Check out the recaps for SOL girls’ basketball teams in action Tuesday. Bensalem/CR South photos provided courtesy of John Gleeson. Check back for a gallery of photos. (CB East/Souderton photos courtesy of CB East basketball)
Continental Conference
Central Bucks South 54, Pennridge 53
It was only fitting that the game ended with the ball in the hands of Taylor Hinkle.
Not only did Hinkle lead all scorers with 23 points in Tuesday’s Continental Conference battle between Pennridge and Central Bucks South, but the sophomore came up huge twice in the final seconds to secure the thrilling 54-53 victory for the visiting Titans.
After Pennridge pulled ahead by one in the final minute, South called a timeout and drew up a play. Hinkle drove a lane and scored on a layup with about 10 seconds left to put South on top. In the final seconds of the game, Pennridge turned the ball over, then South returned the favor. With just a few ticks left on the clock, South tipped the inbounds pass right to Hinkle as the final buzzer sounded.
“It was like a hot potato,” South coach Beth Mattern said of the nailbiting final seconds. “They’re inbounding, we tip the pass, and Taylor Hinkle got the ball, and that was the game.
“It was a great game. Both teams played really well. It was really fast-paced, and both teams played hard. It was a fun game. Our team just kept battling. Previously when we’ve given up a lead, we haven’t been able to get it back. A couple of times today, the lead changed, and we never quit fighting. We knocked down big shots, and I thought that was the difference because both teams showed a lot of fight tonight. We just kept getting after it, and I was really proud of that.”
Powered by Hinkle’s eight first-quarter points and Mary Kate McShane’s five, the Titans took a 15-12 lead after one quarter and extended it to six at the break. Mackenzie Erb scored seven of her nine points in the third quarter, which saw Pennridge trim the Titan lead to 43-41 to set up the epic finish.
“Taylor offensively was pretty great,” Mattern said. “Mac Erb is really starting to find her way. Mary Kate McShane had nine points, and they’re just making good decisions at the right time, knocking down the shot, and being at the right place.”
Evelyn Loughery led Pennridge with 15 points including 8-for-10 shooting from the foul line. Julia Kreider scored 13 and Ashley Gordon chipped in with 10, including six in the wild fourth quarter.
With the win, South (7-11, 3-7 SOL) returns to action with a pair of nonleague home games—against Cheltenham at 7 p.m. Thursday and Perkiomen Valley at 1 p.m. Saturday. Pennridge (10-7, 4-5) will host Central Bucks East at 7 p.m. next Tuesday.
Central Bucks South 15-16-12-11 54
Pennridge 12-13-16-12 53
Central Bucks South (54)—Mary Kate McShane 2 3-4 9; Taylor Hinkle 10 1-2 23; Alyssa D’Orazio 2 2-2 6; Mackenzie Erb 4 0-0 9; Allie Burke 0 0-2 0; Madelyn Tantum 1 0-0 2; Caroline McSorley 2 0-0 5. Totals 21 6-10 54.
Pennridge (53)—Sophie Cweiber 3 0-0 8; Katie Yoder 1 0-0 2; Julia Kreider 6 1-1 13; Emma Pyne 1 0-0 3; Evelyn Loughery 3 8-10 15; Ryan Hodder 0 1-2 1; Ashley Gordon 4 2-2 10. Totals 14 12-15 53.
SOUDERTON 54, CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 43
Mikaela Reese – the lone returning starter and only senior on the roster – is the undisputed leader of a young Indian squad. On Tuesday night, the senior forward had 17 points, nine rebounds and four assists and effectively set the tone for a big win that avenged the Indians’ 46-38 loss to the Patriots earlier this month.
“We had a lead in the third or fourth quarter but lost it at the end,” Reese said of the first meeting. “I think the difference tonight was our energy – just maintaining positive energy throughout the game and making sure everybody has a good mentality throughout the game and everyone has each other’s back.
“If someone doesn’t make a shot – ‘That’s okay, you’ll get it next time.’ I think that keeps us going throughout the game.”
