Size matters in Scotties’ win over frustrated Leps

By BILL BECKNER
For the MV Independent
With a size advantage around the rim and a defensive tenacity to complement it, Southmoreland has the look of a top-five girls basketball team.
After beating the fifth-ranked team in WPIAL Class 4A on Thursday night, the Scotties look poised to take their place among the classification’s best.
Senior 6-2 forward Maggie Moore scored a game-high 12 points and pulled down 13 rebounds, and 6-foot junior forward Sarah Pisula added 10 points, four rebounds and four assists to pace Southmoreland to its fifth straight win, 45-27 over visiting Belle Vernon in a rather anticlimactic first-place showdown in Section 3.
“Our length has been helping us out,” Southmoreland coach Brian Pritts said. “We did a nice job defensively; we frustrated them and took away some of the things they like to do.”

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