The Lady Indians utilized a fairly balanced attack with two players in double figures as Alyssa Graybill had 13 and Riley Mummah tallied 12. Marnie Hart added nine for the Juniata offense.
Juniata increased their lead in each of the first three quarters before Clearfield came on strong in the final eight minutes.
However, a two point second period left the Lady Bisons down at the intermission 21-9 only to have the Indians make it 36-15 after three periods were recorded.
Clearfield did manage to outscore their visitors in the fourth and final frame 17-10.
The Lady Bisons had Kristin Butler and Rachel Thompson each score eight while Breanna Peters added seven along with six from Johanna Ryan.
The game was rescheduled after being postponed January 26 due to inclement weather.
The junior varsity game was won by Clearfield, 41-17 as Ciara Marsh scored 12 for the young Bisons who upped their season record to 12-5.
Clearfield, now 2-18 on the year, will travel to Curwensville to battle the Lady Tide on Monday night. The Bisons knocked off the Tide in their first meeting of the year at Clearfield, 60-29. Curwensville is 4-16 on the 2010-11 campaign.
Junior varsity action begins at 6 pm with the varsity contest to immediately follow.
Listen to the Clearfield-Curwensville game Monday night on WOKW-FM, 102.9, beginning with the pre-game show at 7:15 pm.
See photos of the game here: http://www.ladybisonsports.org/lbsbball021211.html
JUNIATA – 46
Riley Mummah 4 4-4 12, Riley Zimmerman 1 2-2 4, Alyssa Graybill 5 3-4 13, Marnie Hart 3 2-2 9, Mariah Williams 1 2-2 4, Joelle Winey 2 0-0 4, Joanna Swartz 0 0-0 0, Amanda Peachey 0 0-0 0, Kristen Pray 0 0-0 0, Kaitlyn Rhine 0 0-0 0, TOTALS – 16 13-14 46.
CLEARFIELD – 32
Johanna Ryan 2 0-0 6, Lisa Ambuski 0 1-2 1, Kristen Butler 4 0-0 8, Breanna Peters 3 1-2 7, Rachel Thompson 4 0-0 8, Brittany Renaud 1 0-0 2, TOTALS – 14 2-4 32.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
JUNIATA 13 8 15 10 46
CLEARFIELD 7 2 6 17 32
THREE-POINTERS: CLEARFIELD – 2 Ryan 2 JUNIATA – 1 Hart
OFFICIALS: Ed Hall, Dave Smith, Gene Smith