Reese didn’t miss a whole lot of shots, connecting on 7-of-9 from the field, and she was 2-for-2 from the foul line. Her seven first-quarter points 
propelled the Indians to a 9-6 lead. They added to that lead with 19 points in the second quarter to go into halftime with a 28-16 advantage. Reese added a pair of 3s in the second quarter, and freshman point guard Casey Harter had eight points, including a 4-of-6 effort at the foul line.
Junior center Emily Chmiel – who finished with a game-high 24 points – singlehandedly kept the Patriots in the game.
“The defense that we played – believe it or not, a lot of it was focused on Emily Chmiel, who had 14 of their 16 points at halftime,” Souderton coach Lynn Carroll said. “She just found a way. She is so strong, going after offensive rebounds and second-chance points. Then when we did a better job of taking that away, she was hitting tough shots away from the basket. I’d love to know how many rebounds she had. She definitely had a double-double.”
The Indians took a 39-30 lead into the final quarter, and they led 49-37 after Harter and Jordan Zimmerman both connected on a pair at the foul line. Freshman Teya McConnaha buried 1-of-2 at the line to give the Indians a 50-37 lead with 1:47 remaining. Back-to-back 3s by Aubrey DeAngelis and Elise Duffy pulled the Patriots within seven, 50-43, but freshman Erin Bohmueller converted a layup at the end of East’s press, and when Reese delivered a block at the defensive end, the Indians sealed the Patriots’ fate.
“They were doing a zone press, so it was kind of challenging at first,” said Harter, “We passed the ball to the middle, and we had people running back for layups.”
Harter, who had 11 points in Tuesday’s win, has been a key piece to the Indians’ success, stepping into the point guard role.
“In the beginning, it was a little bit intimidating because I came out of playing SHYBA in a regular travel league,” Harter said. “We’re playing against players that are four years older, so it’s a lot, but the team was welcoming, and it’s a lot of fun.”
With the win, the Indians have solidified their spot in the District One 6A power rankings.
“We lost a bunch of seniors, and we didn’t have anything to lose this year,” Reese said. “We just went in and play how we play. We definitely surprised a lot of people.
“We’re underdogs, and I think that has fueled us, keeps us going.”
Also for the Indians, Olivia Schneider had eight points and three assists. Zimmerman had eight points, and Bohmueller finished with six.
“Defensively, we threw some different things at them, and I think our girls were feeling good about it, and it gave us a little bit of a spark offensively,” Carroll said. “Offensively, we’re playing our best basketball of the season right now. The girls have come a long way. The little things within our sets – we’ve put time in, put people in the right position.
“But really, they play their best when I just let them play. We’re trying to do more of that within some of our sets. We shot the ball well, we were attacking the basket and getting to the foul line, which isn’t necessarily something we do every night, but we have kids that are good at that, and they looked for those things tonight.”
Freshman Teya McConnah gave the Indians valuable minutes and pulled down six rebounds.
“Teya McConnaha has played in four varsity games,” Carroll said. “Against a team with that kind of size and strength, we thought we needed more of that, which was part of the reason Teya was getting so many minutes, but she did a good job. She had three points in the fourth quarter for a kid that was basically a jayvee kid up until two weeks ago.”
DeAngelis finished with 10 points for the Patriots.
Souderton (13-6, 5-5 SOL) will host Pennridge on Friday, and Central Bucks East (12-6, 6-4) will host Quakertown on Friday.
Central Bucks East 6-10-14-13 43
Souderton 9-19-11-15 54
Central Bucks East (43) – Gabby Wilga 1 0-0 2; Elise Duffy 2 0-0 5; Emily Chmiel 9 6-8 24; Emily Barry 1 0-0 2; Aubrey DeAngelis 4 1-1 10; Totals 17 7-9 43.
Souderton (54) – Jordan Zimmerman 2-2-2 7; Erin Bomueller 2 1-2 6; Olivia Schneider 2 4-5 8; Casey Harter 2 7-10 11; Hayley Fenchel 1 0-0 2; Teya McConnaha 1 1-3 3; Mikaela Reese 6 2-2 17; Totals 16 17-24 54.
3-point goals: CBE – Aubrey DeAngelis, Elise Duffy, Souderton – Mikaela Reese 3, Erin Bohmueller, Jordan Zimmerman.
North Penn 43, Quakertown 24
North Penn held Quakertown to just six points in the first half, and a spread-out offense that saw 11 different players contribute to the scoring lifted the Knights to a 43-24 victory.
