ALLPORT – The West Branch boys basketball team moved to 8-2 on the season with a 51-40 victory over the Curwensville Golden Tide Thursday night on the Warriors home court.
Take away the first quarter and the Tide actually would have a huge win as they outscored the Warriors over the final three frames 34-31.
But as is the case, you must count the first eight minutes of action, which on this night was the killer for Curwensville as West Branch got off to a 20-6 edge after one quarter.
Curwensville head coach Matt Wassil, speaking after the game said, “Our slow start set the tone for tonight’s game, but we did a nice job of playing even with them over the last three quarters. I told the kids after the game, you must be ready to go right from the get-go.”
Wassil concluded, saying, “I really thought our defense gave a good all around effort tonight because you can always count on West Branch having an explosive offense.”
Ty Terry lead the Golden Tide with 13 points with Trevor Lansberry tossing in 12.
The Warriors were led on the offensive end by Zack Tiracorda scoring 15 tallies and Trenton Bellamy adding 13.
West Branch made seven of 14 free throws while the Tide had just two attempts, making one.
It was the seventh straight defeat for the Golden Tide.
There was no junior varsity contest.
Curwensville (1-9) is home Friday night when it hosts the Wolverines of Sheffield
CURWENSVILLE – 40
Ty Terry 5 0-0 13, Trevor Lansberry 6 0-0 12, Scott Condon 2 1-2 5, Mike Lezzer 0 0-0 0, Jason Rowles 2 0-0 5, Danny McGarry 2 0-0 5, Carson Spencer 0 0-0 0
TOTALS – 17 1-2 40
WEST BRANCH – 51
Zack Tiracorda 6 3-5 15, Trenton Bellamy 5 0-2 13, Camden Kopchik 3 3-3 9, Travis Rothrock 3 1-2 7, Kyle Kolesar 2 0-2 4, Jackson Croyle 0 0-0 0, Doug Kolesar 1 0-0 3, Issac Tiracorda 0 0-0 0
TOTALS – 20 7-14 51
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
CURWENSVILLE 6 13 12 9 40
WEST BRANCH 20 16 13 2 51
THREE-POINTERS: CURWENSVILLE – 5 Terry 3, McGarry, Rowles
WEST BRANCH – 4 Bellamy 3, D. Kolesar