Curwensville took a 10-7 first quarter lead into the second eight minutes only to watch Moshannon Valley put together its best quarter of the evening by outscoring the Tide 16-7 to take a six point halftime lead at 23-17.
The Lady Tide offense got untracked in the second half, and the third period in particular got Curwensville rolling, with a 19-10 edge putting them back in front after three 36-33.
In the fourth period neither team could generate much on the offensive end of the floor, but the Lady Tide maintained their margin to come away with tough win in a very physical game.
The Strickland sisters of the Lady Tide, Savannah and Ciara, combined for seven three-pointers on the night with Savannah hitting four and Ciara three.
Ciara Strickland fueled the Tide offense with 15 while sister Savannah had 14.
Moshannon Valley had Laura Harris drop in 13 points with Brieanna Shawver adding nine.
Lady Tide head coach Rusty McCracken said afterwards, “The girls played two hard fought games the last two nights. This was a very physical game on both sides. Moshannon Valley played hard, and we did what we had to do on the road to get the win.”
Of course the effort by the Strickland girls wasn’t lost on McCracken, “It was sure nice to have Savannah and Ciara as a one-two punch tonight leading our offense. But I was also very pleased with all of the other girls because they did their jobs too. Katrina (Seaburn) got into early foul trouble and I was very proud of how the other girls stepped up.”
The junior varsity game was also won by Curwensville, 21-18, over Moshannon Valley as Abby Dugo lead the Tide with seven points.
Curwensville will travel to Kane on Friday to battle the Lady Wolves. Kane won the first game back on January 4, 60-24 in Curwensville. The junior varsity game will start at 6 pm and the varsity will immediately follow.
CURWENSVILLE – 42
Savannah Strickland 4 2-4 14, Tierra Shope 0 4-8 4, Rebecca Johnson 0 4-4 4, Ciara Strickland 6 0-0 15, Katrina Seaburn 1 1-2 3, Kealy Wassil 0 1-2 1, Heather Thorp 0 1-2 1, Tiara Bumbarger 0 0-0 0, Tiffany Carter 0 0-0 0, TOTALS – 11 13-22 42.
MOSHANNON VALLEY – 37
Ruthie Hutton 0 2-4 2, Brieanna Shawver 4 1-2 9, Amanda Howell 1 0-0 3, Laura Harris 6 0-0 13, Tayin Swoope 3 0-1 6, Kelsey Kitko 1 0-0 2, Mikayla Shawver 1 0-0 2, TOTALS – 16 3-7 37.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
CURWENSVILLE 10 7 19 6 42
MOSHANNON VALLEY 7 16 10 4 37
THREE-POINTERS: S. Strickland 4, C. Strickland 3, Howell, Harris
Lady Tide Scoreboard:
| Date | Opponent | Score | Record |
| 12/09 | GLENDALE | 36 – 54 | 0 – 1 |
| 12/13 | @ Brockway | 35 – 63 | 0 – 2 |
| 12/16 | RIDGWAY | 39 – 22 | 1 – 2 |
| 12/28 | CLEARFIELD | 38 – 57 | 1 – 3 |
| 01/03 | WEST BRANCH | 35 – 62 | 1 – 4 |
| 01/04 | KANE | 24 – 60 | 1 – 5 |
| 01/06 | @ DuBois Central | 25 – 67 | 1 – 6 |
| 01/09 | HARMONY | 56 – 18 | 2 – 6 |
| 01/10 | JOHNSONBURG | 22 – 61 | 2 – 7 |
| 01/13 | @ Glendale | ppd. | 2 – 7 |
| 01/18 | ELK CO. CATHOLIC | 25 – 57 | 2 – 8 |
| 01/20 | @ Harmony | 47 – 28 | 3 – 8 |
| 01/24 | @ Ridgway | 35 – 23 | 4 – 8 |
| 01/25 | @ Glendale | 32 – 50 | 4 – 9 |
| 01/27 | BROCKWAY | 47 – 41 | 5 – 9 |
| 01/30 | DUBOIS CENTRAL | 34 – 45 | 5 – 10 |
| 02/01 | @ West Branch | 28 – 70 | 5 – 11 |
| 02/03 | @ Johnsonburg | 31 – 54 | 5 – 12 |
| 02/07 | SHEFFIELD | 45 – 34 | 6 – 12 |
| 02/08 | @ Mo Valley | 42 – 37 | 7 – 12 |
| 02/10 | @ Kane | ||
| 02/13 | @ Clearfield | ||
| 02/15 | MO VALLEY |