Val McGriff led all scorers with 11 points. Alli Lindsay added seven and Rachel Dunn scored six. Quakertown was led by Katie Catalano’s eight points (including a pair of 3-pointers).
The Knights (12-5, 6-3 SOL) will host Wissahickon for a nonleague game Wednesday at 7 p.m., then will take to the road for a 7 p.m. Friday matchup against conference frontrunner Central Bucks West. The Panthers (4-14, 0-9) will travel to Central Bucks East for a 7 p.m. Friday game.
Quakertown 2-4-10-8 24
North Penn 12-8-13-10 43
Quakertown (24)—Carolyn Sipprell 2 2-4 6; Abigail Dickson 2 0-0 4; Katie Catalano 3 0-0 8; Kayla Horning 1 0-2 2; Katie Offner 1 2-4 4. Totals 9 4-9 24.
North Penn (43) – Meg Cleary 1 0-0 2; Laynie Doran 1 0-0 2; Ali Johns 1 0-0 2; Abby Plaugher 0 1-2 1; Alli Lindsay 3 0-0 7; Rachel Dunn 2 2-2 6; Imani Plaza 2 0-0 4; Alaina Mullaly 1 1-2 3, Strobel 0 1-2 1; Kate Early 2 0-2 4; Val McGriff 5 0-0 11; Totals 18 5-10 43.
National Conference
Bensalem 51, Council Rock South 27
It was a matchup of two teams jockeying for position in the National Conference and sitting on the bubble of the district playoffs.
Bensalem bolstered its case with a dominant 51-27 victory over Council Rock South in Tuesday’s game.
“We’ve had relatively decent practices all year long, but from game to game our intensity switched on and off,” said Bensalem assistant coach Steve Johnson. “We talked with our girls before practice and put the challenge on them. We told them that we are on the border of making the playoffs, and if our goal is to make playoffs, we have to come out every practice and game and give it 100 percent. That’s exactly what we did today. From the beginning of the game, we played until the whistle. We started out hot from the tip and didn’t let up.”
Powered by Haley Keenan’s two 3-pointers and 10 first-quarter points, the Owls rocketed out to a 21-10 lead after one period and never looked back. Bensalem shut down the Golden Hawks in the second half, giving up only eight points after the break.
Keenan scored a game-high 18. Chloe Munyon joined Keenan in double digits with 14 points. Emily Wineburg provided eight rebounds and six blocks along with her three points.
“We really had a huge game by our four seniors—Chloe, Haley, Emily, and Mia (Parker),” Johnson said.
Karissa Smedley led South with seven points. Montanna Chambers added six.
The Owls (8-9, 5-5 SOL) will visit Harry S Truman at 5 p.m. Thursday, then will host Nazareth Academy for a nonleague matchup at 1:45 p.m. Saturday. South drops (9-9, 5-4) will visit Pennsbury at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Bensalem 21-12-12-6 51
Council Rock South 10-9-4-4 27
Bensalem (51)—Sam Daut 8, Pooja Singameni 4, Emily Wineburg 3, Mia Parker 2, Haley Keenan 18, Chloe Munyon 14, Delaney Bell 2.
Council Rock South (27)—Amy Loving 1, Montanna Chambers 6, Hannah Binder 5, Jenna Culp 2, Nicole Blaustein 4, Carley Irvin 2, Karissa Smedley 7.
Neshaminy 60, Council Rock North 33
Kelli Kowalick scored all 12 of her points in the first half, while Olivia Scotti scored 11 over her game-high 18 and Kristin Curley netted 10 of her 16 points in the second half as Neshaminy powered past Council Rock North.
Neshaminy was suffocating on defense, holding the Indians to just eight points in the first half.
Freshman Jaden Wan led North with 11 points. Emma Benson added six on a pair of three-pointers.
Neshaminy (13-6, 10-0 SOL) will visit William Tennent at 7 p.m. Friday. North (4-15, 3-7) is off until Saturday, when the Indians host Mount St. Joseph Academy for a 12:30 p.m. game, then return to league action when they visit Bensalem on Feb. 4.
