TYRONE — Led by two-time Mountain League Most Valuable Player Kasey Engle, the Tyrone Lady Eagles remained undefeated with a 65-47 victory over Clearfield in girls basketball action Wednesday night.
The 5-7 senior point guard, a Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania recruit who surpassed 1,000 points early last season, did most of her damage from outside with four three-pointers among her 23 points.
She scored 11 in the second quarter when the Lady Eagles (5-0) capitalized on several of Clearfield’s 20 first-half turnovers to take control with an 18-4 run after Lady Bison Nikki Brossard had knotted the count at 10-10.
The spread was 37-18 at halftime and reached 25 at 57-32 early in the fourth quarter before Clearfield (2-4, 1-3 ML) closed it out with a 15-8 run.
Alayna Ryan topped the Lady Bison with 18 points, and Brossard added a career-high 12, mostly on putbacks.
“I’m proud of my kids,” Clearfield coach Joey Castagnolo said. “I thought they played with a lot of intensity and a lot of focus, so some good things came out of this game.
“I told them Tyrone is the best team in the league and let’s use this as a building block, go from here and start winning some ball games.”
Emily Lehman joined Engle in double figures with 14 points for the Lady Eagles, who shared the 2015-16 Mountain League title with Penns Valley after claiming the previous two outright and now are alone in first place again at 4-0..
The Lady Bison return to their home hardwood Friday to take on DuBois (0-4) in a non-league game.
Mountain League Standings — Tyrone 4-0, Central 3-1, Penns Valley 3-1, Bellefonte 3-1, Clearfield 1-3, Philipsburg-Osceola 1-3, Huntingdon 1-3, Bald Eagle Area 0-4.
CLEARFIELD — 47
Nikki Brossard 6 0-1 12, Niki Chew 1 0-0 2, Brooke Cline 1 1-2 3, Alayna Ryan 8 2-5 18, Ally Lindstrom 2 5-8 9, Tesa Miller 1 1-2 3, Alexis Clark 0 0-0 0, Karlie Gisewhite 0 0-0 0, McClain Alt 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 19 9-18 47.
TYRONE — 65
Kasey Engle 6 5-6 23, Alexis Cannistraci 4 0-0 9, Kelsey Johnson 2 0-0 4, Sydney Shaw 3 0-0 7, Emily Lehman 5 4-7 14, Payton Wagner 0 2-2 2, Cherah Mountz 0 0-0 0, Bobbi Miller 0 1-2 1, Mia Kosoglow 2 0-0 4, Brooke Welsh 0 0-0 0, Reilly Ronan 0 1-2 1, Diana Conrad 1 0-0 2. TOTALS: 23 13-19 65.
Three-Point Field Goals – Tyrone 6 (Engle 4, Cannistraci 1, Shaw 1).
Score by Quarters
Clearfield 8 10 12 17 – 47
Tyrone 10 27 12 16 – 65
Lady Bison Scoreboard:
| Date | Opponent | Score | Record |
| 12/09&10 | @ Brookville Tip-off Tourney | ||
| 12/09 | vs. Clarion-Limestone | 64 – 22 | 1 – 0 |
| 12/10 | vs. North Clarion | 39 – 51 | 1 – 1 |
| 12/14 | @ Central | 24 – 64 | 1 – 2 |
| 12/16 | HUNTINGDON | 43 – 35 | 2 – 2 |
| 12/19 | BELLEFONTE | 52 – 55 | 2 – 3 |
| 12/21 | @ Tyrone | 47 – 65 | 2 – 4 |
| 12/23 | DUBOIS | ||
| 12/28 | CURWENSVILLE | ||
| 01/03 | @ Punxsutawney | ||
| 01/06 | BALD EAGLE AREA | ||
| 01/09 | BROOKVILLE | ||
| 01/10 | @ Penns Valley | ||
| 01/13 | PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA | ||
| 01/16 | ST. MARYS | ||
| 01/18 | CENTRAL | ||
| 01/20 | @ Huntingdon | ||
| 01/23 | @ Bellefonte | ||
| 01/27 | TYRONE | ||
| 02/01 | @ Penns Valley | ||
| 02/03 | PENNS VALLEY | ||
| 02/07 | PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA | ||
| 02/08 | @ Curwensville |