BROOKVILLE – The Curwensville Golden Tide boys basketball team stayed with Brookville the entire 32 minutes on Friday night, only to come up short, 50-46, on the Raiders’ home court.
The Tide and Raiders each won a half, as Brookville outscored Curwensville in the first 16 minutes, 26-19, while the Tide won the second half, 27-24, to keep everyone in their seats until the end.
Juniors Tanner Elensky and Brett Gardner each had four three-pointers in leading the Tide in scoring. Elensky had a game high 19, with Gardner hitting for 12.
Alex Olson, another junior, had a big night on the boards for Curwensville as he pulled down nine rebounds.
Nate Shirts had 14 tallies for the Raiders, while teammates Shawn Blochberger and Zach Byerly each had 10.
Afterwards Golden Tide head coach Shane Pentz said, “It’s another close loss for this squad. We have now played in eight games were we have been close down the stretch, only to lose.”
Then Pentz finished with some praise, “I thought that Johns (Kyle) played his best game of the year. He was very aggressive tonight and you can see that it’s starting to come together for him.”
The Golden Tide junior varsity picked up a big win, beating the Raiders 44-30, as Jonathan Miller had 15 points and Harrison Bloom 14 for Curwensville.
Curwensville, 2-13 on the season, will be home on Saturday for a make-up game against DuBois Central Catholic (DCC), with JV action starting at 1:00 pm and the varsity to immediately follow.
DCC beat the Tide earlier this season, in Dubois, 35-29.
CURWENSVILLE — 46
Brett Gardner 4 0-0 12, Kyle Johns 3 1-2 7, Tanner Elensky 7 1-2 19, Alex Olson 1 0-0 2, Trey Rauckhorst 3 0-0 6, Austin Jacobson 0 0-0 0, Marcus Stephenson 0 0-0 0, Nate Kurtz 0 0-0 0, Harrison Bloom 0 0-0 0, Jason Thorp 0 0-0 0, TOTALS – 18 2-4 46
BROOKVILLE — 50
Nate Shirts 6 1-2 14, Tate Canavan 3 0-3 7, Shawn Blochberger 5 0-2 10, Taite Truman 2 0-0 6, Zach Byerly 5 0-0 10, Luke Frank 0 3-6 3, TOTALS – 21 4-13 50.
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
CURWENSVILLE 8 11 13 14 46
BROOKVILLE 12 14 10 14 50
THREE-POINTERS: CURWENSVILLE – 8 Gardner4, Elensky 4 BROOKVILLE – 4 Truman 2, Shirts, Canavan
Golden Tide Scoreboard:
Date | Opponent | Score | Record |
12/07 | @ Clearfield | ppd. | 0 – 0 |
12/10 | @ Clearfield | 37 – 42 | 0 – 1 |
12/11 | @ Brockway | 32 – 45 | 0 – 2 |
12/14 | RIDGWAY | 37 – 59 | 0 – 3 |
12/17 | @ West Branch | 56 – 68 | 0 – 4 |
12/18 | HARMONY | 60 – 62 | 0 – 5 |
12/21 | KANE | ppd. | 0 – 5 |
01/02 | GLENDALE | 53 – 57 | 0 – 6 |
01/04 | @ DuBois Central | 29 – 35 | 0 – 7 |
01/08 | JOHNSONBURG | 32 – 77 | 0 – 8 |
01/09 | @ Glendale | 40 – 52 | 0 – 9 |
01/15 | ELK COUNTY | 40 – 57 | 0 – 10 |
01/16 | @ Mo Valley | 74 – 49 | 1 – 10 |
01/22 | @ Ridgway | 31 – 70 | 1 – 11 |
01/23 | KANE | 45 – 63 | 1 – 12 |
01/25 | BROCKWAY | ppd. | 1 – 12 |
01/28 | DUBOIS CENTRAL | ppd. | 1 – 12 |
01/30 | @ Harmony | 55 – 37 | 2 – 12 |
02/01 | @ Brookville | 46 – 50 | 2 – 13 |
02/02 | DUBOIS CENTRAL | ||
02/05 | SHEFFIELD | ||
02/06 | MO VALLEY | ||
02/08 | @ Kane | ||
02/09 | BROCKWAY | ||
02/11 | CLEARFIELD | ||
02/13 | WEST BRANCH |