PIAA CLASS 2A GIRLS’ SEMIFINALS
Bellwood-Antis 41, Blairsville 36
Blairsville led by two points after one half and one point after three quarters, but the Bobcats scored only three points in the fourth quarter and Bellwood prevailed in a 41-36 win.
Rena Enterline scored 20 points for Blairsville.
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West Catholic 50, Penns Manor 48 (OT)
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Penns Manor battled all night long against West Catholic, but the Burrs advanced to the state title game with a 50-48 overtime win.
The Comets took a three-point lead in the extra period, but Destiny McPhaul’s drive-and-dish pass set up Kyliah Singletary for the winning basket. Penns Manor’s Lauren Bagley took the inbounds pass with 4.9 seconds left and drove the length of the court, but her buzzer-beating shot was partially blocked and the Comets’ fantastic finish came up just shy.
West catholic led for most of the first half, but Penns Manor managed to take its first lead with 4:39 left in the second quarter as Bagley and Autumn Fennell combined to score 8 of the Comets’ 9 second period points. West Catholic retook the lead shortly before the half and led by three at the break.
Penns Manor closed that deficit in the third quarter and the game was tied at 31 entering the 4th. West Catholic took a lead and seemed ready to take control, but the Comets got three big three-pointers, their only three of the night from beyond the arc, from Fennell, Abby Tomayko, and Lauren Dumm. They withstood a furious last few seconds from the Burrs to force the overtime tied at 44.
Fennell scored three points for Penns Manor in the OT and Dumm hit a free throw, but McPhaul and Singletary squeezed out six points between them for the win for West Catholic.
Bagley led Penns Manor with 18 points, and Fennell added 16. McPhaul led all scorers with 22.