Neshaminy 12-17-11-21 60
Council Rock North 6-2-8-17 33
Neshaminy (60)—Emily Tantala 3 0-0 6; Olivia Scotti 7 2-2 18; Kristin Curley 5 5-6 16; Kelli Kowalick 4 4-4 12; Skylar Lall 3 0-0 6; L Little 1 0-0 2. Totals 19 11-12 60.
Council Rock North (33)—Kiera Katz 2 1-1 5; Sofia Shields 1 0-0 2; Riley Hamilton 1 0-0 3; Emma Benson 2 0-0 6; Sarah Khantzian 2 0-0 4; Jaden Wan 5 1-2 11; Abby Jones 0 2-6 2. Totals 13 4-9 33.
Pennsbury 54, William Tennent 23
Mary Miller netted six of her game-high 10 points in the first quarter to provide the spark for Pennsbury, which pulled away and rolled to a victory over the visiting Panthers.
The Falcons, who had 11 players contribute to the scoring, received solid efforts from Ava Sciolla (nine points, seven rebounds, five assists, 10 deflections) and Bella Arcuri (three points, four rebounds, four steals). Kiley Haws scored a career-best eight points in the victory. Abbi Nassivera also had eight points
Kirsten Scott and Erin Hart led Tennent with five points each.
With the victory, Pennsbury keeps pace in the standings at 8-1 SOL National, 14-3 overall. The Falcons will visit Council Rock South for a 7 p.m. Thursday game. Tennent (6-11, 2-7) will host Upper Moreland in a nonleague matchup at 7 p.m. Thursday.
William Tennent 7-2-9-5 23
Pennsbury 14-9-13-18 54
William Tennent (23)—Olivia Kaczmarek 1 0-0 2; Direidy Serrano 2 0-2 4; Hannah Reimel 1 0-0 3; Chase Dubzak 1 0-0 3; Courtney Bragen 1 0-0 2; Kirsten Scott 1 2-2 5; Erin Hart 1 2-4 5. Totals 8 4-8 23.
Pennsbury (54)—Ava Sciolla 3 3-4 9; Abbi Nassivera 2 1-2 8; Kiley Haws 2 4-4 8; Bella Arcuri 1 1-2 3; Lauren Dignan 0 2-2 2; Emily Friel 1 0-0 2; Mary Miller 5 0-0 10; Jill Haley 1 0-1 2; Mia Spinelli 2 1-2 5; Neveah Dash 1 1-2 3; Mackenzie Rooney 0 2-2 2. Totals 18 15-21 54.
American Conference
Plymouth Whitemarsh 65, Abington 43
No one likes to lose. But for a young squad that hasn’t faced much adversity during the season, sometimes that mark in the loss column can be the best thing for a team.
PW suffered its first setback of the season on Sunday at the Maggie Lucas Classic at Jefferson University when the Colonials fell to St. Basil, 47-44.
So this young Colonial team with no seniors was faced with the need to regroup, learn from their mistakes, and either hang their heads or respond like the champions they hope to be.
PW responded loud and clear with a 65-43 victory over Abington to remain undefeated in American Conference play.
“The competitor in me hates to lose, but losing a game and have the somewhat building pressure of a perfect season gone away is not a bad thing for such a young group of kids,” PW coach Dan Dougherty said. “Sunday was a great experience for the kids. There was a big crowd, we were on the main floor, and St. Basil is a really good team, so it was great competition.
“Yesterday’s practice after the first time we lost all season, it was a little tough. I just tried to challenge the girls and let them know that things aren’t going to be given to them. They have to go out and take them and play with an edge, and I really thought they did that tonight.”
Abington kept pace with the Colonials in the first quarter, but PW overpowered the Ghosts by a 24-6 count in the second quarter to pull away early.
Oddly enough, the spark for the second quarter came not on the offensive end, but on defense.
“I have to give credit to Lainey Allen,” Dougherty said. “In the second quarter, she stepped in front of Khalis Whiting and took two charges on her. It really inspired the team. I really thought that was a spark plug. It’s not always the kids that score.
“She’s learning, and she had the courage to step in front of Whiting. It really energized the kids when she took that charge and took another one a couple of minutes later. It’s hard as a post player to take a charge on a guard. You really have to absorb that impact, and she did.”
