge scored 8 points each in the win.
The win improves the Lady Hornets' record to 3-5 (3-1 NTL Large School Division). The team is back in action on Saturday, January 5 against Jersey Shore.
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.
