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Allen surpasses 1,000 points, Wash High beats B-C

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GIRLS

Carley Allen reached 1,000 career points on her first field goal of the game as Washington defeated Beth-Center, 54-42, in a Class 3A Section 2 game Thursday night.

Allen, who finished tied with a game-high 15 points, helped the Prexies pull away after halftime. They forced multiple turnovers and held Beth-Center (1-1, 3-3) scoreless in the third quarter to extend their seven-point halftime lead.

Torri Finley scored 11 points for Washington (3-0, 6-0).

The Bulldogs were paced by Elizabeth Trump’s 15 points.

Trinity 39, Montour 27: Courtney Dahlquist scored 13 points and grabbed nine rebounds as Trinity won a defensive battle against Montour, 39-27, in a Class 5A Section 1 game.

The Hillers, who have won three consecutive games to improve to 3-0 in the section and 4-2 overall, held Montour to single-digit point totals in all four quarters. They jumped out to a 25-13 halftime lead.

Courtney Tomas scored 12 points for Montour (0-3, 3-3).

Most of the other points for Trinity belonged to Marlaina Bozek, who finished with 12 points, and Julia Chakos, who scored 10. 

Peters Township 52, Upper St. Clair 32: Dominating with defense early, Peters Township played to its narrowest margin of victory all season as the Indians defeated Upper St. Clair, 52-32, in a Class 6A Section 2 game.

The Indians limited Upper St. Clair (1-2, 3-3) to eight first-half points to lead at the half, 27-8.

Freshman Journey Thomas led Peters Township (3-0, 6-0) with 16 points. Makenna Marisa scored 14 and Isabella Mills had 12 points. The Indians have won all six games this season by at least 20 points. It’s narrowest margin of victory was 29 points before Thursday night.

Allison Dellicari scored 10 points for USC.

Fort Cherry 37, Carmichaels 32: McKenzie Faure scored a game-high 15 points as Fort Cherry rebounded from a sluggish start to defeat Class 2A Section 3 foe Carmichaels, 37-32.

Scoring only two points in the opening quarter, the Rangers rebounded quickly to tie the game at 13-13 heading into halftime. Fort Cherry (2-1, 4-2) built a five-point lead in the third quarter that it was able to keep for the remainder of the game.

Gina Ranieri scored 14 points for Carmichaels (0-2, 1-7).

West Greene 59, Jefferson-Morgan 5: Eleven different players scored for West Greene as the Pioneers cruised to an easy 59-5 victory over Jefferson-Morgan in a Class A Section 2 game.

Madison Lampe led West Greene (3-0, 6-1) with 12 points. Kaitlyn Rizor scored 11 points and McKenna Lampe finished with 10.

Jefferson-Morgan (0-2, 1-6) failed to score in the second and third quarters.

Brownsville 45, McGuffey 32: Defensive-minded Brownsville held visiting McGuffey to 12 second-half points to defeat the Highlanders 45-32 in a Class 3A Section 2 game.

Trailing at halftime, 20-18, the Falcons outscored McGuffey (1-2, 2-5) by 15 points, 27-12, in the second half for the double-digit victory.

Aniya Turpley scored a game-high 17 points for Brownsville (1-2, 4-3), which ended its two-game losing streak.

Lauren Hogue led the Highlanders with nine points.

BOYS

Moon 60, South Fayette 38: Despite leading after one quarter, South Fayette was no match Moon, one of the favorites in Class 5A, as the Lions fell 60-38 in a Section 2 game.

South Fayette (1-2, 4-2) took a four-point lead, 14-10, after the first eight minutes. It was then outscored by the Tigers and failed to reach double-digit points in each of the final three quarters.

Connor Mislan led the Lions with 13 points. Joey Alcorn scored 10 points.

Moon (3-0, 6-0) was paced by three players to reach double figurs. Jioni Smith led all scorers with 16 points. Taru Jones and Donovan Johnson scored 14 and 12 points, respectively.

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