Erin Daley and Gabby Cooper paced the Colonials’ attack with career-best scoring. Daley finished with a game-high 21 points, including a perfect 7-for-7 from the foul line. Cooper scored 16.
“Erin Daley and Gabby Cooper were really special tonight,” Dougherty said. “Daley is a really good-sized kid, and she’s really learning how to use her frame to create space and finish at the basket.
“Coop is so fast. She has to be one of the fastest kids in the league, and she’s really learning to use her speed as an offensive weapon. She’s always been one of the best defenders around, but she’s now able to use her length and speed in transition.
“It’s such a balanced team. The top seven kids have each had breakout games this year.”
Cire Worley led Abington with 20 points, including a pair of 3-pointers. Whiting added nine points.
“The first four or five minutes of the game were just scrappy because Abington is a very scrappy team,” Dougherty said. “Some of the bounces didn’t go our way, and the kids really fought through it. Abington is a good team, and this is the level of competition we’re going to face in the playoffs.”
Plymouth Whitemarsh improves to 11-0 SOL American, 18-1 overall. The Colonials have another huge conference showdown up next as they host Upper Dublin at 2:15 p.m. Saturday for a matchup of the top two teams in the conference standings, and two teams with district and state aspirations. Abington (8-10, 6-5) will look to rebound in a visit to Wissahickon at 7 p.m. Friday, then will host nonleague opponent Governor Mifflin at 5 p.m. Saturday.
Abington 11-6-12-14 43
Plymouth Whitemarsh 16-24-11-14 65
Abington (43)—Cire Worley 9 0-0 20; Zoe Brown 1 0-0 2; Abril Bowser 3 0-0 8; Jaida Helm 1 0-0 2, Amanda Jackson 1 0-0 2; Khalis Whiting 3 3-4 9. Totals 18 3-4 43.
Plymouth Whitemarsh (65)—Kaitlyn Flanagan 3 2-2 9; Abby Sharpe 1 0-0 2; Erin Daley 7 7-7 21; Gabrielle Cooper 6 3-4 16; Anna McTamney 3 2-4 8; Lainey Allen 1 1-2 3; Jordyn Thomas 3 0-0 6. Totals 24 15-19 65.
Upper Dublin 44, Upper Moreland 29
Upper Dublin began January with a shocking defeat at the hands of Upper Moreland. The Flying Cardinals closed out the month by returning the favor. Bolstered by its always-impressive defense, the Cardinals avenged their earlier loss by downing the Golden Bears 44-29.
“The girls came out and played a very complete game tonight,” Upper Dublin coach Morgan Funsten said. “Defensively, I feel like we’ve gotten much better recently. Tonight we spent a lot of time on defense—they had 18 points going into the fourth quarter.
“Defensively, we were great all night. We really made them work for their points.”
The Cardinal defense smothered the Bears in the third quarter, where the visitors were held to a single point. It allowed the Cards to extend a nine-point halftime lead to a 19-point cushion entering the final quarter.
Offensively, Anajae Smith led the Cardinals with 11 points. The Millersville-bound Smith returned last week from an injury that forced her to miss the beginning of the season.
“Offensively, we were as efficient as we’ve been all year—we shot 53 percent from the field,” Funsten said. “The effect that Anajae is having on our games is great.
“Jackie Vargas had 10 points in the first half. Jess Polin had nine assists. She’s been distributing so well, and in a game where we made 18 field goals, she assisted on half of them. We needed a game where we were efficient on offense, and tonight we got it. We got nice balanced scoring.”
Upper Moreland received another stellar effort from Bean Hughes, who scored a game-high 18 points, including three 3-pointers. EmmyFaith Wood scored all five of her points in the first quarter to help spark the Bears early.
“Bean Hughes made tough shot after tough shot,” Funsten said. “Anajae Smith and Kara Grebe split time defending her, and they did a good job, but Bean has turned into such a great player and she made some tough shots. Sarah Eskew did a really good job on EmmyFaith Wood and held her to five.”
Upper Moreland (10-8, 6-5 SOL) will visit William Tennent at 7 p.m. Thursday for a nonleague matchup, then will return home Friday for a league contest against Springfield Twp. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.
