PUNXSUTAWNEY — Leah Miller dominated inside with 32 points as Punxsutawney turned back Clearfield 50-33 in non-league schoolgirl basketball action between District 9 Class AAAA rivals Tuesday night.
The Lady Chucks’ 5-11 junior center had 10 points in each of the first two quarters to fuel a 26-12 halftime spread that the Lady Bison were unable to narrow in the final 16 minutes.
Sophomore guard Kate Horner provided the outside shooting for Punxsy (4-3) with 13 points, including a trio of three-pointers.
Alayna Ryan’s 13 points topped Clearfield (4-5) while Brooke Cline chipped in 10.
The Lady Bison resume their Mountain League slate with a home game against Bald Eagle Area Friday.
Clearfield’s junior varsity was tagged with a 45-9 loss.
CLEARFIELD — 33
Nikki Brossard 0 0-0 0, Niki Chew 2 0-0 4, Brooke Cline 5 0-0 10, Alayna Ryan 4 4-8 13, Ally Lindstrom 2 1-4 5, Tesa Miller 0 1-2 1, Karlie Gisewhite 0 0-0 0, Alexis Clark 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 13 6-14 33.
PUNXSUTAWNEY — 50
Alli Lunger 0 2-5 2, Kaitlyn Ray 0 0-0 0, Morgan VanLeer 0 0-0 0, Leah Miller 12 8-10 32, Elyse White 1 0-0 3, Kate Horner 5 0-0 13, Toya Jones 0 0-0 0, Mia Lingenfelter 0 0-0 0, Laney Monroe 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 18 10-15 50.
Three-Point Field Goals – Clearfield 1 (Ryan); Punxsutawney 4 (White, Horner 3).
Score by Quarters
Clearfield 7 7 10 9 – 33
Punxsutawney 13 13 10 14 – 50
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 | 52 – 45 | 3 – 4 |
| 12/28 | CURWENSVILLE | 52 – 51 | 4 – 4 |
| 01/03 | @ Punxsutawney | 33 – 50 | 4 – 5 |
| 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 |
