Scoring balance, defense lead Monessen Florist; BeeGraphix wins
Monessen Florist used a balanced- scoring attack and great defense in the clutch to pull out a 72-68 win over Cedarbrook to open Steel City Summer Basketball League play Thursday.
After rolling out to a 15-2 advantage early, Monessen Florist (2-4) slowed down and watched Cedarbrook close the gap.
MoFlo used a short run to open a 32-23 advantage at the half.
Cedarbrook’s Bella Dumbroski (Serra Catholic) led the charge in the second half, scoring 19 of her game-high 30 points in the final 16 minutes.
Monessen Florist was able to hold of a rally late, getting fastbreak points, key rebounds and clutch free throws late to get the win.
Trinity’s Bently Layhue led MoFlo’s offense with 18 points. Her Hillers teammate Vitt Emerich added 16 and Belle Vernon’s Aubrey Brown finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Two players, Mycah McCabe (Thomas Jefferson) and Pittsburgh Christian Academy’s Dannah Sebelia added 9.
Penn-Trafford sophomore Raya Johnson chipped in 15 points for Cedarbrook (2-4). EF’s Kaylin Staszak added 9.
BeeGraphix 82, M.S. Howard Hanna 74
Marie Slagus Howard Hanna led BeeGraphix by five at the half, but BeeGraphix poured in 47 points in the second half to pick up a win and remain in a tie for first place.
Canon-McMillan’s Madison Clair scored a game-high 26 points and Uniontown’s Aierra Jenkins had 20 points for BeeGraphix (5-1). Canon-Mac’s Lauren Borella finished with 15 points.
For Howard Hanna (4-2), Baldwin’s Bella Niles scored 21 points, 15 in the first half. Elizabeth Forward’s Mia Sostaric and Baldwin’s Jules Ott each added 19 points in the loss. North Hills’ Delaney Amato gave head coach Nick Dizon a fourth double-digit scorer with 13 points.
AMD Industries 92, Trailside 42
Three players hit 20 points as the defending league champions hammered Trailside to close out Thursday’s tripleheader at Marx’s Court Time Sports Center.
Elizabeth Forward’s Kaelynn Settles doomed her former team to the tune of a game-high 23 points. She had 16 of her team’s 52 points in the second half.
Winchester Thurston’s DaShae Cochran added 22 points and Oakland Catholic’s Makayla Canty added 21, including three 3-pointers.
Trailside was led by Greensburg Central Catholic’s Nolan Althof. She finished with a team-high 15 points. Elizabeth Forward’s Addison Wach finished with 9.
Tuesday’s tripleheader will feature BeeGraphix and Cedarbrook at 6 p.m., followed by Marie Slagus Howard Hanna and Trailside at 7 p.m.
Monessen Florist and AMD Industries will close out the night.
