McNamara reaches 1,000 as Lady Tigers run past Canton
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | February 12, 2020
JoAnne McNamara scored 25 points, including her 1,000th career point, as the North Penn-Mansfield girls basketball team defeated Canton 80-54 on Tuesday, February 11.
The win also secured the 2nd seed in the NTL Small School Division standings and puts them in the NTL Showdown.
Canton held a slim 14-11 lead after the opening quarter but then the Lady Tigers went on the prowl. Mansfield put up back-to-back 22-point quarters in the 2nd and 3rd quarters to lead 33-28 at the half and 55-36 heading into the 4th quarter. Mansfield put up 25 more points over the final 8 minutes of the regular season to outscore the Lady Warriors 69-40 over the final three quarters.
McNamara scored a game-high 25 points and added 7 assists while Jaime Palmer added 17 points. Sarah Spohn scored 10, Lizzi Welch finished with 7 points and 9 rebounds, Emma Palmer and Ashley Brubaker added 5 points each, Shaelyn Berguson had 3 points, and Braydden Spencer, Hannah Bowens, and Lizzie Kahl rounded out the scoring with 2 points each.
Elle Binford led Canton with 12 points.
North Penn-Mansfield travels to Towanda on Thursday, February 13 to play in the NTL Showdown semi-finals. The winner will advance to Mansfield University on Saturday.
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.
