SHEFFIELD – With a 39-25 road win Tuesday night over Sheffield, the Curwensville boys basketball team has now won three of its last four games.
The Tide essentially won the game in the first half, outscoring the Wolverines 12-6 in the first eight minutes and again in the second quarter 11-3 to take a 14 point lead at the intermission, 23-9.
Sheffield mounted a comeback of sorts in the third quarter, with a 14-6 edge, to pull to within six at 29-23 heading into the final stanza.
The Tide, however, tightened its defense in the fourth, limiting the Wolverines to just two points while adding 10 to its own total to get the victory.
R. J. Olsen led the Golden Tide in scoring, netting 12 points, with Jake Terry adding nine and Avery Francisco and Quamone Newkirk each chipping in eight.
Sheffield had three players with six points each in Logan Connolly, Drew Higby and Ryan Lemay.
Curwensville also won the junior varsity contest by a score of 51-22 over the Wolverines. High scorer for the Tide was Christian Bakaysa with 12.
Curwensville (4-16) will be at home on Friday night against the Kane Wolves with the JV tipping off at 6 pm and the varsity game to immediately follow. The Wolves defeated the Golden Tide earlier this season, in Kane, 67-45.
Listen to the Curwensville-Kane game on WOKW-FM, 102.9, with the pre-game show starting at approximately 7:15 pm.
CURWENSVILLE – 39
Quamone Newkirk 3 1-2 8, Jake Terry 3 1-2 9, R. J. Olsen 6 0-0 12, Noah Strickland 0 0-0 0, Nick Stewart 0 1-2 1, Devan Barrett 0 1-2 1, Avery Francisco 4 0-0 8, Jared Bakaysa 0 0-0 0, Curtis Linsenbigler 0 0-0 0, TOTALS – 16 4-8 39
SHEFFIELD – 25
Cody Benjamin 1 0-0 3, Roger Dunham 0 2-4 2, Logan Connolly 3 0-2 6, Austin Simmer 1 0-2 2, Ryan Lemay 3 0-0 6, Drew Higby 3 0-0 6, Matt Dunham 0 0-0 0, Dan Rulander 0 0-0 0, TOTALS – 11 2-8 25
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
CURWENSVILLE 12 11 6 10 39
SHEFFIELD 6 3 14 2 25
THREE-POINTERS: CURWENSVILLE – 3 Terry 2, Newkirk SHEFFIELD – 1 Benjamin
Golden Tide Scoreboard:
Date Opponent Score Record
12/07 @ Clearfield 35 – 76 0 – 1
12/08 BROCKWAY 36 – 53 0 – 2
12/11 @ Ridgway 25 – 70 0 – 3
12/15 MO VALLEY 46 – 79 0 – 4
12/16 HARMONY 44 – 45 0 – 5
12/18 @ Kane 45 – 67 0 – 6
12/21 @ West Branch 41 – 83 0 – 7
01/04 DUBOIS CENTRAL 48 – 62 0 – 8
01/06 @ Johnsonburg 49 – 64 0 – 9
01/08 @ Mo Valley ppd. 0 – 9
01/12 @ Elk County ppd. 0 – 9
01/13 @ Mo Valley 46 – 62 0 – 10
01/15 WEST BRANCH 48 – 80 0 – 11
01/16 @ Elk County 42 – 77 0 – 12
01/18 GLENDALE 84 – 54 1 – 12
01/19 RIDGWAY 25 – 66 1 – 13
01/22 @ Brockway 27 – 56 1 – 14
01/25 @ DuBois Central 39 – 45 1 – 15
01/27 @ Harmony 47 – 46 2 – 15
01/29 JOHNSONBURG 26 – 59 2 – 16
02/01 @ Glendale 69 – 36 3 – 16
02/02 @ Sheffield 39 – 25 4 – 16
02/05 KANE
02/08 CLEARFIELD
