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Pa. Girls | Womack shines as Methacton tops U. Dublin

Methacton's Renee Womack provided Penn State basketball fans another preview of her next four years by leading the Warriors past visiting Upper Dublin, 49-39, in a Suburban One American Conference battle of the unbeatens last night.

A jump ball resulted after Penn Charter's Kayla Torrey and Sammi Arbitman of Episcopal (left) went to the deck.
A jump ball resulted after Penn Charter's Kayla Torrey and Sammi Arbitman of Episcopal (left) went to the deck.Read more

Methacton'

s Renee Womack provided Penn State basketball fans another preview of her next four years by leading the Warriors past visiting

Upper Dublin

, 49-39, in a Suburban One American Conference battle of the unbeatens last night.

The Warriors (6-0 overall, 4-0 league) got 21 points and 13 rebounds from Womack, a 5-foot-10 senior guard who chose Penn State over Notre Dame and Marquette.

Womack scored seven of her points in the fourth quarter when the Warriors took control of the game with a 15-8 run. The Cardinals (5-1, 3-1) were led by Shira Newman's 13 points.

Suburban One Continental.

Alissa O'Donnell scored 19 points and added 12 rebounds to lift host

Norristown

past

Souderton

, 59-57.

Suburban One National.

Kelsey Ryan scored 16 points and pulled down 12 rebounds as host

Neshaminy

cruised to a 52-28 win over

Truman

.

Ches-Mont.

Sophomore center Keli Anderson scored 20 points as host

Unionville

held off

Kennett

, 56-52.

Public.

Aleya Miller scored 16 points for

Prep Charter

in its 66-21 win at

Franklin Learning Center

.

Catholic.

Chrissy Rogers pulled down 14 rebounds and blocked three shots as

Hallahan

earned a 41-34 win at

Kennedy-Kenrick

, giving head coach Mike Gibson his first win at Hallahan. Rogers' teammate, Shannon Mack, led all scorers with 17 points.

Inter-Ac.

Alex Chambers scored 11 and Brittany Perfetti added 10 more as host

Episcopal Academy

beat

Penn Charter

, 46-34. The Churchmen needed a 20-11 run in the fourth quarter to break open a close game.

Maggie Lucas scored 21 points to lead

Germantown Academy

to a 67-22 win at

Springside

.

Krissy Dahl's 20 points and 14 rebounds powered

Agnes Irwin

to a 41-21 win at

Baldwin

.

Bicentennial.

Zena Tracey knocked down a pair of clutch fourth-quarter three-point shots to help host

MaST Charter

beat

Bristol

, 36-31. The win kept MaST, led by Keisha Thomas' 17 points, unbeaten (5-0 overall, 1-0 league).

Veronica Brandon hit a 15-foot jumper with one second left to give host

Morrisville

a 27-25 win over

Phil-Mont Christian

. Jody Pour, who led the Bulldogs with 16 points, tied the game with a three-pointer in the final minute of play.

Maddy Hoffman had nine points and six rebounds for host

Calvary Christian

in a 35-30 win over

Plumstead Christian

.

Catholic Academies.

Mary Ellen McCollum's 14 points led

St. Basil

to a 61-37 win at

Sacred Heart

.

Tri-County.

Shannon MacCabe knocked down three three-pointers and finished with 20 points to lead

Kimberton Waldorf

to a 41-26 win at

Woodlynde

.

Nonleague.

Lincoln

provided some demonstrative proof that basketball is indeed a team game. The Railsplitters beat visiting

Swenson

, 49-28, in a nonleague game despite not being able to stop Mia Waring, who scored all 28 of the Lions' points.

The Railsplitters were led by Nefertitti Huckaby's 12 points. She was one of six Lincoln players who scored.

In other nonleague games:

Michelle Patkin scored 20 points in

Stern Hebrew

's 61-27 win at

International Christian

.

Fels

needed a 15-10 fourth-quarter run to earn a 36-30 win at

Kensington

. The Tigers were led by Courtney Pressey's 18 points.

Melissa Benson's 12 points helped

Little Flower

win at

Germantown Friends

, 41-35. It was the first win of the season for the Sentinels (1-2), who shot 11 for 17 at the free-throw line.

Archbishop Ryan

scored 12 of the game's first 14 points in a 38-28 win at

Shipley

. Kim Hollawell scored 13 points to lead the Ragdolls. Alex Davis scored 14 points to lead the Gators.