The Cardinals (13-6, 9-2 SOL) remain firmly entrenched in second place in the conference. The stage is set for an American Conference showdown of the top two teams in the conference, not to mention two teams with high postseason expectations. They will look to even the season series against the only other conference team to defeat them this year when they visit Plymouth Whitemarsh at 2:15 p.m. Saturday.
“Our defense continues to improve,” Funsten said. “We’ve won six in a row, and I think we have good momentum going into Saturday’s game against PW.”
Upper Moreland 8-9-1-11 29
Upper Dublin 13-13-10-8 44
Upper Moreland (29)—Kaiya Herb 1 0-0 3; EmmyFaith Wood 2 2-2 5; Katie Opferman 0 1-2 1; Emma Meakim 0 0-4 0; Bean Hughes 6 3-4 18; Kiera Coyle 1 0-0 2. Totals 10 4-10 29.
Upper Dublin (44)—Bliss Brenner 1 0-0 2; Anajae Smith 5 0-0 11; Jess Polin 1 2-2 5; Kara Grebe 2 2-2 6; Sarah Eskew 1 0-0 2; Dayna Balasa 3 0-0 8; Jackie Vargas 5 0-0 10. Totals 18 4-4 44.
Hatboro-Horsham 81, Springfield Twp 42
Some nights, the shots don’t fall in your favor. Other nights, it seems like you can’t miss.
After some inconsistencies and struggles throughout the season, Hatboro-Horsham put up a stellar offensive display in Tuesday’s American Conference game against Springfield Twp, hitting 27 baskets from the field en route to an 81-42 win.
“We came out and shot the lights out,” said Hatters’ coach Dennis Steinly. “We’ve had some rough shooting nights this season, but you’d never know that watching tonight’s game.
“Cam Ryan hit a 3 on the opening possession and that just seemed to ignite everyone. We hit 14 for the game from nine different players. Our offense looks really impressive when shots fall like that.”
The hosts raced out to a 21-12 lead after one quarter and held an 18-point advantage at the half. Emily Thomas draining four treys among her 13 points, tied with Alice Hall for team high. Ryan (eight points) and Jessica Howard (12 points) each added two 3-pointers. In all, 14 different players contributed to the Hatter scoring.
Maddie Yoder led Springfield with 11 points. Rileigh Serroni added 9.
Springfield (2-15, 0-11 SOL) will visit Upper Moreland for a 7p.m. game on Friday, then will play at Delaware County Christian School in a nonleague game at 3 p.m. Saturday.
H-H maintains its position in a logjam in the middle of the American Conference. The Hatters, Abington, and Upper Moreland sport identical 6-5 league records (H-H is 10-9 overall). The Hatters visit Cheltenham at 7 p.m. Friday with a matchup against Abington looming next week.
“I’m very happy for this group of seniors in particular and the players overall,” Steinly said. “There hasn’t been much success for Hatboro-Horsham basketball in many years. With back-to-back 10-win, seasons we feel we’re making progress in turning that around.”
Springfield Twp 12-11-4-15 42
Hatboro-Horsham 21-20-27-13 81
Springfield Twp (42)—Annie Coll 1 5-7 7; Raya Davis 1 0-0 2; Rileigh Serroni 3 3-5 9; Maddie Yoder 3 5-7 11; Mary Kate Smith 3 0-2 6; Emily Guicheteau 1 1-4 3; Briggs 1 0-0 2; Fallon George 0 2-2 2. Totals 13 16-27 42.
Hatboro-Horsham (81)—Emily Thomas 4 1-2 13; Camryn Ryan 3 0-0 8; Caroline Shegogue 3 1-2 8; Sydney Kemp 1 2-2 5; Ava McKinney 1 0-2 3; Allison Hewish 2 0-0 5; Leah Harrington 0 1-2 1; Jessica Howard 5 0-1 12; Graceanne Griffis 0 1-2 1; Alice Hall 3 7-10 13; Paige Cole 1 0-0 2; Emily Nelson 1 0-0 3; Jada Mills 0 0-2 0; Samantha Hollish 2 0-0 5; Rickelle Wescott 1 0-0 2. Totals 27 13-25 81.
