(3) Methacton 45, (6) West Chester Rustin 43 – Mairi Smith and Nicole Timko recorded double-doubles and the Warriors held off a late charge by the Golden Knights to lock up the sixth PIAA berth in program history with the narrow victory Saturday in the playback phase of the District 1-6A Tournament.

Smith finished with a game-high 19 points and 11 rebounds while Timko stuffed the stat sheet with 16 points, 10 boards, 6 assists and 4 steals for Methacton, which held a 36-26 lead entering the fourth quarter – enough to withstand Rustin’s late 17-9 run.

Timko now has 1673 career points, a mere 9 points behind all-time Methacton girls scoring leader Renee Womack, who cashed 1682 points between 2004-2008.

Up next in the 9-12 playbacks for Methacton, which also got 8 points and a pair of treys from Tori Bockrath, is a home date Wednesday (7 pm) with (10) Neshaminy. Neshaminy moved on with a 44-30 victory over familiar SOL foe (15) Central Bucks South.

Riley Stackhouse (13 points) and Laine McGurk (11) hit double figures for Rustin, which completes its season at 20-6.

West Chester Rustin (43) – Panetta 0 0-0 0, Flynn 3 0-2 6, E. McGurk 2 3-6 7, L. McGurk 4 2-3 11, Harrison 0 0-0 0, Costin 3 0-0 6, Stackhouse 5 0-0 13. Totals 17 5-11 43.

Methacton (45) – Kropp 0 1-2 1, Arnold 0 0-0 0, Torres 0 0-0 0, Kaufman 0 1-2 1, Timko 6 1-2 16, Bockrath 3 0-0 8, Smith 9 1-1 19. Totals 18 4-7 45.

WC Rustin               10-  9-  7-17 – 43

Methacton               11-11-14-  9 – 45

3-point goals: WCR (4) – Stackhouse 3, L. McGurk. Methacton (5) – Timko 3, Bockrath 2.