CURWENSVILLE – After losing 57-27 to DuBois Central Catholic (DCC) just 10 tens ago, the Curwensville Lady Tide rose up on Friday night and took down the Lady Cardinals 44-39.
It was the old back and forth game at Patton Hall which had the Lady Cardinals have the lead after the first three quarters. DCC had a 7-6 first quarter edge and then upped it to 21-18 at halftime.
And after three quarters the Lady Cardinals took a 31-26 margin into the final eight minutes.
However, on this night the Lady Tide stuck together and came up with a very impressive fourth and final frame, outscoring DCC 18-8 to pick up the very sweet victory.
With a balanced scoring attack and a huge edge in free throws the Lady Tide were able to avenge the 30 point loss to DCC as mentioned earlier.
At the foul line the Lady Tide attempted 30 free throws and connected on 14. DuBois Central Catholic shot just nine free throws and made only four.
The Lady Tide were paced by junior Alyssa Bakaysa with 13 points followed by Kyra Henry who added 11.
One look at the Curwensville box score is all you need to do to see the balanced scoring effort by Curwensville.
The Lady Cardinals also had two girls in double digits as Kayley Risser tossed in 15 points while teammate Paris Farley scored 11.
With the loss the Lady Cardinals are now 6-9 on the season.
There was no junior varsity contest.
The Lady Tide (5-7) on the season are home on Monday night when they host Sheffield at 6:30 pm. Following the Lady Tide-Lady Wolverine game at Patton Hall will be the Curwensville boys against St. Joe’s from Boalsburg at approximately 8 pm. St. Joe’s defeated the Golden Tide in the first game of the season, in Boalsburg, 63-46.
DUBOIS CENTRAL CATHOLIC – 39
Faith Jacob 3 2-2 8, Sophia Ginter 0 0-0 0, Paris Farley 4 0-2 11, Kaley Risser 7 1-3 15, Jesse Frank 2 1-2 5, Rose Whipple 0 0-0 0, Joanne Case 0 0-0 0, Lauren Davidson 0 0-0 0, TOTALS – 16 4-9 39
CURWENSVILLE – 44
Alyssa Bakaysa 5 3-6 13, Kyra Henry 3 5-12 11, Austyn Guiher 3 2-2 8, Skylar Pentz 2 3-6 7, Joslynne Freyer 2 1-4 5, Rachelle Anderson 0 0-0 0, TOTALS – 15 14-30 44
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
DCC 7 14 10 8 39
CURWENSVILLE 6 11 9 18 44
THREE-POINTERS: DCC – 3 Farley 3 CURWENSVILLE – None