Wissahickon 52, Cheltenham 40
Wissahickon picked up its second consecutive American Conference victory on Tuesday, feeding off a solid effort in the middle two quarters to pull away from visiting Cheltenham.
Knotted at 8-8 after the opening period, the Trojans pulled ahead at the half thanks to 11-for-14 shooting from the foul line in the second quarter. Lauren Fadel scored five of her seven points in the second.
Freshman Kaitlyn McGeary led the Trojans with 15 points. Sophomore Julia Verrier added nine.
Umayrah Sulayman led the Panthers with a game-high 19 points. She scored two of Cheltenham’s six 3-pointers, with Assata Robinson, who had two 3s adding 8 points. Maycie Cedeno and Katie Denyer accounted for the other treys.
The Trojans (7-10, 4-7 SOL) will look to continue their winning ways when they visit North Penn for a nonleague game at 7 p.m. Wednesday, then host Abington at 7 p.m. Friday. Cheltenham (6-12, 2-9) will visit Central Bucks South for a nonleague matchup at 7 p.m. Thursday, then will visit Hatboro-Horsham for a conference game at 7 p.m. Friday.
Wissahickon 8-15-18-11 52
Cheltenham 8-10-11-11 40
Wissahickon (52)—Lily Hyatt 1 2-2 4; Anna Schools 2 2-2 7; Leah Dubin 0 4-8 4; Lauren Fadel 2 3-6 7; Rebecca Selverian 1 0-0 2; Julia Verrier 4 1-4 9; Marie Dreyer 1 0-0 2; Libby Kunzier 0 2-2 2; Kaitlyn McGeary 6 3-4 15. Totals 17 17-28 52.
Cheltenham (40)—Maycie Cedeno 1 1-2 4; Assata Robinson 1 2-2 8; Umayrah Sulayman 6 5-7 19; Cashmear Moore 1 0-0 2; Tyrina Ragsdale 2 0-1 4; Katie Denyer 1 0-0 3; Kyla Ogden 0 0-2 0. Totals 14 6-14 40.
Nonleague
Central Bucks West 71, West Chester Rustin 49
Double-doubles are rare accomplishments in basketball. On Tuesday, Central Bucks West pulled off a double double-double.
Paige Gilbert (17 points, 13 rebounds) and Maddie Burke (14 points, 10 rebounds) each earned the distinction to power the Bucks to a no-doubt-about-it victory in Tuesday’s nonleague game.
“Paige Gilbert was incredible tonight,” said West coach Zach Sibel. “She had 13 (rebounds), but it felt like 100 rebounds tonight. We got the energy going against a team that stayed tough.”
A decisive 25-point second quarter that saw Gilbert, Olivia Irons (12 points), and Burke each score six points may have made the difference.
The Bucks rained down an impressive 11 3-pointers on the night, with Irons and Burke each responsible for four treys. The Bucks sank five three-pointers in the fourth quarter to keep the game well in hand, answering a 21-point third quarter from Rustin and squashing any threat of the visitors managing a comeback.
“They keep each other going and they weather every run, and that comes down to leadership,” Sibel said. “They keep each other calm and pick each other up and that has come to define this team.”
Emily Spratt was the fourth Bucks player to finish in double digits with 13 points. But the win was a result of a four-quarter team effort.
“Each girl that got in had an impact,” Sibel said. “It’s awesome to see the growth of them as individuals and as a team. It’s cool to see other girls step in make plays. Maggie McCusker stepped in and made a number of huge plays; made the extra pass and found two three-pointers of her own.”
The Bucks (15-3, 9-0 SOL) will celebrate Senior Night when they host North Penn at 7 p.m. Friday.
West Chester Rustin 12-8-21-8 49
Central Bucks West 14-25-13-19 71
West Chester Rustin (49)—Betchik 1 0-0 3; Greek 9 0-0 20; McGurk 10 4-5 24; Costin 1 0-0 2. Totals 21 4-5 49.
Central Bucks West (71)—Paige Gilbert 8 1-4 17; Olivia Irons 4 0-0 12; Emily Spratt 6 0-0 13; Maggie McCusker 2 0-0 6; Jess Broskey 3 0-0 6; Maddie Burke 5 0-0 14; Lilly Evans 1 1-2 3. Totals 29 2-6 71.
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