Fri. Pa. girls’ roundup: C.R. South finally beats North
Council Rock South had not beaten Council Rock North in its nine-year history, nor had any other basketball team this season.
Council Rock South had not beaten Council Rock North in its nine-year history, nor had any other basketball team this season.
That all changed with the host Golden Hawks' 53-40 Suburban One National Conference win on Friday, thanks to a big night from Alex Wheatley, the Golden Hawks' 6-foot-3 junior forward.
Wheatley scored 31 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in the win and now has 1,015 points in her career.
Council Rock South is now 13-5 overall, 9-3 league, while Council Rock North slipped to 16-1, 10-1.
Catholic. Marissa Manning's putback layup with five seconds left give Cardinal O'Hara a 57-55 win at St. Hubert.
Host Hallahan needed a pair of overtimes to subdue West Catholic, 66-60, for its first league win as Myeshia Matos scored with 12 seconds left in regulation to send the game into the first overtime.
Public. Host Girls High (10-2) handed Northeast (9-1) its first Public League loss of the basketball season, 43-30, as Tanesha Sutton scored 14 points and Siena Childs added 12.
High School of the Future opened the game with a 21-3 lead and coasted to a 64-17 win over New Media Charter behind Niemma Aiken's 22 points.
Host Overbrook held Kensington to just four first-half points in a 55-21 win. The Panthers were led by Dianna Murhead-Dwyer's 12 points and 12 rebounds.
Host Masterman outscored Bok, 24-4, in the first quarter of a 49-37 win. Sophomore Taneil Ruffin scored 10 of her 22 points during that run.
Emily Leon scored a career-high 27 points for host Mastbaum in its 47-29 win over University City.
Nyesha Pearson scored only two points but contributed a career-high 11 rebounds for host Frankford in its 55-28 win over Fels. The Pioneers' Waynesha Griffin led the way with 18 points, and teammate Shanika McCloud added 16 points and 13 rebounds.
All 11 players scored for host Central in its 61-17 win over Washington.
The Lancers did not have a double-digit scorer, but they got five rebounds apiece from Isabella Ross and Melissa Livingston.
Nyledah Rousseau's two free throws with six seconds left, her 15th and 16th points of the day, gave host Mastery Charter a 45-41 win over West Philadelphia.
Mariana Bracetti outscored visting Roxborough, 50-19, behind Keishla Gilmore's 17 points.
Math, Civics and Sciences maintained the lead throughout the fourth quarter of a 40-38 win over visiting Hope Charter. Tatiana Larry's 15 points paced the Mighty Elephants.
Del-Val Charter topped visiting Rhodes, 42-28, behind Ashley Murray's 20 points and six rebounds.
Edison opened the third quarter with an 18-6 run, keyed by 11 points from Onairys Medina, in a 49-33 win at Dobbins. Medina led the Owls with 21 points.
Ben Franklin got 20 points from Bryana Smith in a 48-25 win at Martin Luther King.
Inter-Ac. Meghan Hubley had 11 points and Claire MacManus added 11 rebounds for host Episcopal Academy in a 46-29 win over Agnes Irwin.
Germantown Academy remained earned a 65-48 win over visiting Notre Dame as Alex Gallagher had eight points, eight rebounds and eight assists. Kiernan McCloskey led the Patriots (19-3, 8-0) with 13 points.
Central. On Senior Night, seniors Denise McKeown and Maiya Brown each had 15 points for host Marple Newtown in its 49-38 win over Harriton.
Del-Val. Haley Sipple posted a season-high 28 points for Chichester in its 54-33 win at Penn Wood.
Catholic Academies. Host Nazareth Academy needed a 17-4 fourth-quarter run to beat Gwynedd-Mercy, 52-36. Lindsay Fluehr's 17 points paced the Pandas (15-6, 10-3).
Bicentennial. Lower Moreland got 14 points from Ali Morganstein in a 46-28 win at Morrisville.
Hope Caracappa scored 22 points to lead Plumstead Christian to a 54-28 win at Calvary Christian.
Tri-County. Lindsay Manferdini scored 12 points to lead Perkiomen School to a 26-24 win at Mercy Vocational.
Lindsay Bolger's 19 points lifted Kimberton Waldorf to a 39-37 win at Del-Val Friends.
Nonleague. Autumn Smith had 16 points for Coatesville in its 49-42 win over Owen J. Roberts.
Sloan Warren's 26 points carried Baldwin to a 38-32 win at Westtown.
Host Sacred Heart got 16 points and 10 assists from Hannah Rush in a 59-47 win over Friends' Central.