Turnovers Doom Hornets In 52-37 Loss To Montoursville
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | December 22, 2024
The Wellsboro Boys Basketball team suffered their 2nd straight loss, falling 52-37 in a non-league game to Montoursville on Saturday, December 21.
The Hornets turned the ball over 22 times in the game.
Both teams struggled to score early on as Montoursville held a 7-3 lead after the opening quarter. However, the Warriors began to pull away from Wellsboro thanks to a 19-point 2nd quarter to build a 26-13 lead at the half.
Wellsboro closed the gap down to 9 points after the 3rd quarter as they outscored Montoursville 15-11 coming out of the intermission, but the Warriors regrouped to outscore Wellsboro 15-9 in the final frame.
Elias Eck (14) and Kingston Fisher (13) led Montoursville.
Senior Mitchel Lechler led the Hornets with a game-high 15 points while sophomore Ethan Keane and junior Jonathan Carl had 7 points each. Junior Marek Mascho added 5 points and junior Luke Rothermel rounded out the scoring with 3 points.
Rothermel and Carl pulled down 10 points apiece, Mascho made 3 assists and 2 steals, and Keane and Lechler grabbed 3 boards each. Carl also made 5 steals.
Montoursville won the JV game, beating Wellsboro 63-27. Freshman Ransom Schultz led the Hornets with 17 points and sophomore Gideon Lawton added 8 points.
Wellsboro (2-4, 2-2 NTL Large School Division) takes on St. John Neumann on December 30th.
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.
