WEST BRANCH 54, CURWENSVILLE 30

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Jan. 5, 2009

CURWENSVILLE – West Branch hit its first four shots including a pair of 3-pointers by Roni Crowell and never looked back on its way to a 54-30 win at Curwensville in girls’ basketball action Monday night.

The Lady Warriors (5-1) used the fast start to take an early 10-2 lead and expanded that lead to 20-7 at the end of the first quarter and 30-10 with 3:48 left in the first half.

Turnovers hurt Curwensville (0-5) early, as the Lady Tide were guilty of eight giveaways in the first quarter. Curwensville also shot just 24.5 percent (13 of 53) from the field.

Jada Larson paced West Branch with 18 points, while Crowell, Victoria Jarrett and Rebecca Kephart each added nine points

Alesia Bressler and Savannah Strickland led Curwensville with six tallies apiece, and Hannah Walls had five.

WEST BRANCH 54, CURWENSVILLE 30  

Score by Quarters

West Branch    20  14  13  7  -  54

Curwensville      7    5  12  6  -  30

WEST BRANCH --- 54

Victoria Jarrett 3 3-4 9, Roni Crowell 3 0-0 9, Jada Larson 7  2-2 18, Bethany Kopchik 1 0-0 2, Rebecca Kephart 3 3-3 9, Mariah McDowell 2 3-6 7, Mekayla Ahlberg 0 0-0 0, Taylor Trude 0 0-0 0, Liz Miller 0 0-0 0, Mindy Kolesar 0 0-0 0, Jenessa Ceprish 0 0-0 0, Jenni Kristofits 0 0-0 0.  TOTALS: 19 11-15 54.

CURWENSVILLE --- 30

Hannah Walls 1 3-6 5, Tess Bloom 1 0-0 3, Alesia Bressler 3 0-0 6, Jenessa Stiles 2 0-0 4, Taylor Bumbarger 1 0-0 2, Shayla Buzard 1 0-0 2, Sara Sidelinger 1 0-0 2, Courtney Bachelier 0 0-0 0, Savannah Strickland 3 0-0 6, Jenae Stiles 0 0-0 0.  TOTALS: 13 3-6 30.

Three-Point Field Goals: West Branch 5 (Crowell 3, Larson 2); Curwensville 1 (Bloom).