Binford's monster 4th quarter leads Canton past Sayre
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | February 6, 2020
Trailing 27-20 heading into the 4th quarter, the Canton Varsity Girls Basketball team rallied to top Sayre, 40-36 on Wednesday, February 5.
The Lady Warriors scored as many points in the final 8 minutes as they did through the first 3 quarters as they went on a 20-9 run. Elle Binford led the charge with 13 points in the win. Sayre held Canton to 12 first half points and Canton outscored Sayre 8-7 in the 3rd as they began making their run.
Binford led all scorers with a game-high 26 points, Courtney Weiskopff and Molly Ward scored 5 points each, and Aislyn Williams and Reagan Kelley chipped in with 2 points each. Ward grabbed 11 rebounds to go along with her point total, Kelley added 8 rebounds, Binford added 3 steals, and Williams pitched in 3 rebounds and 3 steals.
Emily Sutryk had 21 points to lead Sayre.
The win improves the Lady Warriors' record to 12-9 (8-7 NTL Small School Division) and keeps them tied with North Penn-Mansfield for 2nd place in the Small School Division standings for the NTL Showdown. Both teams play each other at Mansfield on Friday, February 7.
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.
