Sullivan County rallies to beat Selinsgrove to claim Angela Wolfe-Royalty Memorial Tournament
By: Selinsgrove Athletics | NTL Sports | December 29, 2019
SELINSGROVE - Selinsgrove raced out to an early 13-point lead, but Sullivan County used a huge fourth quarter rally to knock off the Seals, 54-50, and win the Angela Wolfe-Royalty Tournament.
Lexy Gabrielson scored 11 of her team-high 17 points in the first quarter and Veronica Stanford also knocked down two 3-pointers off the bench as Selinsgrove built a 23-10 lead over the Griffins. Sullivan County cut the lead to two at the half, at 30-28, but Gabrielson scored six points in the third quarter as Selinsgrove built its lead back to 43-34.
Sullivan County (7-2), whose only two losses came in overtime to Hughesville and a buzzer-beater to Lourdes Regional, rallied in the final period. Sophia Springman scored 12 of her game-high 21 points in the final stanza to lead the Griffins to the win.
Lizzy Diehl chipped in nine points and Avery DeFazio had seven points for the Seals (3-6).
Sullivan County 54, Selinsgrove 50
Sullivan County (7-2) 54
Sophia Springman 8 4-11 21; Jessica King 3 2-7 8; Stella Haney 3 1-4 8; Kassidy Beinlich 2 3-6 8; Samantha Albright 2 4-5 9. Totals 18 14-33 54.
3-point goals: Springman, Haney, Beinlich, Albright.
Did not score: Cassidy Skorovske, Carly Rupert, Ellie Springman.
Selinsgrove (3-6) 50
Lexy Gabrielson 8 0-0 17; Emma Atwood 0 1-2 1; Veronica Stanford 2 0-0 6; Alyssa Latsha 2 1-2 5; Avery DeFazio 3 1-3 7; Lizzy Diehl 3 3-5 9; Cierra Adams 1 0-0 2; Emily Davis 0 3-6 3. Totals 19 9-18 50.
3-point goals: Stanford 2, Gabrielson.
Did not score: Mackenzie Bailor, Kaitlin Shaffer.
Score by quarters
Sullivan County 10 18 6 20 - 54
Selinsgrove 23 7 13 7 - 50
