Saturday, December 22, 2007

Pennsbury 67, Conwell-Egan 62

CONWELL-EGAN (62)
Tyson-Thomas 10 3-5 23; Griffin 1 0-0 3; Cloonan 1 2-2 4; Chase 0 0-0 0; Howell 0 0-0 0; Mourer 1 0-0 2; Watson 5 6-6 18; Rongione 4 0-0 9; Breslin 1 0-0 3. 23 11-13 62.

PENNSBURY (67)
Prine 4 0-0 9; Thorn 8 3-3 20; Kobal 6 2-3 14; Beri 2 5-6 9; Klock 1 2-2 4; Balascsak 5 0-0 10; Ponza 0 1-2 1; Taylor 0 0-0 0; DiVeglio 0 0-0 0. Totals: 26 13-16 67.

CEC 8-21-13-20—62
PB 22-18-6-21—67

3-point goals: Watson 2, Rongione, Breslin, Griffin (CEC); Thorn, Prine (PB).

Link to Courier Times game story

Link to Friday's Courier Times girls basketball notebook.

EIGHT THINGS

1. Pennsbury led by 16, 20-4, in the first quarter and by 13, 42-29, early in the second half.

2. Conwell-Egan outscored the Falcons 19-4 in an eight-minute span in the second half to take a two-point lead, 48-46, with 6:44 left.

3. Pennsbury point guard Sarah Thorn didn't look 100 percent recovered from her hamstring pull, but still controlled the game. She made several outstanding passes to set up teammates and had at least six assists.

4. Conwell-Egan junior Carmen Tyson-Thomas scored 23 points and had 11 rebounds.

5. Conwell-Egan junior guard Trish Watson scored 18 points and shot very well. Watson had 13 points and two 3-pointers in the second quarter alone. She was 6-for-6 from the foul line and made three free throws with 1:07 left in the game after getting fouled on a 3-point attempt.

6. Pennsbury got scoring from senior Brittany Kobal (14 points), junior Kelsey Balascsak (10 points), senior Jenn Prine (nine points) and senior Michelle Beri (nine points). Prine also played very well on defense.

7. Pennsbury had more points with 1:17 left in the first half (38) than in the entire game in a loss to North Penn on Friday night (37).

8. Tyson-Thomas is averaging 19.3 points a game had has 1,245 career points.