WINGATE — Margo Castagnolo scored a career-high 16 points and was joined in double figures by Emily Ryan and Brooke Cline to lead the Clearfield Area High School girls basketball team past host Bald Eagle Area 53-40 Tuesday night.
Ryan flipped in nine of her 12 points and Castagnolo added eight as the Lady Bison surged to a 30-10 halftime cushion.
Castagnolo opened the third quarter with eight consecutive points, including two of her four three-pointers, to give the Lady Bison their biggest lead.
Cline contributed 10 points, her first time in double figures, to Clearfield’s fifth win in 11 games.
The Lady Bison are 3-2 in the Mountain League, while the Lady Eagles are 0-5.
Alyssa Ward and Lexi Turner netted 14 and 10 points, respectively, for BEA (1-8).
In the junior varsity game, Alayna Ryan’s 15 points paced Clearfield to a 28-23 victory.
Clearfield will welcome ML co-leader Penns Valley to the Bison Gymnasium Friday.
CLEARFIELD — 53
Ally Lindstrom 1 2-5 4, Rachel Glenny 4 1-4 9, Margo Castagnolo 6 0-0 16, Emily Ryan 5 2-3 12, Brooke Cline 4 2-2 10, Niki Chew 1 0-0 2, Kate Lansberry 0 0-0 0, Alayna Ryan 0 0-0 0, Nikki Brossard 0 0-2 0. TOTALS: 21 7-16 53.
BALD EAGLE AREA — 40
Alyssa Ward 5 0-3 14, Lexi Turner 5 0-4 10, Liz Wellar 2 0-0 5, Alexis Bucha 3 0-2 6, Morgan Chambers 1 1-9 3, Madison McCauley 0 0-0 0, Mariah Veneziano 1 0-0 2, Caylee McCaslin 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 17 1-18 40.
Three-Point Field Goals – Clearfield 4 (Castagnolo 4); Bald Eagle Area 5 (Ward 4, Wellar 1).
Score by Quarters
Clearfield 15 15 12 11 – 53
Bald Eagle Area 8 2 14 16 – 40
Lady Bison Scoreboard:
Date Opponent Score Record
12/04&05 @ Brookville Tip-off Tourney
12/04 vs. North Clarion 45 – 50 0 – 1
12/05 vs. Clarion-Limestone 64 – 24 1 – 1
12/08 CENTRAL 41 – 52 1 – 2
12/11 @ Huntingdon 41 – 28 2 – 2
12/14 @ DuBois 40 – 51 2 – 3
12/16 @ Bellefonte 48 – 47 3 – 3
12/18 TYRONE 40 – 66 3 – 4
12/21 BROOKVILLE 50 – 59 3 – 5
12/29 @ Curwensville 63 – 24 4 – 5
01/04 PUNXSUTAWNEY 43 – 55 4 – 6
01/05 @ Bald Eagle Area 53 – 40 5 – 6
01/08 PENNS VALLEY
01/13 @ Philipsburg-Osceola
01/15 @ Central
01/18 @ St. Marys
01/19 HUNTINGDON
01/22 BELLEFONTE
01/27 @ Tyrone
01/29 BALD EAGLE AREA
02/02 @ Penns Valley
02/04 CURWENSVILLE
02/05 PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA