ST. MARYS 55, PORT ALLEGANY 52

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Dec. 10, 2008

PORT ALLEGANY – Brett Quiggle scored 21 points, grabbed seven rebounds, came away with five steals and hit two game-clinching free throws with 6.5 seconds left to lift St. Marys to a 55-52 win at Port Allegany Wednesday night.

The Dutch (3-0) trailed 49-48 with 2:56 to play but layups by Matt Guido and Quiggle put St. Marys up to stay, 53-50, with just over a minute to play.

St. Marys led 44-40 going to the fourth quarter after rallying from a 28-26 halftime deficit.

The Gators (1-1) had taken the halftime lead with a 15-9 spurt in the second quarter thanks to eight points from Greg Gustin, who finished with a game-high 26 points.

St. Marys had led 17-13 at the end of eight minutes thanks to three 3-pointers from Quiggle.

Guido added 14 points for St. Marys, while Levi Welder chipped in with 12. Bryce Healy added 10 points for Port Allegany.

ST. MARYS 55, PORT ALLEGANY 52

Score by Quarters

                               1          2          3          4          T

St. Marys                     17        9          18        11        55

Port Allegany              13        15        12        12        52

St. Marys – 55

Guido 3-1-2-5-14, B. Quiggle 2-5-2-2-21, Welder 3-0-6-8-12, Mulcahy 0-1-0-0-3, Cogan 1-0-0-0-2 , Petrocchi 0-0-0-0-0, Simchick 0-0-1-2-1,  Hoy 1-0-0-0-2, J. Quiggle 0-0-0-0-0. Totals 10-7-11-17-55

Port Allegany – 52

Gustin 9-0-6-16-26, Healy 4-0-0-2-10, Haskins 1-0-0-0-2, Guerrero 0-0-0-0-0, Middleton 2-0-3-4-7, Parana 0-0-0-1-0, Kline 2-0-3-4-7, Lowery 0-0-0-0-0. Totals 18-0-12-25-52

Three Pointers – St. Marys 7 (Guido, Quiggle 5, Mulcahy).