Game Summaries & Headlines.
Lady Warriors great effort falls short against Abington
10.0 years ago @ 9:53PM
- Game Date
- Jan 9, 2016
- Score
- WARRIORSMethacton High School: 51
ABINGTON HIGH SCHOOL: 59
The Lady Warriors undersized to the Abington frontline, gave the 2015 District 1 AAAA runner-ups all they could handle Saturday night in an exciting game at Methacton. But their great efforts fell short in a 59-51 loss. Junior Sydney Thompson had 21 points (5 triples) and 7 rebounds but the Lady Warriors (8-7) were unable to overcome a 27-16 run in the third quarter by the Galloping Ghosts (8-4) in suffering the nonleague setback.
Also for Lady Warriors, which led 23-21 at the break before the second-half breakdown, Junior Ryan DeOrio hit for 15 points (3 treys) and Junior Jackie Cerchio collected 12 points and 8 rebounds.
Abington (59) – James 2 1-3 5, Lochner 6 1-1 17, O’Leary 6 2-4 15, Simmons 3 2-3 8, Brusha 4 3-3 12, Brown 1 0-0 2, Totals 21 9-14 57.
Methacton (51) – Reube 0 0-0 0, DeOrio 6 0-0 15, N. Cooper 0 0-0 0, J. Cooper 1 0-0 3, McCue 0 0-0 0, Cerchio 4 4-7 12, Pennypacker 0 0-0 0, Zerbe 0 0-0 0, Thompson 8 0-2 21. Totals 19 4-9 51.
Abington 11 10 27 11 - 59
Methacton 11 12 16 12 – 51
3-point goals: Lochner 4, O’Leary, Brusha; Thompson 5, DeOrio 3, J. Cooper 1